The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Women's Basketball

THE CALDWELL FILE Personal Information Name: Kim (Stephens) Caldwell Birthday: Nov. 24, 1988 Hometown: Parkersburg, W.Va. High School: Parkersburg South High School, 2007 Education: B.S. (Sport Mgmt. with Psychology Minor), Glenville State (W.Va.), 2011; M.S. (Education), Ohio Valley Univ. (W.Va.), 2012 Spouse: Justin Caldwell Coaching Experience OVERALL Years as a head coach (2016-present): 9 (2 in NCAA DI / 7 in NCAA DII) Overall record: 241-41 (50-17 in NCAA DI / 191-24 in DII) Conference record: 157-21 (25-9 in NCAA DI / 132-12 in DII) NCAA berths: 9 (2 NCAA DI / 7 NCAA DII) NCAA Final Fours: 2 (2022 & 2023 in NCAA DII) NCAA Championships: 1 (2022 in NCAA DII) Conference Championships: 7 (1 in NCAA DI / 6 in NCAA DII) Conference Tournament Championships: 5 (1 in NCAA DI / 4 in NCAA DII) National Coach of the Year: 1 (NCAA DII) Rookie Coach of the Year: 1 (NCAA DI) Conference Coach of the Year: 5 (1 in NCAA DI / 4 in NCAA DII) TENNESSEE Head coach (April 7, 2024-present) One-year record: 24-10 Conference record: 8-8 One postseason appearance (NCAA Sweet 16) Best start by a coach in first year with Lady Vols (13-0), t7th best start overall Led UT to first victory in the interrupted series over UConn since 2007 MARSHALL Head coach (2023-24) One-year record: 26-7 Conference record: 17-1 One postseason appearance (NCAA 1st Rd.) 2024 Spalding Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year 2024 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Led her team to SBC regular season and t

THE RIZOR FILE Personal Information Name: Angel Rizor Birthday: July 27, 1998 Hometown: Zebulon, N.C. High School: East Wake H.S., 2016 Education: B.S. (Health Promotion and Education: Exercise and Fitness), Cincinnati, 2020 Coaching Experience OVERALL Years as an assistant (2021-22, 2023-present): 3 (2 in NCAA DI / 1 in NCAA DII) Overall record: 85-18 (50-17 in NCAA DI / 35-1 in DII) NCAA appearances: 3 (2 NCAA DI / 1 NCAA DII) Conf. Championships: 2 (1 NCAA DI / 1 NCAA DII) Conf. Tourn. Championships: 1 (1 NCAA DI) TENNESSEE Assistant coach (2024-present) One-year record: 24-10 One postseason appearance (1 NCAA - Sweet 16) Helped land No. 1 or No. 2 high school signing class in 2025 Helped sign No. 1 transfer portal class in 2025 MARSHALL Assistant coach (2023-24) One-year record: 27-6 One postseason appearance (2024 NCAA 1st Rd.) Won 2023-24 Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles Marshall’s first NCAA berth since 1997 and only the second ever Tallied most wins in program history Program’s first 20-win regular season since 1990-91 Squad averaged 85.3 points per game and forced 24.2 turnovers per contest GLENVILLE STATE Assistant coach (2021-22) One-year record: 35-1 One postseason appearance (NCAA DII) Won NCAA Division II National Championship Won Mountain East Conference title (22-0 record) Won Mountain East Conference Tournament crown COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE Cincinnati (2016-20) Four-year starter 1000-point scorer 2019-20 All-AAC Third Team 2019-20 AAC Most

Updated: August 2025 Casi Dailey is in her sixth season at the University of Tennessee as an associate director of sports medicine and has overseen the medic...

Updated: August 2025 The 2025-26 campaign is the 10th season as a member of the UT women's basketball staff for Heather Ervin and her fourth as the director ...

THE BURDETTE FILE Personal Information Name: Jenna Burdette Birthday: Sept. 30, 1995 Hometown: Coolville, Ohio High School: Reedsville Eastern High School, 2007 Education: B.S. (Exercise Science), Dayton, 2018 Coaching Experience OVERALL Years as an assistant (2018-20, 2021-present): 6 (4 in NCAA DI / 2 in NCAA DII) Overall record: 138-52 (82-44 in NCAA DI / 56-8 in DII) Four postseason appearances: (2 NCAA DI / 2 NCAA DII) Three Conference Championships: (1 NCAA DI / 2 NCAA DII) Three Conference Tournament Championships: (1 NCAA DI / 2 NCAA DII) TENNESSEE Assistant coach (2024-present) One-year record: 24-10 One postseason appearance (1 NCAA - Sweet 16) Helped land No. 1 or No. 2 high school signing class in 2025 Helped sign No. 1 transfer portal class in 2025 MARSHALL Assistant coach (2021-24) Three-year record: 58-34 One postseason appearance (2024 NCAA 1st Rd.) Won 2023-24 Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles Marshall’s first NCAA berth since 1997 and only the second ever Tallied most wins in program history Program’s first 20-win regular season since 1990-91 Squad averaged 85.3 points per game and forced 24.2 turnovers per contest NORTHERN KENTUCKY Director of basketball operations (2020-21) GLENVILLE STATE Assistant coach (2018-20) Two-year record: 56-8 Two postseason appearances (NCAA DII) Won back-to-back Mountain East Conference titles Won back-to-back Mountain East Conference Tournament titles COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE Dayton (2014-18) Led UD to four po

THE BARRIER FILE Personal Information Name: Lexie Barrier Birthday: Dec. 19, 1997 Hometown: Ironton, Ohio High School: Ironton H.S., 2016 Education: B.S. (Sport & Recreation Management), JMU, 2020; M.Ed. (Adult & Continuing Professional Education), NC State, 2021 Daughter: Alani Coaching Experience OVERALL Years as an assistant (2021-present): 4 Overall record: 88-43 Postseason appearances: 3 (2 NCAA/1 WBIT) Conference Championships: 1 Conference Tournament Championships: 1 TENNESSEE Assistant coach (2024-present) One-year record: 24-10 One postseason appearance (1 NCAA - Sweet 16) Helped land No. 1 or No. 2 high school signing class in 2025 Helped sign No. 1 transfer portal class in 2025 JMU Assistant coach (2022-24) Two-year record: 49-20 Two postseason appearances (1 NCAA / 1 WBIT) Won 2022-23 Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles MARSHALL Assistant coach (2021-22) One-year record: 15-13 Served as team’s academic liaison Fourteen of 15 players made C-USA Academic Honor Roll NC STATE Graduate manager (2020-21) One-year record: 22-3 Advanced to NCAA Sweet 16 Team won ACC Championship COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE JMU (2016-20) Three-year starter 1,200-point scorer 2018 & 2019 All-SBC Second Team 2017 SBC All-Rookie Team Updated: August 2025 WATCH: Getting To Know Lexie Barrier (Part 1) | Getting To Know Lexie Barrier (Part 2) Lexie Barrier joined Tennessee Athletics in May of 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vo

Updated: August 2025 Maggie Stanley joined Tennessee Athletics in July of 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her a graduate assistant on her first staff as head coa...

Updated: August 2025 Mashayla Cecil joined Tennessee Athletics in May of 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her a graduate assistant on her first staff as head coac...

Updated: August 2025 Nolan Harvath joined the Tennessee Athletics staff on April 22, 2024, accepting the role of director of women’s basketball sports perfor...