Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach – Director of Analytics
- Email:
- Tom.Hodges@mtsu.edu
UPDATED: June 2024
Tom Hodges brings a wealth of coaching knowledge and recruiting savvy as he enters his third season as the Director of Analytics on the Middle Tennessee staff.
Hodges, a native of Shelbyville, Tenn., was previously a member of Coach Insell’s staff from 2005-10 and 2014-17. During his first stint in Murfreesboro, the Lady Raiders won four Sun Belt Conference championships and set numerous records.
With an overall record of 126-38, Hodges was a part of wins over teams such as Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana, Penn State, Minnesota, Arizona, and Old Dominion. Middle Tennessee also saw its home attendance grow from 600 fans per game to well more than 4,000 by the 2009-10 season.
Middle Tennessee has also realized great success during Hodges’ second tenure on Rick Insell’s staff. The Blue Raiders won the C-USA Championship in 2015-16 and earned their 18th NCAA Tournament appearance. In his first season back, the 2014-15 Blue Raiders made a substantial run in the WNIT, reaching the quarterfinals.
Hodges assisted in developing standout Alex Johnson into the C-USA Freshman of the Year in 2015-16. She was a first-team All C-USA pick in 2016-17, when she also became a member of the program’s 1,000-point club. In fact, Johnson became the fastest sophomore Lady Raider to reach the milestone. Johnson also was named All C-USA as a junior in 2017-18, despite missing nine games with an ankle injuray.
Under Hodges’ guidance, Johnson was also named the C-USA Preseason Player of the Year and was one of 20 players nationally named to the 2018 Katrina McClain Award Watch List, recognizing the top power forwards in the country.
Under Hodge’s tutelage, junior post Gabby Lyon was named C-USA Sixth Player of the Year in 2016-17.
Hodges has been part of eight conference championships, five trips to the NCAA Tournament, and four trips the Women’s NIT in just 15 years.
Hodges has coached six conference players of the year (Janet Holt and Emily Chrisian, Tennessee Tech; Katasha Brown, Chattanooga; Chrissy Givens and Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee; Chynna Bozeman, Morehead State) and three All-Americans (Givens, Clark and Amber Holt, Middle Tennessee).
He has also had four players drafted by the WNBA (Givens - 31st to the Phoenix Mercury; Amber Holt - Ninth to Connecticut Sun; Clark - 17th to San Antonio Silver Stars; and Cheyenne Parker - 5th to the Chicago Sky). Also at Middle Tennessee, Hodges saw Holt lead the nation in scoring (28.3 ppg) in 2007-2008, while Clark also led the nation in scoring in 2008-2009 (28.5 ppg) and 2009- 2010 (29.2 ppg).
Hodges was an assistant for the 2004-05 Chattanooga team that went 25-5, won the Southern Conference regular-season championship, and earned a berth to the Postseason WNIT. While at Chattanooga, he mentored two first-team All-Southern Conference players in Tiffani Roberson and Katasha Brown.
Hodges rejoined Coach Insell’s staff after four years as the head coach at Morehead State, where he was the youngest head coach in Division I upon his hiring. In his first year with the Eagles, Hodges immediately continued the success the program had seen over the last few years, leading the Eagles to a 21-10 record in his first collegiate season as a head coach while guiding MSU to a third-place finish in the league race.
The 21 wins set a single-season school record for victories by a first year head coach. During his tenure at Morehead State, Hodges developed four All-Ohio Valley Conference honorees, including OVC Player of the Year Chynna Bozeman in 2010-11.
He began his coaching career at Tennessee Tech as an undergraduate assistant for coach legendary coach Bill Worrell. The Golden Eagles won two Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles during Hodges’ time, amassing a 78-42 record, including 26-4 in 2000-01 (which included the nation’s longest winning streak of 19 games) and 22-8 in 2001-02.
Hodges received his bachelors degree in extended education with a concentration in health and history in 2004 from Tennessee Tech. In the summer of 2011, Hodges was in the inaugural graduation class of the Center for Coaching Excellence held at Columbia University.
He was married in June of 2009, to the former Hillary Maxwell, who was previously head girls’ basketball coach at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. where she won a state title in 2010. The couple have two children, Cooper and Isabelle.
