KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – On Friday, the Tennessee men’s basketball team announced the hiring of Justin Caldwell, husband of Lady Vols Head Coach Kim Caldwell, as player development coordinator.

“We are pleased to add Justin to our staff here at Tennessee,” Barnes said. “He possesses a strong basketball mind and has shown the ability to develop young people. Justin’s passion and coaching acumen will assuredly assist our program on a daily basis.”

Caldwell is an experienced coach at the college level, having worked for over a decade across Division I, Division II, high school, and youth levels. Caldwell’s last venture in coaching was in 2023-24 as an assistant at Marshall University. From 2018 to 2023, Caldwell was head coach at the Division II level at his alma mater, Glenville State University in West Virginia, where he revitalized the program. He inherited a team that went 8-21 the year before he arrived, and he helped them progress to 17-13 in his final season.

“I am thrilled to join the University of Tennessee men’s basketball staff,” Caldwell said. “It is a true privilege to work under someone like Rick Barnes, not only due to his immense success as a coach but also because of who he is as a person. I cannot wait to get to work with this talented team and do all I can to help this excellent program continue its success.”

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