Melanie Balcomb


Melanie Balcomb is an American basketball coach. Her last head coaching position was with the Vanderbilt women's basketball team in 2016.
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, where she set school records for career assists and steals, and she scored over 1,000 points in her collegiate basketball career.
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.

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