STAFF

KIM CALDWELL | HEAD COACH

Kim Caldwell is in her first season as the women’s basketball head coach at the University of Tennessee. She was announced on April 7, 2024, as the fourth leader of the Lady Volunteers during the NCAA era.

A rising star in the profession, Caldwell has quickly forged a reputation as an elite head coach at two different stops and makes her debut at the game’s highest level as the leader of the all-time winningest program in women’s hoops. She previously led NCAA Division II Glenville State and DI Marshall to championship seasons with a high-octane approach on both ends of the floor.

Simply put, Caldwell is a winner. In eight seasons as a head coach, she has compiled an impressive 217-31 (.875) career record. Those numbers include an astounding 149-13 (.920) mark in conference games. Along the way, her teams have earned berths in eight NCAA Tournaments, and she has directed those squads to one national championship, two NCAA DII Final Fours, seven conference championships and five conference tournament titles.

Read More

Statistically, her teams have excelled in scoring, three-point shooting and steals. As a head coach, her teams have led the nation five times in scoring, finishing second twice and never placing below fourth in points per game. Her squads have been the top team on four occasions in three-pointers made per game, never placing lower than fifth. In steals per game, Caldwell’s units have never finished below fourth.

Prior to coming to Tennessee, Caldwell guided Marshall to a 26-7 overall record and 17-1 league mark in her only season there in 2023-24. She was named the WBCA’s Spalding Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year and the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year after piloting the Thundering Herd to both the league’s regular season and tournament titles as well as the school’s second NCAA Tournament berth ever and first since 1997.

After being picked ninth in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll, Marshall proceeded to generate 85.3 points per game (4th in NCAA) and force 24.2 turnovers per contest in notching a program best for wins. Caldwell’s victory total stands as the most by a first-year coach in MU women’s hoops history and marked the first 20-win regular-season campaign by the school since 1990-91.

Caldwell got her start as a head coach at her alma mater under her maiden name of Kim Stephens. She led Glenville State to the 2021-22 NCAA Division II National Championship in her sixth year at the school and helped the Pioneers earn seven overall NCAA Tournament berths.

For the 2021-22 season’s accomplishment, she was presented the Pat Summitt Trophy, which goes to the WBCA’s NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year. Caldwell also earned the 2022 Furfari Award, which is presented to West Virginia's College Coach of the Year by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. She also won that award in 2019 as well.

In seven seasons with the Pioneers, from 2016-23, the 2011 GSU graduate compiled a 191-24 mark, including a 132-12 slate in the Mountain East Conference (MEC). Her final two editions forged a 68-4 combined record, including the 35-1 national championship season (22-0 in league play) in 2021-22, and a 33-3 outcome after advancing to the national semifinals in 2022-23. Her final unit there led NCAA Division II in points per game (91.2) and turnovers forced (27.3).

She guided Glenville State to six MEC regular season titles (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) and four MEC Tournament trophies (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023), earning MEC Coach of the Year honors four times in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.

Prior to her stint at GSU, she served as an assistant at Sacramento State for three seasons from 2013-16 under Bunky Harkleroad, for the 2012-13 season at Glenville State as an assistant to Harkleroad and began her college coaching career at Ohio Valley University, filling a role as an assistant there from 2011-12.

A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Caldwell helped lead Glenville State to the 2010-11 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship as a player and earn an NCAA Division II Tournament berth. She was named the WVIAC Student-Athlete of the Year that season and academically made the WVIAC Commissioner's Honor Roll as a junior and senior.

WHAT UT VICE CHANCELLOR/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DANNY WHITE SAID...

"From the beginning, our goal has been to find a dynamic head coach who can restore our women's basketball program to national prominence. Kim Caldwell is the ideal person to lead us," said White. "Kim has a winning formula that she has successfully implemented everywhere she has coached, with a fast-paced, high-octane offense and pressure defense that has led to remarkable results. In this new era of college sports, it was vital that we found an innovative head coach with a strong track record of winning titles. We are eager to return the Lady Vols to a championship level, and we're confident that Kim Caldwell is the coach who can lead us back to the top."

WHAT NEW LADY VOL HEAD COACH KIM CALDWELL SAID...

