Kim Caldwell
Kim Caldwell is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the [Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|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 Coach of the Year and received the Maggie Dixon Award as the top Division I rookie head coach in 2024. 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 women's basketball tournament|2022 NCAA Division II National Championship].
Playing career
Caldwell played high school basketball at Parkersburg South High School under her father, Scott Stephens. 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.Glenville State statistics
Sources| 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. In 2022, she led the Pioneers to the NCAA Division II tournament championship.Marshall
On March 27, 2023, Caldwell was named head coach at Marshall. 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 2023–24 [James Madison Dukes women's basketball team|James Madison] in the 2024 [Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament|Sun Belt tournament] championship. Given her performance at Marshall, Caldwell was named by SBC head coaches as the league's 2024 coach of the year 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.Tennessee
On April 7, 2024, after one season at Marshall, Caldwell was named the head coach at Tennessee, becoming the first non-Tennessee alum to lead the program since Pat Summitt.Head coaching record
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. Their son, Conor Scott Caldwell, was born on January 20, 2025, amidst the Lady Volunteers SEC schedule.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 [Women's Basketball Championship|NCAA Division II Champions]: 2022
- Sun Belt Conference regular season champion: 2024
- Sun Belt Conference tournament champions: 2024
Individual
- Pat Summitt Trophy : 2021–22
- Maggie Dixon Award : 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 : 2019, 2022
- WBCA Coaches Thirty Under 30: 2016–17