Kim Stephens

Kim Caldwell (née Stephens) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Marshall University women's basketball team.[1] Prior to Marshall, Stephens made a name for herself as coach of the Glenville State Pioneers, where during her seven-year tenure won 6 conference championships, 4 conference tournament championships, made 6 NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, and won the 2022 NCAA Division II National Championship.[2]

Kim Stephens
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMarshall
ConferenceSun Belt
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
BornParkersburg, West Virginia
Playing career
2007–2011Glenville State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2013Ohio Valley (assistant)
2013–2016Sacramento State (assistant)
2016–2023Glenville State
2023–presentMarshall
Head coaching record
Overall191–24 (.888)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Playing career

As a collegiate player at Glenville, Stephens 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.[3]

Coaching career
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Glenville State Pioneers (Mountain East Conference) (2016–2022)
2016–17 Glenville State 24–618–41stNCAA Division II First Round
2017–18 Glenville State 31–222–01stNCAA Division II Second Round
2018–19 Glenville State 30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2019–20 Glenville State 26–519–31stNCAA Division II (Cancelled)
2020–2021 Glenville State 12–410–22ndNCAA Division II First Round
2021–22 Glenville State 35–122–01stNCAA Division II Champions
2022–23 Glenville State 33–320–21stNCAA Division II Final Four
Glenville State: 191–24132–12
Marshall Thundering Herd (Sun Belt Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Marshall 0–0
Marshall: 0–00–0
Total:191–24

      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

Coaching

Glenville State University

  • MEC regular season champion: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • MEC Tournament champions: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
  • NCAA Division II Champions: 2022

Individual
  • Pat Summitt Trophy (WBCA NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year): 2021-22
  • MEC Coach of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022-23
  • Furfari Award (West Virginia's College Coach of the Year): 2019, 2022
  • WBCA Coaches Thirty Under 30: 2016-17

References
  1. "Kim Stephens To Lead Marshall Women's Basketball". 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. "The End of the Historic Kim Stephens Era". 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. "Kim Stephens - Women's Basketball Coach - Glenville State College Athletics". 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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