"I am honored and humbled to accept the role as head coach of this historic program at the University of Tennessee," Caldwell said. "I can't help but reflect on accepting the Pat Summitt Trophy three seasons ago and be moved by the great responsibility and opportunity of now leading and building upon the incredible Lady Vol tradition she built. I am so excited to get to work and can't wait to see what we all can accomplish together."

GABE LAZO | ASSISTANT COACH

Gabe Lazo joined Tennessee Athletics on April 16, 2024, as Kim Caldwell named him an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols.

Lazo, who is in his eighth season in coaching at the collegiate level, has accumulated a 114-95 record at four schools over a seven-year period. The teams he has helped lead have recorded three postseason appearances (2 NCAA, 1 WBIT), a conference championship and a conference tournament title.

He arrived at Rocky Top after spending two seasons at Mississippi State, earning a promotion to associate head coach there after helping the Bulldogs make the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2022-23 and the WBIT Elite Eight in 2023-24. They did so while posting back-to-back seasons of 22 and 23 victories and charting a 45-23 record during that time frame.

Read More

Known as a relentless recruiter, a motivator and a mentor to, and developer of, student-athletes. Lazo served as MSU’s designated defensive coordinator. The first assistant hired by the Bulldogs’ Sam Purcell when he took the job in 2022, Lazo provided opponent scouting and defensive approach as well as in-game tactics and adjustments from the bench.

His ability to identify talent and build relationships was critical to the Bulldogs landing the No. 3 transfer class ahead of the 2023-24 campaign. He also played a key role in Mississippi State securing highly-regarded classes over his last two signing cycles there, including the 16th-rated class in 2022-23, which was the second best in school history.

Lazo, who has been cited for his work ethic, was a key staff member for Purcell, highlighted by his scouting assignment that helped the No. 11-seeded Bulldogs upset No. 6 seed Creighton in the first round of the 2023 NCAA tournament. Lazo also played a significant role in the recruitment of former Seton Hall transfer Lauren Park-Lane, who broke MSU's single-season assists record during the 2023-24 campaign.

Prior to making the move to Starkville, Lazo spent the 2021-22 campaign as an assistant at George Washington, helping mold the second-ranked defense in the A-10 Conference. During that season, he signed top-30 recruit Nyanna Robertson and lent his expertise as an improving GWU squad reached the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament.

From 2019-21, Lazo served as an assistant at Stony Brook, helping the Seawolves fashion a 43-9 overall record. Among SBU’s achievements were winning the 2019-20 America East regular-season championship, with 28-3 overall and 14-2 league marks, and capturing the 2021 America East Tournament championship and earning a berth in that season’s NCAA Tournament. While on Long Island, Lazo assisted with the development of five all-conference selections in 2020, including first-team honoree India Pagan.

Lazo cut his teeth in the college coaching ranks at FIU, filling a role as an assistant there from 2017-19. Working for head coach Tiara Malcom, he contributed toward the Panthers carding in 2017-18 their most overall victories since 2013-14 and their most league wins since joining Conference USA.

Prior to making the move to college basketball, Lazo was head coach at John. A. Ferguson Senior High School from 2012-17, earning Miami-Dade County Coach of the Year distinction on three different occasions. He guided the Falcons to regional championships in 2015-16 and 2016-17 and to state runner-up finishes during those seasons as well.

His duties dovetailed with his summer role as head coach of the Miami Suns in the Nike Girls Elite Youth Basketball League from 2010-17. His 2014 “Team Larkins" squad achieved a top-10 national ranking and was invited to Nike Nationals.

Lazo played collegiately at FIU (2004-06) and Barry University (2006-08), earning a bachelor's degree in education from Barry in 2008. He also played professionally for two years with Cariduros de Fajardo BSN in Puerto Rico.

During his high school days, Lazo was a four-year letterwinner and an honor roll student at Miami Senior High. He led MSHS to the state final four as a junior and the elite eight as a senior and was part of squads winning three district titles and two city championships during his prep career.

ANGEL RIZOR | ASSISTANT COACH

Angel Rizor joined Tennessee Athletics on April 16, 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols. This marks the third time they have worked together.

Rizor, who is in her third season in coaching, has fashioned a 61-8 career record at two schools over as many seasons. The teams she has helped lead have recorded two NCAA Tournament appearances, one national championship, two conference championships and a conference tournament crown.

