Kim Caldwell

For the actress, see Kimberly Caldwell.

Kim Caldwell

Caldwell in 2024
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tennessee
Conference	SEC
Record	15–5 (.750)
Annual salary	750,000[1]
Biographical details
Born	(1988-11-24) November 24, 1988 (age 36) Parkersburg, West Virginia
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	232–36 (.866)
Tournaments	0-1 (NCAA Division I) 12–5 (NCAA Division II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division II Tournament (2022) 2 NCAA Regional—Final Four (2022, 2023) 4 MEC tournament (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) 6 MEC regular season (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) SBC regular season (2024) SBC tournament (2024)
Awards
WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year (2022) 4× MEC Coach of the Year (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) SBC Coach of the Year (2024) Maggie Dixon Award (2024)

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.[3][12]

Tennessee

On April 7, 2024, after one season at Marshall, Caldwell was named the head coach at Tennessee,[13] 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 (.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	15–5	3–5
Tennessee:		15–5 (.750)	3–5 (.375)
Total:		232–36 (.866)
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

Personal life

Kim Stephens was born on November 24, 1988, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. In May 2023, she married Justin Caldwell, who became the player development coordinator for the Tennessee 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]

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[16]
• 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. "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. "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.
13. Trainer, Eric (April 7, 2024). "Tennessee Selects Caldwell To Lead Storied Lady Vol Basketball Program". UTSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
14. Hall, Cora (January 15, 2025). "Kim Caldwell baby update: Due date, who coaches Lady Vols if she misses game, what to know". knoxnews.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
15. Hall, Cora (January 23, 2025). "Lady Vols basketball vs Texas score today: Live updates Jenna Burdette replaces new mom Kim Caldwell". knoxnews.com. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
16. "GLENVILLE STATE'S KIM STEPHENS NAMED 2022 WBCA NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR". WBCA. March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

External links

• Coaching statistics at Sports Reference
• Tennessee Lady Volunteers bio
• Marshall Thundering Herd bio
• Glenville State Lady Pioneers bio