 Caldwell in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Tennessee |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 23–9 (.719) |
| Annual salary | 750,000[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1988-11-24)November 24, 1988 (age 36) Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2007–2011 | Glenville State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2011–2013 | Ohio Valley (assistant) |
| 2013–2016 | Sacramento State (assistant) |
| 2016–2023 | Glenville State |
| 2023–2024 | Marshall |
| 2024–present | Tennessee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 240–40 (.857) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) 12–5 (NCAA Division II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Kim Caldwell (née Stephens; born November 24, 1988) is an Americancollege basketball coach who is currently the head coach of theUniversity of Tennessee Lady Volunteers. She previously served in the same role atMarshall for one season, where she was named theSun Belt Conference (SBC) Coach of the Year[2] and received theMaggie 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 theGlenville State Pioneers. During her seven-year tenure there, the team won six regular season conference championships, four conference tournament championships, made sixNCAA Division II Tournament appearances, and won the2022 NCAA Division II National Championship.[4]
Caldwell playedhigh school basketball atParkersburg South High School under her father, Scott Stephens.[5] As a collegiate player atGlenville State, Caldwell was namedteam 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 insport management with a minor inpsychology.[6]
Sources[7]
| 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 |
In 2016, Caldwell was hired as head women's basketball coach at her alma mater,Glenville State, after serving as an assistant atSacramento State and a graduate assistant atOhio Valley.[8] In 2022, she led the Pioneers to theNCAA Division II tournament championship.[9]
On March 27, 2023, Caldwell was named head coach atMarshall.[10] During her first and ultimately only season at Marshall, she led the Thundering Herd to their firstNCAA Division I tournament since 1997 after defeatingJames Madison in theSun 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 theWomen's Basketball Coaches Association as the 2024 recipient of theMaggie Dixon Award as the top first-year head coach in Division I women's basketball.[3][12]
On April 7, 2024, after one season at Marshall, Caldwell was named the head coach atTennessee,[13] becoming the first non-Tennessee alum to lead the program sincePat Summitt (aUT Martin graduate).
| 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 (.888) | 132–12 (.917) | |||||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd(Sun Belt Conference)(2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Marshall | 26–7 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| Marshall: | 26–7 (.788) | 17–1 (.944) | |||||||
| Tennessee Lady Vols(Southeastern Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Tennessee | 23–9 | 8–8 | T–8th | NCAA Division I | ||||
| Tennessee: | 23–9 (.719) | 8–9 (.471) | |||||||
| Total: | 240–40 (.857) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
Kim Stephens was born on November 24, 1988, inParkersburg, West Virginia. In May 2023, she married Justin Caldwell, who became the player development coordinator for theTennessee Volunteers basketball team, following her hiring as the Lady Volunteers basketball coach. In September 2024, she announced her pregnancy.[14] Their son, Conor Scott Caldwell, was born on January 20, 2025, amidst the Lady Volunteers SEC schedule.[15]
Glenville State University
Marshall University