She joined Caldwell and fellow assistant Jenna Burdette in making the transition from Marshall to UT. The former Thundering Herd staff member served as an assistant coach during the 2023-24 campaign in Caldwell’s first and only year as head coach at the Huntington, W. Va., school.

Read More

During her brief stint at MU, the Herd went 26-7 overall and 17-1 in Sun Belt Conference play en route to regular season and tournament championships and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The 26 wins marked a program best, and MU made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997 and only its second ever.

The Thundering Herd averaged 85.3 points per game to rank fourth among NCAA Division I schools and were first in three-pointers attempted per game (31.9), second in turnovers forced per game (24.2), third in three-pointers made per game (10.6), third in steals per game (13.2), third in turnover margin (7.94) and fifth in offensive rebounds per game (16.4).

Prior to making the move to Marshall, Rizor broadened her coaching education while playing professionally in Germany in 2022-23. She led several local high school and club teams there to gain an international perspective on the game of basketball.

The duo first worked together at NCAA Division II Glenville State, where Rizor served as an assistant to Caldwell during the 2021-22 campaign. During that season, the Pioneers went 35-1 overall and 22-0 in the Mountain East Conference, claiming the NCAA Division II National Championship and the MEC regular season crown.

As they did many times under Caldwell, Glenville State once again led NCAA Division II in points per game at 95.5 as well as threes made (342) and attempted (1,030) in 2021-22. GSU also was No. 1 in assists (620), turnovers forced per game (25.72), steals (520) and scoring margin (32.7).

Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Rizor spent a year playing professional basketball in Cesme-Izmir, Turkey for the Cesme Basketbol Kulubu. Her team there made the TKBL Playoffs in 2021.

Among other experiences, Rizor served as tournament director at the Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin, Ohio, in 2018 and completed a 2019 internship with Redline Athletics in West Chester, Ohio.

A 2020 graduate of Cincinnati with a degree in health promotion and education: exercise and fitness, Rizor was a four-year starter for the Bearcats. She surpassed 1,000 points while averaging 8.4 points per game in her career there.

In 2019-20, she was named All-American Athletic Conference Third Team as well as being voted the AAC’s Most Improved Player and to the AAC All-Tournament Team. Additionally, she was selected for the 2018-19 AAC All-Academic Honor Roll, and in 2019-20 she was named to the Legion of Excellence at Cincinnati.

ROMAN TUBNER | ASSISTANT COACH

Roman Tubner joined Tennessee Athletics on April 16, 2024, as Kim Caldwell named him an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols.

Tubner, who is in his 12th season in the women’s game, has accumulated a 195-136 record as a full-time coach at seven previous schools. The teams he has helped lead have recorded six postseason appearances (5 NCAA, 1 WNIT), two conference championships and a conference tournament title. They also carded two league tourney runner-up showings and a second-place league finish as well.

He arrived on Rocky Top after spending three seasons on Kristy Curry’s staff as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Alabama, earning a promotion to associate head coach in 2023 as the Crimson Tide went 64-35 during his tenure. During that span, UA earned three postseason berths that included NCAA appearances in the 2023 and 2024 tournaments following a WNIT quarterfinal result in 2022.

Read More

A 2019 selection to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s 30 Under Thirty and a member of Silver Waves Media’s 2023 list of the 50 Most Impactful Assistants, he helped the Crimson Tide to three consecutive 20+ win seasons for the first time since 1999, including a 24-victory campaign in 2023-24 that was Bama’s finest since 1998.

The 2023-24 unit forged a 24-10 overall record and 10-6 SEC mark, tying for fourth place and earning the league tourney’s No. 4 seed. The Tide later advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, marking the program’s first win in that event since 2021.

A contributing factor to that on-court success was UA’s effort in recruiting, where he directed the charge in the signing or commitment of 16 players during his tenure as recruiting coordinator. He recruited and assisted in the development of two All-SEC players (Sarah Ashlee Barker, Aaliyah Nye) and an SEC All-Freshman selection (Essence Cody) in 2023-24 and helped land a 2023 recruiting class ranked No. 11 by espnW and a portal class rated No. 25 by 247Sports and Brandon Clay Scouting that season as well. The signing group included Cody, Reychel Douglas and Naomi Jones.

