BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – After advancing to back-to-back final fours as the head women’s basketball coach at Glenville State, Kim Stephens was voted the 2022-23 MEC Women’s Sports Coach of the Year for the fourth time in her career. She was also named the Women’s Sports Coach of the Year in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2021-22.
Stephens and the Pioneers swept the MEC Regular Season and Tournament Championships in 2022-23 while compiling a record of 33-3. The Lady Pioneers went 20-2 in conference play and were unbeaten with a 13-0 record at home. This winter the Pioneers also made their seventh-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and advanced to the national semifinals before eventually falling to Ashland, 76-67. GSU hosted the NCAA Atlantic Regional for the second-consecutive year and won the regional championship and a berth in the Elite Eight with an 88-63 victory over West Chester in the Atlantic Region Championship Game. The Pioneers defeated the University of Tampa in the Elite Eight, 78-68.
The 30-win season was Stephen’s fourth during her tenure at Glenville State. Stephens was also named the MEC Coach of the Year in women’s basketball for the fourth time in her career.
The MEC Women’s Sports Coach of the Year is selected by a vote of institutional administrators and the conference office.
