Caldwell County has a new girls’ basketball head coach.
Paducah Tilghman assistant coach Chuck Mitchell was introduced as the Lady Tigers’ new skipper on Wednesday at Caldwell County High School.
Mitchell has over 20 years in the coaching ranks at both the high school and college levels. He was an assistant boys’ coach at Rowan County when that school went to the state tournament and had a lengthy run as girls’ head coach at Harlan, taking the Lady Dragons to two All A Classic state tourneys.
Mitchell, who is originally from Louisa and lives in Kuttawa, also coached briefly at Livingston Central. He was girls’ head coach at that school in the 2010-11 season.
Mitchell has been an assistant coach with the Lady Tornado for the past three seasons.
Malissa Thomas stepped down from the Caldwell post in March.
Thomas, a former standout player at Caldwell County, compiled a 120-137 record as head coach of the Lady Tigers. She led the team to 7th District championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2018.
Caldwell went 13-16 this past season and was district runner-up to Madisonville-North Hopkins before falling to Webster County in the first round of the 2nd Region tournament.
The Lady Tigers lost only one player to graduation following the 2018-19 season.