From the time he arrived in Tuscaloosa, the Tide elevated from 20-14/6-10 (10th) with a WNIT quarterfinal berth in 2021-22 to 20-11/9-7 (t5th) and an NCAA appearance in 2022-23 before the next step forward in 2023-24. During that window, he coached SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Hannah Barber and All-SEC First Team selection Brittany Davis, the No. 36 overall pick by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2023 WNBA Draft.

Prior to his stint at Alabama, Tubner spent a season at Ball State under head coach Brady Sallee. He assisted for a 14-11/12-8 (6th, MAC) Cardinal squad and worked primarily with the point guards, developing All-MAC Honorable Mention selection Sydney Freeman.

In 2019-20, he served as an assistant coach to Karen Barefoot at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. While there, he recruited 2021 All-Colonial Athletic Association Sixth Player of the Year ZaNautica Downs and worked with three student-athletes who garnered All-Colonial Athletic Association honors.

Tubner spent a season in Terre Haute, Ind., in 2018-19, holding the position of assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Indiana State. He helped the Sycamores produce their highest scoring average in five years and reeled in one of the top recruiting classes in the Missouri Valley Conference en route to being named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) 30 Under Thirty list.

From 2017-18, Tubner gained experience as an assistant at Austin Peay, where he helped lead the Governors to 16 wins, the most for the program in a decade. He also helped develop Brianne Alexander into an All-OVC First Team selection.

Prior to his stop at APSU, Tubner logged three years at Arkansas Tech from 2014-17. While there, he assisted the Golden Suns to a 72-19 record and three NCAA Division II Tournaments, two regular-season Great American Conference championships (2014-15, 2015-16) and a league tourney title (2015-16). Tech also carded a second-place conference regular season finish in 2016-17 and tourney runner-up showings in 2014-15 and 2016-17.

Tubner got his start in coaching at the University of Arkansas-Monticello, where he worked from 2011-13 as a men’s basketball graduate assistant before being promoted to assistant women’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator for the 2013-14 campaign. He helped the 2011-12 UAM men’s team to 21 wins and coached three DII All-Americans while with that program.

A graduate of Montgomery (Ala.) Catholic High School, Tubner was a three-sport athlete in high school who went on to play at Centenary College in Louisiana. He graduated from Centenary with a bachelor’s in psychology in 2011 and earned his master’s from Arkansas-Monticello in 2012 with studies in physical education and coaching. He is married to the former Kyndra Daniels, and they have two daughters: Skylar and Rhian.

JENNA BURDETTE | ASSISTANT COACH

Jenna Burdette joined Tennessee Athletics on April 16, 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols. This marks the third time they have worked together.

Burdette, who is in her sixth season in coaching and her seventh year overall in college basketball, has fashioned a 114-24 career record at two schools over five seasons. The teams she has helped coach have carded three NCAA Tournament appearances, three conference championships and a trio of conference tournament crowns as well.

She joined Caldwell and fellow assistant coach Angel Rizor in making the transition from Marshall to UT. The former Thundering Herd staff member served as associate head coach during the 2023-24 campaign in Caldwell’s first year at the Huntington, W. Va., school. She had been an assistant on the MU staff for two previous seasons since being hired in May of 2021, helping the program to a 58-34 overall record during that span.

Read More

Included in that is last year’s triumphant season at Marshall, where the Herd went 26-7 overall and 17-1 in Sun Belt Conference play en route to regular season and tournament championships and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The 26 wins marked a program best, and MU made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997 and only its second ever.

The Thundering Herd averaged 85.3 points per game to rank fourth among NCAA Division I schools and were first in three-pointers attempted per game (31.9), second in turnovers forced per game (24.2), third in three-pointers made per game (10.6), third in steals per game (13.2), third in turnover margin (7.94) and fifth in offensive rebounds per game (16.4).

The duo first worked together at NCAA Division II Glenville State, where Burdette served as an assistant to Caldwell from 2018-20. They helped lead the Pioneers to a 56-8 overall mark, which included a 40-4 mark in conference play and a pair of Mountain East Conference championships. GSU also won MEC Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of those seasons.

Glenville State ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II in scoring per game in 2018-19 (102.3) and 2019-20 (106.8). The Pioneers also finished first in three-pointers made, three-pointers attempted and three-pointers attempted per game both seasons and wound up third in steals per game in 2018-19 and fourth in 2019-20.

