Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- kim.brewton@mtsu.edu
- Phone:
- 898-5356
UPDATED: June 2025
A veteran of collegiate women’s basketball, Kim Brewton enters her 16th season with the Blue Raiders in 2025–26 after joining Head Coach Rick Insell’s staff in July 2010. A steady and respected presence on the Middle Tennessee bench, Brewton brings more than two decades of coaching experience, a sharp eye for guard development, and a proven record of success at every level of the game.
Brewton’s experience and basketball acumen have made her an invaluable part of the Blue Raider program. She has been a driving force behind Middle Tennessee’s sustained success and has played a major role in developing one of the most dynamic and productive backcourts in the nation year after year. Her responsibilities include recruiting, scouting, player development—particularly with guards—and the day-to-day preparation of the Blue Raider basketball team.
During her tenure, Brewton has helped shape some of the most accomplished guards in program history. She has directly coached eight 1,000-point scorers—Ty Petty, Kortni Jones, Icelyn Elie, Anne Marie Lanning, Olivia Jones, Anastasia Hayes, Jalynn Gregory, and Savannah Wheeler—cementing her reputation as one of the premier guard coaches in the country.
Brewton has guided multiple All-Americans and CUSA award winners, including Anastasia Hayes, who was named CUSA Player of the Year in 2020–21 after finishing second nationally in scoring (26.5 ppg) and earning CUSA Newcomer of the Year honors the prior season. Savannah Wheeler continued that tradition of excellence, capturing CUSA Female Athlete of the Year, First Team Mid-Major All-American, CUSA Player of the Year, CUSA Tournament MVP, and First Team All-CUSA honors during the Blue Raiders’ historic 2023–24 campaign that saw Middle Tennessee win 30 games, sweep the CUSA regular season and tournament titles, and reach the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
Brewton’s fingerprints can be found all over the program’s success on the perimeter. She was instrumental in the development of Dor Saar, a 2021–22 Second Team All-CUSA selection who led the league in three-point field goals made (90), attempts, and percentage in her lone season as a Blue Raider. Under Brewton’s mentorship, Saar became one of the nation’s top three-point shooters and a key piece of Middle Tennessee’s WNIT semifinal run that season.
Her track record of developing young talent is equally impressive. Brewton has coached three CUSA Freshmen of the Year—Olivia Jones (2014), Taylor Sutton (2018), and Aislynn Hayes (2020)—and two CUSA Newcomers of the Year, A’Queen Hayes (2019) and Anastasia Hayes (2020). Aislynn Hayes also became just the second player in program history to earn Freshman All-America honors, as recognized by Her Hoop Stats, while claiming seven CUSA Freshman of the Week awards—the second most in league history—and three USBWA National Freshman of the Week honors, the most ever by a CUSA player.
Under Brewton’s guidance, several Blue Raiders have earned national recognition for their immediate impact. Both Taylor Sutton and Anna Jones were named USBWA National Freshman of the Week during their respective rookie seasons, reflecting the consistency with which Brewton develops guards who can perform under pressure at the highest level.
Brewton’s coaching influence stretches across multiple championship-caliber backcourts. She helped transform Kortni Jones from a traditional point guard into one of the most prolific shooters in school history. Jones set Middle Tennessee and conference single-season records for three-pointers made (115) and attempted (329), ranking second nationally and tying for 10th all-time in NCAA history. Jones also became the first Blue Raider to compete in the State Farm College 3-Point Championships in 2013.
Brewton later developed Brea Edwards into one of the nation’s top perimeter shooters in 2016–17, as Edwards hit 98 three-pointers (second-most in program history) while earning First Team All-CUSA and Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Year honors. Another standout guard, Ty Petty, blossomed under Brewton’s direction into one of Middle Tennessee’s most complete floor generals. Petty set the program’s single-season assists record (195) in 2015–16, earned First Team All-CUSA and CUSA Championship MVP honors, scored over 1,000 career points, and finished second all-time in assists (540).
Even in her early years on staff, Brewton demonstrated her ability to maximize guard talent. In 2011–12, Shanice Cason started 30 games at point guard, leading the team in assist-to-turnover ratio, while walk-on Caroline Warden became a key contributor during the Blue Raiders’ sweep of the Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament titles.
Three-point shooting has been a consistent hallmark of Brewton’s influence. Of the 14 seasons in program history with 200 or more three-pointers made, 10 have come during Brewton’s tenure—a testament to her ability to develop confident, high-IQ perimeter shooters within Middle Tennessee’s balanced offensive system.
Before arriving in Murfreesboro, Brewton spent six successful seasons (2004–05 through 2009–10) as an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb, where she served as recruiting coordinator for her father, Rick Reeves. She helped the program transform from a five-win team into a 28-win powerhouse, culminating in a school-record 28 victories, 16 consecutive wins, the first Big South regular-season title in school history, and a WNIT berth in 2010. Brewton coached Margaret Roundtree to Big South Player of the Year honors and developed three additional all-conference performers during her tenure.
A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Brewton began her coaching journey at Southern Miss, where she served as an administrative assistant and radio color analyst from 2002–04 while completing her master’s degree in sports administration.
As a player, Brewton was a standout at Liberty University, where she was a three-year letterwinner and played two seasons for her father. The Flames captured three consecutive Big South championships and made three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including an undefeated 28-0 regular season in 1998 before falling to eventual national champion Tennessee. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Liberty in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in sports management.
Brewton and her husband, Eric, live in Murfreesboro with their children—daughters Grace and Kalyn, and son Gabriel.
