Coaching & Support Staff Assistant Coaches vicky picott Assistant Coach
kim rosamond Assistant Coach
10th Season Rutgers, 1992
Fifth Season Ole Miss, 1998
Vicky Picott has served as an assistant coach under Melanie Balcomb for the past decade, including the last nine years as the post coach for the Commodores. Under Picott the Commodores’ inside presence has played a large role in the team having an average national rank of 8th in field-goal percentage under Balcomb. The last few seasons have produced some of Picott’s finest coaching efforts. In 2009, the Commodores lost their starting center due to injury shortly before postseason play and Picott employed the 5-foot-8 Jennifer Risper to occupy the middle of the court. Despite a size disadvantage, Risper and forward Christina Wirth guided the Commodores to the SEC Tournament title and the Sweet 16. In 2010, Picott again was faced with having an undersized interior. However, despite being small in stature, the Commodores advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Picott also helped forwards Elan Brown and Tiffany Clarke earn SEC All-Freshman honors. In 2011, Picott helped freshman center Stephanie Holzer earn SEC Sixth Woman of the Year, honorable mention All-SEC and a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team. Picott has developed a number of inside players at Vanderbilt into professional prospects, including 2007 first-round WNBA draft pick Carla Thomas. In seven seasons, six Commodores under Picott’s tutelage have been selected in the WNBA draft, including Thomas (Chicago), second-overall pick Chantelle Anderson (2003, Sacramento), Wirth (2009, Indiana), Risper (2009, Chicago), Jenni Benningfield (2004, Indiana) and Earley (2005, Indiana). “The consistency that Vicky Picott has given our team has been invaluable,” Balcomb said. “You can’t win without that consistency. Vicky is an extremely knowledgeable teacher with a passion for the game that sets her apart. I’m always telling kids that if they want to go to the pros as a post, they need to come play for Vicky.” Picott, who prepped at the same high school that produced Balcomb, came to Nashville with her fellow New Jerseyan in 2002 after two seasons at Xavier. There, Picott helped direct the Musketeers to a 43-22 mark, including the 2000-01 campaign that featured a trip to the NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional Finals. Before joining Balcomb at Xavier, Picott served as an assistant coach at Temple from 1995-2000. She also worked as an assistant coach at Drexel during the 1994-95 season. Picott is a 1992 graduate of Rutgers University. She still ranks fourth in school history in career points (1,792), third in rebounds (1,029) and fifth in steals (225). A four-year starter at Rutgers, Picott was named the Atlantic-10 Freshman of the Year following the 1998 season. She earned all-conference honors three times and was a two-time Most Valuable Player of her team. Picott also earned the New Jersey Sports Writers Player of the Year and District II Regional All-America honors her senior season. For her efforts, Picott was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Fame on April 26, 1998. Picott boasts extensive international experience, as well. She was selected to two Olympic Festival Teams (1987, 1989) and was a member of the Junior World Championship team that brought won gold after competing in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Picott played in the Women’s Professional Basketball Association in Luxembourg (1992-93), helping to lead the Etzella Team to the Luxembourg Cup Championship. While in Luxembourg, she continued her development in coaching by working with high school teams.
Kim Rosamond is in her fifth season at Vanderbilt as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Melanie Balcomb’s Commodores. Hired before the 2007-08 season Rosamond brought 10 years of SEC experience as a player and coach with her to Vanderbilt, in addition to two season spent locally at Middle Tennessee State. Rosamond coordinates Vanderbilt’s recruiting efforts while also contributing to every facet of scouting, player development and on-court strategy. Rosamond’s impact in recruiting was felt almost immediately. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Rosamond was instrumental in the Commodores bringing in recruiting classes that were ranked among the nation’s best by numerous reporting services. In each of the last two seasons, two players Rosamond helped bring to Vanderbilt earned SEC All-Freshman honors. In 2010 it was Elan Brown and Tiffany Clarke and in 2011 it was Stephanie Holzer (redshirt) and Jasmine Lister. “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). 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, Miss., 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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