Between her stints at Glenville State and Marshall, Burdette served as the director of basketball operations at Northern Kentucky University in 2020-21 before joining Marshall's staff for the 2021-22 season.

A native of Coolville, Ohio, Burdette was a standout player at the University of Dayton from 2014-18, earning a degree in exercise science. During her career she played in 120 games and averaged 11.2 points per contest, becoming the 25th Flyer to reach the 1,000-point mark.

Burdette garnered All-A-10 honors twice, earning second-team acclaim as a junior in 2016-17 and first-team accolades as a senior in 2017-18, when she put up 16.2 points and 3.9 assists per game and hit 44.5 percent of her three-point attempts to rank second in the A-10 and eighth nationally. Additionally, she was named A-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Performer as a junior and was a member of the A-10 All-Rookie Team in 2014-15.

Dayton and Tennessee met during Burdette’s junior campaign, squaring off in the NCAA First Round in Louisville, Ky., on March 18, 2017. The Lady Vols overcame a 29-all tie at the intermission to secure a 66-57 victory over a determined Flyers squad. Burdette contributed seven points, three rebounds and three assists to her team’s cause over 28 minutes.

As a high school player at Reedsville Eastern, Burdette was a three-time First Team Ohio selection and was Eastern’s all-time leading scorer. She was also the Associated Press Division IV Southeastern District Player of the Year for three years and was ranked No. 18 at her position by ESPN HoopGurlz.

LEXIE BARRIER | ASSISTANT COACH

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 Vols. This marks the first time they have worked together, though both previously served coaching stints at Marshall at different times.

Barrier makes the move to Knoxville after spending the past two seasons as an assistant at James Madison University. While coaching at her alma mater, she helped the Dukes to a pair of 23+ win seasons, forging a 49-20 overall record and 26-10 mark in the Sun Belt Conference during that time. The program made two postseason appearances and picked up two pieces of SBC hardware along the way.

In 2023-24, she helped guide the Dukes to a 23-12 overall record and a 13-5 effort in league play, highlighted by the program’s second consecutive trip to the Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Championship game. JMU, which lost in the SBC Tourney title match-up, 95-92 in overtime, to Caldwell’s Marshall club, made its second-straight postseason tournament appearance. It earned an at-large bid to the newly-formed Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament, falling to Stony Brook in the opening round.

Read More

That Dukes squad finished first in Division I in defensive rebounds per game (32.3), second in rebounds per game (47.49), fifth in rebound margin (+11.3), ninth in bench points per game (27.8) and 12th in field goal percentage defense (.361) for the 2023-24 campaign.

In 2022-23, the Dukes went 26-8 overall and 13-5 in conference games, tying for first in the SBC during the regular season and capturing the SBC Tournament Championship title to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. That JMU unit led the league in scoring margin (+8.8), opponent field goal percentage (.361), opponent three-point percentage (.286), and rebounding margin (+8.1).

Prior to her move back to Harrisonburg, Barrier spent a year at Marshall, working alongside current UT assistant Jenna Burdette during the 2021-22 campaign. During her time with the Thundering Herd, Barrier acted as the recruiting coordinator, assisted in player development and served as the academic liaison for players.

In Barrier’s lone season in Huntington, the Herd finished the year with a 15-13 record (10-8 C-USA). Marshall capped the regular season with two big victories over WKU. The squad set a program record for the fewest turnovers per game at just 12.7, which led the league and ranked 22nd in the nation. Marshall also led C-USA in fewest total turnovers (355), which ranked ninth in the NCAA.

Marshall flourished in the classroom as well in 2021-22, as 14-of-15 players were honored on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, three received the Academic Medal for a GPA of 3.75 or better, and the Herd’s team GPA for the academic year was 3.49.

Before her stint at Marshall, Barrier served as a graduate manager at NC State during the 2020-21 season, earning an MBA in adult and continuing professional education from the school in 2021. The Wolfpack ranked seventh nationally in the final USA Today Coaches Poll to end the year in the top 10 for the third-straight season. That came as a result of a 22-3 record, second-consecutive ACC title and a third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in a row. NC State spent every week of the season in the top 10 of the coaches poll, which included three-straight weeks at No. 2.

