Episode 279: Coach Kim Stephens (Head Women's Basketball Coach, Glenville State University) Glenville, WV ("The Century Scoring System")

Kim Stephens enters her sixth year as the Head Coach of the Lady Pioneers basketball team. Last season, 2021, the Lady Pioneers and Kim Stephens went 12-4 overall and 10-2 in conference play. They finished 2nd in the Regular Season in the South Division of the MEC. They also fell in the MEC Tournament Championship to the UC Golden Eagles. It was their fourth straight season making it to the MEC Tournament Championship and the fifth straight season they made it to the NCAA Tournament before falling to Tiffin. Also in 2021, Coach Stephens had Zakiyah Winfield earn All-American Honors. Under Kim all-time GSC has scored over 100 points 70 times. Coach Stephens is 123-20 overall as the Head Coach of the Lady Pioneers. Stephens, who played her college ball at Glenville State and later joined the Lady Pioneer coaching staff as an Assistant Coach, was a team captain for the 2010-11 Glenville State team that won the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. That season Stephens was also named the WVIAC Student-Athlete of the Year.   During her time at GSC she made the WVIAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll during her junior and senior years. A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Stephens graduated from Glenville State in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management with a minor in psychology. She earned a Master’s Degree in education from Ohio Valley University in 2012 and is also a certified personal trainer through the International Sports Science Association. Before her previous stint as an Assistant Coach for the Lady Pioneers, Kim was a Graduate Assistant Coach at Ohio Valley University. She also spent three seasons at Sacramento State from 2013 to 2016.  She also has experience as an Amateur Athletic Union coach and as a camp counselor in basketball at camps such as the Future & Elite Sports Center. She resides in Glenville. Kim was named to the 30 Under Thirty Coaches Club in 2016-17.