Katherine Hopkins enters her fifth season as the Director of Performance Nutrition with the Lions in 2023.

Hopkins joined Detroit after spending two years at the University of Pittsburgh working with the Panthers' football program as a sports dietitian. She was a highly active and visible figure during the team's year-round training regimen, providing nutritional counsel, education and evaluation.

Katherine Hopkins enters her fifth season as the Director of Performance Nutrition with the Lions in 2023.

Hopkins joined Detroit after spending two years at the University of Pittsburgh working with the Panthers' football program as a sports dietitian. She was a highly active and visible figure during the team's year-round training regimen, providing nutritional counsel, education and evaluation.

Prior to joining the Panthers, Hopkins served as assistant director of sports nutrition at LSU (2016-17) and was a sports nutrition intern at the University of Tennessee (2016). Hopkins' additional experience includes child and community nutrition education. 

She is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), and certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

Hopkins graduated with a degree in sociology from Northeastern University, where she was also a field hockey student-athlete. She earned her Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) certificate from Simmons College in Boston, Mass.