Women's Basketball

Kim Rosamond is a visionary leader with a rare talent for building not just successful teams but thriving cultures and empowered individuals. With an unshakable commitment to excellence, she has transformed every program she’s touched, leaving an indelible mark on players, coaches, and the entire basketball community.

“Kim Rosamond has had a vision for the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball program since the day she first walked into the Hooper Eblen Center,” Tech Director of Athletics Mark Wilson said. “Her determination, her commitment to Golden Eagle basketball has been tremendous and the results speak for themselves. As the team continues to build on its legacy, Coach Rosamond’s teams have brought the University and the community together in support and I truly believe what she has built over these last few years is only the beginning.”

As she heads toward the end of her ninth season at Tennessee Tech, Rosamond’s leadership has returned one of the nation’s most storied programs to its former glory. A proven winner, she has led the Golden Eagles through a remarkable resurgence, and her achievements as a head coach, as well as those of her players, continue to mount with each passing season.

With the season not even in the books yet, it’s already been a magical one as the Golden Eagles used a 17-game winning streak to earn both the regular-season and tournament championships in the Ohio Valley Conference -- the first time Tech had done that since 1999-2000. It is the 19th regular-season title for Tech women’s basketball.

The 2024-25 Golden Eagles presently have 26 wins -- the fourth-most in program history and the most since 1989-90, 35 years ago. The Tech sqaud won 18 OVC games -- tying a league-record set by Belmont in 2017-18 -- as the Golden Eagles collected its 31st 20+ win season and seventh 25+ win season in program history.

Rosamond’s group also helped the program reach a mileston 500th OVC victory on January 19, 2025, against Southeast Missouri, the first conference team to reach that mark.

Under her watch in 2024-25, the Golden Eagles earned first-team all-OVC honors for junior Reghan Grimes, second-team marks for graduate Peyton Carter and graduate transfer Keeley Carter, while Keeley Carter and true freshman Chloe Larry were named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team. Grimes and Keeley Carter were also named to the All-Tournament team with the latter named the event’s Most Valuable Player following the overtime victory against Lindenwood.

With the victory, the Golden Eagles claimed their 11th OVC tournament crown and 12th NCAA appearance, drawing No. 1-seeded South Carolina in the Birmingham Regional’s first-round matchup. 

2024-25 marks the seventh straight winning season under Rosamond’s direction and seventh season of double-digit OVC wins -- the longest stretch in program history.

The Golden Eagles have reached the OVC tournament championship game in three of the last four seasons (2022, 2023, 2025), winning the championship in 2023 and 2025 to advance to the NCAA tournament.

Named the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Coach of the Year and Tennessee Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year in 2019, Rosamond led Tech to a historic 2022-23 season. The Golden Eagles finished with a 23-10 record, captured the OVC Tournament title and earned the program’s first back-to-back 20-win seasons in nearly two decades. Under her leadership, the team won its first NCAA tournament game in 33 years, defeating Monmouth before falling to No. 1 seed Indiana in the second round. This success was part of a historic season that also included Rosamond’s 100th career coaching victory and Tennessee Tech’s 1,000th program win, placing them among an elite group of just 21 Division I women’s basketball programs at the time to reach this milestone.

Rosamond’s ability to build winning programs goes beyond the basketball court. She has developed a championship culture grounded in academic excellence, integrity and service to others. Under her guidance, Tennessee Tech has consistently achieved top academic honors, including ranking in the WBCA’s Academic Top 25 for the first time in program history. Her teams have posted record-setting GPAs and maintained a 100% graduation rate over the past eight seasons, exemplifying her commitment to both athletic and academic success.

Since Rosamond’s arrival, Tech players have excelled on and off the court. The Golden Eagles have had 14 total All-Ohio Valley Conference selections since 2016 along with several records being rewritten in the history books including the program’s career 3-point leader (Jordan Brock), the program’s career blocks leader (Anacia Wilkinson) and the program’s single-season 3-point record holder (Maailiya Owens).

Along the way, Tech women’s basketball has been winning the right way as the team has received three OVC Team Sportsmanship Awards (2018, 2020, 2023) under Rosamond’s watch.

Before embarking on her head coaching career at Tennessee Tech, Rosamond spent 19 seasons in the Southeastern Conference as both a player and assistant coach. She played four seasons at Ole Miss for Naismith Hall of Fame coach Van Chancellor and completed her final season in Oxford under Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Hall of Famer Ron Aldy. After graduation, Rosamond joined Aldy’s staff at Ole Miss from 1998-2003 and quickly began establishing herself as one of the premier assistant coaches in the country.

From 2007 to 2016, Rosamond built a reputation as a dynamic recruiter and relationship builder while serving as Vanderbilt’s recruiting coordinator/ assistant coach under Melanie Balcomb, the program’s all-time winningest coach. As the key recruiter, Rosamond played a pivotal role in leading the Commodores to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including two Sweet 16 runs and the 2009 SEC Tournament championship. She consistently helped bring in nationally-ranked Top 20 recruiting classes, keeping Vanderbilt among the elite in women’s college basketball.

Prior to her time in Nashville, she enjoyed two highly successful seasons at Middle Tennessee under Stephany Smith, helping the program win two championships and secure two NCAA Tournament appearances, including massive first-round upsets against North Carolina (2004) and North Carolina State (2005). Fittingly, Rosamond was setting the course for future success as she teamed up with Melanie Walls, current Tech Associate Head Coach, as assistant coaches during those championship runs at MTSU.

A native of Louisville, Mississippi, Rosamond grew up in a close-knit community of fewer than 6,0000 residents, renowned for producing championship Division I head coaches such as her former coach Van Chancellor (Ole Miss, LSU, WNBA Houston Comets, 2000 Olympic Coach) as well as Matthew Mitchell (former Kentucky WBB HC), Andy Kennedy, (current head coach UAB MBB), and Mark Hudspeth (former head coach Austin Peay FB). Rosamond’s small-town roots instilled in her a deep appreciation for community, connection, values, work ethic and resilience which have helped shape the leader and coach she is today.