KINGSPORT – Three months after giving birth during her first season as Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach, Kim Caldwell is taking maternity leave.
Her final stretch run toward that break was a three-day tour of Tennessee for the Big Orange Caravan. She signed countless autographs, posed for photos, answered questions from fans and announced her break from day-to-day duties to reporters.
“My maternity leave starts tomorrow after finishing this,” Caldwell said on May 1 at the Kingsport stop of the caravan.
“I’m very thankful. It has been a whirlwind of a year when you have a baby at midseason.