After the first impressive season in the job in Noxfel, Kim Kaldawil was rewarded with a contract that was reformulated and extended for a year by Tennessee.
The details of the contract were not available in March, but the documents obtained by SB Nation this week show that CaldWell is now one of the best coaches paid in the Supreme Council for Education and the Nation.
In addition to extending her contract for one year until 2030, CaldWell’s annual salaries were raised by 33 percent to a million dollars.
Compared to training salaries throughout the Supreme Education Council, CaldWell is now the fifth place among the league coaches in the basic wages, and the eighth in the total annual compensation. South Carolina Fajr Stallie ($ 4.2 million), LsuKim Molki ($ 3.3 million) and Texas’ Vic Shaver ($ 2.3 million) remain the highest -paid coach in the league.
Throughout the country, CaldWell salaries make one out of 25 coaches higher paid in the country.
“From our first meeting with Kim, it was clear that she was a pioneering innovator to lead the future of women’s basketball,” said Danny White, Sports Director at Tennessee in a statement in March. “In only one season, we witnessed what its winning form in the game can occur through its high -dynamic crime and the ongoing defense.
Under the supervision of 36-year-old Caldwell, Tennessee went 24-10 in general and 8-8 in SEC. Mrs. Fouls continued to be annoyed Ohio On the floor of Bucceyes in Columbus to make Sweet 16 from the NCAA tournament.
Tennessee, the General in a series of match that was won by 13 games, immediately indicating the concept that Caldwell’s fast -paced and annexed style may be successful at the Power 4 level. Previously, a citizen of Parkersburg and West Virginia spent a year in Marshall where the herd won 26 games and the title of Sun Hizam, and won a national championship in Greenville.
Among the most prominent events from the first Caldwell season at the head of Lady Vols, as it reached the highest highest in the eleventh place and the first victory over its opponent. Uconn Since 2007, a series of four losing matches have been captured to the strong structures. Lady Vols also ranked fifth at the national level in her land, with a north of 10,000 fans for each game. Even more exceptional, Caldwell trained most of the season during pregnancy.
CALDWELLL’s Up-TIMPO and HIGH-CANNENSION helped identify SEC records and SEC for the three stays that were conducted in one season with 343. Lady Vols ranked third at the national level in registration and in the first twenty places in both offensive and defensive evaluation.
“They did exactly what we said that we will do, and who was returning Tennessee to the 25 -year -old. They bought, played hard, and they were a joy for training,” Caldwell said of her team after falling in Texas in the Sweet 16 race in Birmingham. “What success we have in Tennessee from here is up to this team.”
Its new contract also stipulates that Tennessee will provide travel to Caldwell’s husband and direct family members without any additional cost of road games and post -season competitions. In addition, CALDWELL will be provided with a non -commercial plane (especially or rented) for “her personal, non -commercial and/or/or that for the coach’s guests and/or her family until it reaches 10 legs or 15 hours from the flight time.”
Caldwell aims to continue building in Tennessee and raising the expectation bar, as it brings the 2025 recruitment category that many preach among the best in the country. Five players are ranked first among 60 ESPN rankings, under the title MIA Pauldo, five -star goalkeeper. Through the transport portal, Lady Vols also added Nya Robertson from SMU and Janiah Barker from the University of California, Los Angeles, Jersey Wolverberger from LSU.
On paper, Tennessee seems to have one of the most talented menus in the country.
