# Melanie Balcomb

Melanie Balcomb (born September 24, 1962) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Ohio Dominican Panthers women's basketball team. She was previously the head coach for the Vanderbilt women's basketball team from 2002–2016.

## Career

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 (now The College of New Jersey), 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.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Ashland (Great Lakes Valley) (1993–1995) ||||||
| 1993–94 | Ashland | 18–9 | | | |
| 1994–95 | Ashland | 10–17 | | | |
| Ashland: | Ashland: | 28–26 (.519) | | | |
| Xavier (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1995–2002) ||||||
| 1995–96 | Xavier | 15–13 | 7–9 | 8th | |
| 1996–97 | Xavier | 10–17 | 5–11 | 8th | |
| 1997–98 | Xavier | 17–12 | 11–5 | T-2nd | WNIT 1st Round |
| 1998–99 | Xavier | 24–9 | 11–5 | T-4th | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1999-00 | Xavier | 26–5 | 13–3 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2000–01 | Xavier | 31–3 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2001–02 | Xavier | 12–19 | 5–11 | 10th | |
| Xavier: | Xavier: | 135–78 (.634) | 67–45 (.598) | | |
| Vanderbilt (SEC) (2002–2016) ||||||
| 2002–03 | Vanderbilt | 22–10 | 9–5 | T-5th | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2003–04 | Vanderbilt | 26–8 | 8–6 | 4th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2004–05 | Vanderbilt | 24–8 | 10–4 | 3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2005–06 | Vanderbilt | 21–11 | 8–6 | T-5th | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2006–07 | Vanderbilt | 28–6 | 10–4 | T-3rd | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2007–08 | Vanderbilt | 25–9 | 11–3 | 3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2008–09 | Vanderbilt | 26–9 | 10–4 | T-2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2009–10 | Vanderbilt | 23–11 | 9–7 | T-3rd | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2010–11 | Vanderbilt | 20–12 | 10–6 | T-3rd | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2011–12 | Vanderbilt | 23–10 | 9–7 | 7th | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2012–13 | Vanderbilt | 21–12 | 9–7 | 7th | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2013–14 | Vanderbilt | 18–13 | 7–9 | T-6th | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2014–15 | Vanderbilt | 15–16 | 5–11 | T-11th | |
| 2015–16 | Vanderbilt | 18–14 | 5–11 | 11th | |
| Vanderbilt: | Vanderbilt: | 309–142 (.685) | 119–82 (.592) | | |
| Ohio Dominican (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) (2022–present) ||||||
| 2022–23 | Ohio Dominican | 6–21 | 3–17 | 13th | |
| Ohio Dominican: | Ohio Dominican: | 6–21 (.222) | 3–17 (.150) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 478–266 (.642) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||