As a player at JMU, Barrier started 96 of 127 games played, racking up 1,216 points and tying for 21st in program history. She also added 497 rebounds, 236 assists, 126 steals and 129 three-pointers in her career. She finished with cumulative averages of 9.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists and posted a career-high 24 points against Northwestern in her junior season.

She collected All-Colonial Athletic Association Second Team honors in 2017-18 and 2018-19 as well as a spot on the CAA All-Rookie squad following the 2016-17 season. The Ironton, Ohio, native graduated from JMU in May 2020 with a bachelor's degree in sport & recreation management.

Barrier, who was blessed by the arrival of daughter Alani in February 2024, launched her playing career at Ironton High School and left the program as its all-time leading scorer. She was voted Southeast Ohio AP District Player of the Year and the 2016 All-Ohio Division III Co-Player of the Year while earning all-state honors as a junior and senior.

catherine greene | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Catherine Greene is in her fifth year with the Lady Vol program but is in her second season as the executive director of basketball operations/chief of staff.

Greene began her tenure on Rocky Top as director of basketball operations on May 31, 2019, and assists the head coach with overall logistics for the program. Among her duties at Tennessee are planning and executing all team travel and activities, as well as oversight of managers and other support staff, and management of the program’s annual budget.

Additionally, she serves as the program’s point of contact for the UT Athletics Department in general as well as for compliance, community service, marketing/branding, nutrition, alumni outreach and communication technology. She has served as a member of the Strategic Plan: Student-Athlete Success Working Group and assisted in the department implementation of Teamworks, specifically serving on a TMP/CARA working group.

Read More

Greene is active in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), organizing the director of operations sessions at the 2016 & 2017 conventions. She also presented at a roundtable on creative fundraising tips in 2016, served on the director of operations panel at the 2014 convention and participated in the 2016 NCAA Women’s Basketball mock selection exercise.

She also is engaged with the Women’s Leaders in College Sports (formerly NACWAA), attending the Women's Leadership Symposium in 2014 and the Institute for Administrative Advancement in 2016. Other activities worthy of note were being selected to the Teamworks Basketball Leadership Committee (Summer 2019) and possessing a certification in mental health first aid (2018).

Before joining the Lady Vol staff, Greene served from 2017-19 as the director of student-athlete enrichment for the University of North Carolina women's basketball program. She was responsible for a variety of tasks within the program, including community engagement, community outreach, social media oversight, academics, marketing liaison, team building and career development in preparing student-athletes for life beyond basketball.

Prior to that, Greene spent five seasons (2012-17) as a member of the Georgia Tech women's basketball program, joining as an associate director of basketball operations and serving the last four as the director of women's basketball ops. Additionally, she was a member of the department's culture committee and senior staff

Her first full-time experience in athletics came in event management/operations for UNC (2010-12). She was a gameday manager for Olympic sports and tournament director or co-director for NCAA and ACC Championship events.

A native of Gastonia, N.C., Greene graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in sociology and from the school of journalism and mass communication with a public relations concentration. She earned a Master of Arts in exercise and sport science from UNC with a sport administration specialization in 2010 and is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in global sport leadership at East Tennessee State with anticipated graduation in May 2024.

Greene served as a manager for the Tar Heels' women's basketball team and was the head manager for three years. During that time, the Tar Heels won four ACC Championships and advanced to the 2006 and 2007 Final Fours. While in graduate school, she was a grad student assistant for the women's team for one season before serving as the graduate intern for the Dean E. Smith Center.

HEATHER ERVIN | director of STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCESS

Heather Ervin is in her eighth season as a member of the UT women's basketball staff, and in her second year as the director of student-athlete success and external relations, after serving the previous three as the director of player relations and administration.

Among Ervin's focused responsibilities for this new position are implementation and oversight of a program based on building lifetime success, which focuses on character development, life skills and career connections, and provision of individualized education and guidance to current student-athletes in the areas of personal brand alignment, image consultation, career exploration and business leadership development.

Additionally, oversight for the program's mentorship program, serving both as an advisor to student-athletes as well as connecting student-athletes with other high-character role models, and partnering with the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center in the area of student-athlete development for each Lady Vol player.

Read More

Ervin made a return to college athletics after serving as the program administrator at the UT Center for Information and Communication Studies in the College of Communication from March 2015 to July 2016.

