Kim Cupini

Biography

THE CUPINI FILE Personal Information Full Name: Kim Marie Cupini Born: November 4, 1981 Hometown: Rochester, N.Y College: San Diego, 2003 Coaching Experience 2004-05: San Diego, assistant coach 2005-07: UCF, assistant coach 2007-17: San Diego, head coach 2017-23: SMU, head coach 2023-present: Tennessee, head coach Individual Highlights CRCA National Coach of the Year (1) 2024 CRCA Regional Coach of the Year (2) 2023 (Region 4), 2024 (Region 3) Big 12 Coach of the Year (1) 2024 AAC Coach of the Year (4) 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 WCC Coach of the Year (5) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 All-American Selections: 19 All-Conference Selections: 79 TENNESSEE HIGHLIGHTS 2024 CRCA National Coach of the Year 2024 Big 12 Co-Head Coach of the Year 2024 CRCA Division I Region 3 Coach of the Year Third-place at 2024 NCAA Championships, the best in program history Five CRCA All-Americans Five All-Big 12 selections No. 3 CRCA end-of-year national ranking Each of UT's three NCAA Championship crews set program-best marks by boat classification at the postseason event, with its First Eight placing third, its Second Eight crew finishing third and its Four boat earning fifth place Nine 2024 CRCA National Scholar-Athletes SMU HIGHLIGHTS Eight CRCA All-America honors 31 All-AAC selections Three consecutive American Athletic Conference titles (2021, 2022, 2023) and three consecutive NCAA Championships appearances, where SMU finished 11th in 2021, 12th in 2022 and ninth in 2023 2023 CRCA Division I Region