Kim Caldwell

For the actress, see Kimberly Caldwell.
Kim Caldwell
Caldwell in 2024
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamTennessee
ConferenceSEC
Record5–0 (1.000)
Annual salary$750,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1988-11-24) November 24, 1988 (age 36)
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Playing career
2007–2011Glenville State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2013Ohio Valley (assistant)
2013–2016Sacramento State (assistant)
2016–2023Glenville State
2023–2024Marshall
2024–presentTennessee
Head coaching record
Overall222–31 (.877)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Kim Caldwell (née Stephens) 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]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Glenville State 28 109 45.2% 66.7% 65.0% 2.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 3.9
2008–09 Glenville State 28 163 41.6% 25.0% 80.5% 3.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 5.8
2009–10 Glenville State 33 155 31.8% 27.0% 77.8% 2.4 0.9 0.6 0.1 5.5
2010–11 Glenville State 33 247 35.1% 35.1% 33.3% 2.7 0.6 0.7 - 7.5
Career 117 674 37.3% 31.9% 67.0% 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.1 5.8

Coaching career

Glenville State

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]

Marshall

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]

Tennessee

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).

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Glenville State Pioneers (Mountain East Conference) (2016–2022)
2016–17 Glenville State 24–6 18–4 1st NCAA Division II First Round
2017–18 Glenville State 31–2 22–0 1st NCAA Division II Second Round
2018–19 Glenville State 30–3 21–1 1st NCAA Division II Second Round
2019–20 Glenville State 26–5 19–3 1st NCAA Division II (Cancelled)
2020–21 Glenville State 12–4 10–2 2nd NCAA Division II First Round
2021–22 Glenville State 35–1 22–0 1st NCAA Division II Champions
2022–23 Glenville State 33–3 20–2 1st NCAA Division II Final Four
Glenville State: 191–24 132–12
Marshall Thundering Herd (Sun Belt Conference) (2023–2024)
2023–24 Marshall 26–7 17–1 1st NCAA Division I First Round
Marshall: 26–7 17–1
Tennessee Lady Vols (Southeastern Conference) (2024–present)
2024–25 Tennessee 5–0 0–0
Tennessee: 5–0 0–0
Total: 222–31

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Honors

Team

Glenville State University

  • Mountain East Conference regular season champion: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Mountain East Conference tournament champions: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
  • NCAA Division II Champions: 2022

Marshall University

  • Sun Belt Conference regular season champion: 2024
  • Sun Belt Conference tournament champions: 2024

Individual

  • Pat Summitt Trophy (WBCA NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year): 2021–22[15]
  • Maggie Dixon Award (WBCA rookie coach of the year in NCAA Division I): 2023–24
  • Mountain East Conference Coach of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year: 2023–24
  • Furfari Award (West Virginia's College Coach of the Year): 2019, 2022
  • WBCA Coaches Thirty Under 30: 2016–17

References

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