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kim rosamond Third Season at Vanderbilt
Kim Rosamond is entering her third season at Vanderbilt as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Melanie Balcomb's Commodores. Rosamond brought 10 years of Southeastern Conference experience as a player and coach with her to Vanderbilt on top of two seasons spent locally at Middle Tennessee State. She coordinates Vanderbilt's recruiting efforts while also contributing to every facet of scouting, player development and on-court strategy. Rosamond hit the ground running in Nashville, bringing in a stellar 2009 recruiting class that was rated among the nation's best by numerous reporting services. “Kim has come in and made recruiting a full-time job,” Balcomb said. “She is really helping us get ahead on the recruiting front, and get after that next-level talent. Kim is high energy and takes a great deal of pride in her job. On top of doing a tremendous amount of relationship-building for us, Kim has an outstanding knowledge of the game of basketball.” At MTSU, Rosamond was hired by Stephany Smith in 2003 as an assistant coach. She would serve as the interim head coach when Smith left in 2005. During her tenure in Murfreesboro, the Lady Raiders boasted consecutive 24-win seasons while capturing a pair of Sun Belt Conference championships and scoring two first-round NCAA Tournament upsets (over North Carolina and North Carolina State, respectively).
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Prior to her time at MTSU, Rosamond spent five years as an assistant at her alma mater, Ole Miss. She was hired onto Coach Ron Aldy's staff in 1998 just months after graduating and would be promoted to recruiting coordinator in 2001. Rosamond was responsible for bringing a pair Top 50 classes to Oxford. Two Tennessee Miss Basketball selections were included in her Lady Rebel classes, with her final group of signees -- highlighted by AllAmerican Armintie Price -- having reached the NCAA Elite Eight in 2007. Rosamond attended high school at Winston Academy in Louisville, Mississippi, where she was recruited to Ole Miss by Van Chancellor. She was a four-year letterwinner for the Lady Rebels (1995-98). Following her senior year, Rosamond was the recipient of the team's Lady Rebel Award, which is given to the player who excels on and off the court. As a student-athlete at Ole Miss, Rosamond was the first Lady Rebel to earn All-SEC Academic honors in all four years of her collegiate career. After serving as the Interim Head Coach at MTSU following the 2005 season, Rosamond worked in the private sector prior to coming to Vanderbilt.
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Born Feb. 17, 1975 in Louisville, Miss. High School Winston Academy College Mississippi Degree Bachelor of Science (1998)
Coaching Career
2007-Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderbilt Assistant Coach 2005 . . . . . . . . . Middle Tennessee State Interim Head Coach 2003-05 . . . . . . Middle Tennessee State Assistant Coach 1998-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss Assistant Coach
PLAYING Career
1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss Recognized four times on the SEC's Academic Honor Roll... Team made three NCAA Tournament appearances. 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . Winston Academy LSU women's head coach Van Chancellor, Kentucky women's head coach Matthew Mitchell and Ole Miss men's head coach Andy Kennedy are all products of Louisville, Miss.