Kim Caldwell Explained

Kim Caldwell
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Tennessee
Current Conference:SEC
Contract:$750,000[1]
Birth Date:24 November 1988
Birth Place:Parkersburg, West Virginia
Player Years1:2007–2011
Player Team1:Glenville State
Coach Years1:2011–2013
Coach Team1:Ohio Valley (assistant)
Coach Years2:2013–2016
Coach Team2:Sacramento State (assistant)
Coach Years3:2016–2023
Coach Team3:Glenville State
Coach Years4:2023–2024
Coach Team4:Marshall
Coach Years5:2024–present
Coach Team5:Tennessee

Kim Caldwell is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers. She previously served in the same role at Marshall for one season, where she was named the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Coach of the Year[2] and received the Maggie Dixon Award as the top Division I rookie head coach in 2024.[3] Prior to Marshall, Caldwell made a name for herself as coach of the Glenville State Pioneers. During her seven-year tenure there, the team won six regular season conference championships, four conference tournament championships, made six NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, and won the 2022 NCAA Division II National Championship.[4]

Playing career

Caldwell played high school basketball at Parkersburg South High School under her father, Scott Stephens.[5] As a collegiate player at Glenville State, Caldwell was named team captain of the Pioneers in 2010–11 on a team that won a WVIAC conference championship and earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament. In 2011, she earned WVIAC Student-Athlete of the Year honors. She majored in sport management with a minor in psychology.[6]

Glenville State statistics

Sources[7]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2007–08Glenville State2810945.2%66.7%65.0%2.80.70.60.13.9
2008–09Glenville State2816341.6%25.0%80.5%3.31.00.60.45.8
2009–10Glenville State3315531.8%27.0%77.8%2.40.90.60.15.5
2010–11Glenville State3324735.1%35.1%33.3%2.70.60.7-7.5
Career11767437.3%31.9%67.0%2.80.80.60.15.8

Coaching career

In 2016, Caldwell was hired as head women's basketball coach at her alma mater, Glenville State, after serving as an assistant at Sacramento State and a graduate assistant at Ohio Valley.[8] In 2022, she led the Pioneers to the NCAA Division II tournament championship.[9]

On March 27, 2023, Caldwell was named head coach at Marshall.[10] During her first and ultimately only season at Marshall, she led the Thundering Herd to their first NCAA Division I tournament since 1997 after defeating James Madison in the Sun Belt tournament championship.[11] Given her performance at Marshall, Caldwell was named by SBC head coaches as the league's 2024 coach of the year[2] and by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as the 2024 recipient of the Maggie Dixon Award as the top first-year head coach in Division I women's basketball.[12] [13]

On April 7, 2024, after one season at Marshall, Caldwell was named the head coach at Tennessee,[14] becoming the first non-Tennessee alum to lead the program since Pat Summitt (a UT Martin graduate).

Honors

Team

Glenville State University

Marshall University

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilson . Mike . Kim Caldwell agrees to five-year contract worth $3.75 million as Lady Vols basketball coach . knoxnews.com . April 7, 2024 . April 7, 2024.
  2. Sun Belt Announces 2024 Women's Basketball Awards & All-Conference Teams . Sun Belt Conference . March 4, 2024 . March 5, 2024.
  3. Web site: Tennessee hiring Marshall's Kim Caldwell as women's basketball coach . Auerbach . Nicole . Merola . Lauren . The Athletic . 2024-04-07 . 2024-04-07.
  4. Web site: 2024-03-15 . The End of the Historic Kim Stephens Era . 2024-05-19 . Glenville State College Athletics . en.
  5. Web site: Bennett . Jay . A giant passes: Former Parkersburg South coach Scott Stephens loses battle with tumor . The Parkersburg News and Sentinel . November 23, 2020 . March 14, 2024.
  6. News: Kim Stephens - Women's Basketball Coach - Glenville State College Athletics. 27 March 2023. 27 March 2023.
  7. Web site: NCAA Statistics . 2024-04-20 . NCAA.ORG.
  8. Web site: Kim Stephens Selected as New Head Women's Basketball Coach . gstatepioneers.com . June 21, 2016 . March 14, 2024.
  9. Web site: Carey . Greg . 'Our girls felt like absolute rock stars': Importance of National Championship starting to settle in for Stephens and Pioneers . WV Metro News . March 28, 2022 . March 14, 2024.
  10. Web site: Marshall University names West Virginia native Kim Stephens new women's basketball coach. WV News . March 27, 2023 . March 14, 2024.
  11. Web site: Hodousek . Carrie . Marshall women's basketball coach reflects on win over JMU before heading to NCAA Tournament . WV Metro News . March 12, 2024 . March 14, 2024.
  12. Web site: Tennessee hiring Marshall's Kim Caldwell as women's basketball coach . Auerbach . Nicole . Merola . Lauren . The Athletic . 2024-04-07 . 2024-04-07.
  13. Marshall's Kim Caldwell Named 2024 Spalding® Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year . Women's Basketball Coaches Association . April 3, 2024 . April 3, 2024.
  14. Web site: Trainer . Eric . Tennessee Selects Caldwell To Lead Storied Lady Vol Basketball Program . UTSports.com . April 7, 2024 . April 7, 2024.
  15. News: GLENVILLE STATE'S KIM STEPHENS NAMED 2022 WBCA NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR. WBCA. March 23, 2022. March 14, 2024.