The 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team will represent

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in the 2015–16

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season. The team's

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

Melanie Balcomb Melanie Balcomb (born September 24, 1962) is an American basketball coach. She was previously the head coach for the Vanderbilt women's basketball team in 2016. Career Balcomb attended Hightstown High School, in Hightstown, New Jersey, where ...

, in her fourteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team plays their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in

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, as a member of the

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. They finished the season 18–14, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to Mississippi State. On April 27, it was announced that Melanie Balcomb has resigned her position. She finished at Vanderbilt with a 14-year record of 310–149.

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Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball The Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team represents Vanderbilt University in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores have never won the regular season SEC championship, although they have won six SEC tour ...

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

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