Prior to that, Ervin worked with the University of Tennessee football program for 13 years, from 2001-14. She was promoted in 2009 to assistant director of football operations, as the only female in the Southeastern Conference to hold that position. Ervin has a wealth of knowledge in the sports industry not only as a former student-athlete but as a coach and administrator as well.

A member of the WBCA and Women Leaders in College Sports, Ervin's additional responsibilities have included providing mentorship to current student-athletes, serving as the academic liaison and spearheading the DEI initiatives for the program. She also has been involved with Lady Vol facility projects, student-athlete housing and Letter Award distribution. She currently serves as a UT Promise mentor, is on the competitive excellence strategic planning committee and is a member of the Vols Leadership Academy.

Previous responsibilities have included assisting with all aspects of day-to-day recruiting operations, updating the recruiting boards and assisting with official and unofficial visits. She also was responsible for managing pre- and post-signing paperwork as well as organizing prospect evaluations and managing the coaches' recruiting travel.

Ervin's responsibilities in her previous role in athletics were to manage the head football coach's daily schedule while also providing administrative support to the director of football operations and the senior associate athletics director for football administration. Ervin also was responsible for arranging summer employment opportunities for student-athletes and working closely with the Thornton Center in monitoring student-athletes' class attendance.

In addition, she served as chief liaison for all player family event functions as well as managing a website designed for players' families. Ervin also was substantially involved with official and unofficial on-campus recruiting visits.

The Sweetwater, Tenn., native holds both a bachelor's degree in health and human services (1999) and a master's degree in foundations of education with an emphasis in sports management (2001) from Troy University, where she played basketball and later served as a graduate assistant basketball coach for two years.

Prior to that, she played two seasons at Hiwassee College in nearby Madisonville, Tenn. While there, Ervin helped the Tigers to a combined 57-10 record and two trips to the NJCAA national tournament before graduating in 1997.

During her playing days at Sweetwater High School, the former Heather Lenoir was a multi-sport athlete in basketball, softball and track and field. She set 12 track records and still owns nine of those today.

Ervin and her husband, Harry, reside in Maryville and have two daughters: Jasmine (20) and Jada (16).

josh theis | director of video and creative content

Josh Theis is in his fifth season with the Lady Vol program but in his third year in a full-time capacity, accepting a role in May of 2021 and serving as director of video and creative content.

Theis, who served as a graduate manager with the Lady Vols from 2019-21, worked alongside the recruiting coordinator and coaching staff to create graphics and videos for use in recruiting and social media. He now has a leadership role in that area as well as in assisting the coaching staff in opponent scouting reports and coordinating all aspects of film exchange and video editing.

In addition to creating and developing recruiting content, he assists in cultivating image and branding for Tennessee women’s basketball, its student-athletes and coaches.

Read More

MAGGIE STANLEY | Graduate Assistant

Maggie Stanley joined Tennessee Athletics in July of 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her a graduate assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols.

Stanley comes to Knoxville after spending six seasons working with the women’s basketball program at Marshall, including a role as director of basketball operations from 2022-24. Stanley was instrumental in the program's 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Championship season, navigating the logistics of qualifying for the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in more than 25 years.

Beginning her journey with the Marshall women's basketball team in 2018 as a student manager, Stanley was soon named head manager and supervised three other student managers. She engaged in limited on-court activities and operated the clock during practices. Stanley assisted with gameday preparation for home and away games and helped handle logistics on the road. Stanley ensured that laundry was done for both the team and the coaching staff, and she also assisted the director of operations with camps, fundraising and other day-to-day functions.

Read More

All of Tennessee Sports Camps are open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).

Note: The University may postpone or cancel this event due to circumstances or conditions beyond its control, such as, but not limited to, natural disasters, acts or war, acts of God, or public health emergencies. Neither party shall be liable for damages for delay or default if such delay or default is caused by circumstances or conditions beyond its control, such as, but not limited to, natural disasters, acts of war, acts of God, or health emergencies. The Parties will consult with other to determine if the event can be rescheduled. -- It is not permissible for boosters to provide expenses for individuals to attend any of the Tennessee Sports Camps. Expenses include but are not limited to, lodging meals, transportation, and/or camp tuition.