For the first time since 1973, the Lady Vols will no longer have a head coach associated with Pat Summit, as earlier today Danny White announced Tennessee had hired the 2023 NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year, Kim Caldwell.
Caldwell’s hire comes just six days after the firing of Kellie Harper. And while any new hire comes with its fair share of skepticism, I can’t help but have confidence in this move. For the last decade plus, Tennessee has had an identity problem, and not in the traditional sense. Instead of not knowing who they were as a program, they’ve tried to replicate something, or in this case someone, that cannot be replicated — Pat Summitt.