Melanie Balcomb

American basketball coach
Melanie Balcomb
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamOhio Dominican
ConferenceGreat Midwest Athletic Conference
Biographical details
Born (1962-09-24) September 24, 1962 (age 61)
Trenton, New Jersey
Playing career
1985–1989Trenton State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1990Ohio (Asst.)
1990–1993Providence (Asst.)
1993–1995Ashland
1995–2002Xavier
2002–2016Vanderbilt
2017Texas Tech (Asst.)
2019–2021Purdue (Assoc.)
2021–2022Ohio Dominican (Asst.)
2022–presentOhio Dominican
Head coaching record
Overall472–245 (.658)

Melanie Balcomb (born September 24, 1962) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Ohio Dominican Panthers women's basketball team. She was previously the head coach for the Vanderbilt women's basketball team from 2002–2016.[1]

Career

Balcomb attended Hightstown High School, in Hightstown, New Jersey, where she starred as a point guard for the girls' varsity basketball team from 1976 to 1980. She attended Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), where she set school records for career assists and steals, and she scored over 1,000 points in her collegiate basketball career.[2]

Before arriving at Vanderbilt, Balcomb was head coach at Xavier for seven years, leading the Lady Musketeers to a school-record 31 wins and an Elite Eight appearance in 2001.

Balcomb resigned from Vanderbilt at the end of 2016 season and was subsequently hired by the South Carolina women's basketball team to direct offensive analytics.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Ashland (Great Lakes Valley) (1993–1995)
1993–94 Ashland 18–9
1994–95 Ashland 10–17
Ashland: 28–26 (.519)
Xavier (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1995–2002)
1995–96 Xavier 15–13 7–9 8th
1996–97 Xavier 10–17 5–11 8th
1997–98 Xavier 17–12 11–5 T-2nd WNIT 1st Round
1998–99 Xavier 24–9 11–5 T-4th NCAA 2nd Round
1999-00 Xavier 26–5 13–3 3rd NCAA 1st Round
2000–01 Xavier 31–3 15–1 1st NCAA Elite Eight
2001–02 Xavier 12–19 5–11 10th
Xavier: 135–78 (.634) 67–45 (.598)
Vanderbilt (SEC) (2002–2016)
2002–03 Vanderbilt 22–10 9–5 T-5th NCAA 2nd Round
2003–04 Vanderbilt 26–8 8–6 4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2004–05 Vanderbilt 24–8 10–4 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2005–06 Vanderbilt 21–11 8–6 T-5th NCAA 2nd Round
2006–07 Vanderbilt 28–6 10–4 T-3rd NCAA 2nd Round
2007–08 Vanderbilt 25–9 11–3 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2008–09 Vanderbilt 26–9 10–4 T-2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2009–10 Vanderbilt 23–11 9–7 T-3rd NCAA 2nd Round
2010–11 Vanderbilt 20–12 10–6 T-3rd NCAA 1st Round
2011–12 Vanderbilt 23–10 9–7 7th NCAA 2nd Round
2012–13 Vanderbilt 21–12 9–7 7th NCAA 2nd Round
2013–14 Vanderbilt 18–13 7–9 T-6th NCAA 1st Round
2014–15 Vanderbilt 15–16 5–11 T-11th
2015–16 Vanderbilt 18–14 5–11 11th
Vanderbilt: 309–142 (.685) 119–82 (.592)
Ohio Dominican (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 Ohio Dominican 6–21 3–17 13th
Ohio Dominican: 6–21 (.222) 3–17 (.150)
Total: 478–266 (.642)

      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

References

  1. ^ "Vanderbilt Commodores | Official Athletic Site".
  2. ^ HHS grad coaches team to Southeastern Conference title Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Princeton Packet, March 16, 2007

External links

  • Vanderbilt profile
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Xavier Musketeers women's basketball head coaches
  • Tony Brueneman (1971–1976)
  • Laurie Massa (1976–1986)
  • Mark Ehlen (1986–1995)
  • Melanie Balcomb (1995–2002)
  • Kevin McGuff (2002–2011)
  • Amy Waugh (2011–2013)
  • Brian Neal (2013–2019)
  • Melanie Moore (2019–2023)
  • Billi Chambers (2023– )
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Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball head coaches
  • Joe Pepper (1977–1980)
  • Phil Lee (1980–1991)
  • Ada Gee # (1991)
  • Jim Foster (1991–2002)
  • Melanie Balcomb (2002–2016)
  • Stephanie White (2016–2021)
  • Shea Ralph (2021–)

# denotes interim head coach.

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Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year