Vanderbilt WBB Assistant Wins National Award: The Anchor – Sports Illustrated

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On the week of the Sweet 16, Vanderbilt women’s basketball’s coaching staff is starting to rack up the postseason hardware.
Vanderbilt’s assistant coach Kevin DeMille has been named the 2026 Women’s Basketball Coaching Association Assistant Coach of the Year Award for Division I athletics. DeMille is the first Vanderbilt assistant coach to win the award as he finishes up his fifth season on the coaching staff in Nashville.
DeMille has played a big role in assisting head coach Shea Ralph to not just Ralph’s best season at Vanderbilt, but one of the Commodores best seasons in program history, reaching a record of 29-4 and getting to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 17 years.
DeMille has also helped coach Vanderbilt to its most SEC wins in a season in program history as well with 13 wins. Vanderbilt was the No. 2 seed in the women’s SEC Tournament and was named a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament as well.
DeMille is hoping that he can help coach the team to more wins this season, though. Vanderbilt takes on No. 6 seed Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 this afternoon as the Commodores go for their first Elite Eight appearance since 2002.
Vanderbilt and Notre Dame tipoff at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
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No. 2 seed Vanderbilt women’s basketball vs. No. 6 seed Notre Dame, 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
Vanderbilt women’s tennis at No. 12 Tennessee, 4 p.m. CT.
Vanderbilt men’s tennis vs. Kentucky, 5 p.m. CT.
Vanderbilt baseball vs. No. 21 Tennessee, 7 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
Vanderbilt women’s golf at the Clemson Invitational, Day 1.
Vanderbilt track and field at the Raleigh Relays, Day 2.
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Graham Baakko is a writer for Vanderbilt Commodores On SI, primarily covering football, basketball and baseball. Graham is a recent graduate from the University of Alabama, where he wrote for The Crimson White, WVUA-FM, WVUA 23 as he covered a variety of Crimson Tide sports. He also covered South Carolina athletics as a sportswriting intern for GamecockCentral.
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