Staff Directory
Kim Gidley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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Kim Gidley enters her first season as Denver assistant coach in 2024-25. As part of her role at DU, she will help lead the team's recruiting and player development efforts.
Awards and Honors
- Two-Time USPTA National College Coach of the Year (2016, 2020)
- Five-Time USPTA Intermountain College Coach of the Year (2012, 2020)
- Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year (Mountain Region)
- 2018-19 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
- National USTA/ITA Community Outreach Award
- USTA Clyde Rogers Award (Intermountain Section)
2024-25
- Helped lead Denver to its 11th-consecutive Summit League tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance
- Finished 12-10 on the season including a perfect 6-0 in Summit League duals and 7-1 in home matches (only loss a narrow 3-4 result to BYU)
- Led Andrea Burguete Beltran and Marley Lambert to the doubles final at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships
- Helped coach junior transfer Lambert to Summit League Newcomer of the Year honors
Prior to Denver (Coaching Experience)
Head Coach, Air Force Academy (1998-2023)
- Led Falcons to Mountain West Conference west division co-championship in 2018-19 (first-ever MWC title by an Air Force women's program)
- Achieved first-ever national ranking for a women's team at a service academy (No. 44 in 2020)
- Coached 19 all-conference singles players and 16 all-conference doubles players
- Coached four players to national singles rankings and four to national doubles rankings
- Helped lead Hannah Dake to 2013 National ITA Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship/Leadership Award
- Coached 17 players to regional or conference sportsmanship awards
- Coached 55 players to academic all-conference awards and 14 to ITA Scholar-Athlete honors
- Finished with 350-292 dual-match record (most wins in program history) across her 25 seasons including 20+ wins in 1999, 2017 and 2019
Additional Collegiate Coaching Experience
- Assistant Coach, University of Idaho (1997-98) - Pursued Ph.D. in sports psychology
- Assistant Coach, West Virginia University
Additional Non-Collegiate Coaching Experience
- Head coach (1993-97) and assistant coach (1990-93) at Abilene High School
- Coached alma mater to Texas 5A State Championship in 1991
- Coach/tennis professional at clubs and tennis centers in Colorado, Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia
- Has coached more than 300 USTA sectionally-ranked players and numerous nationally-ranked players (including two players who achieved world rankings and six former All-Americans)
- Clinician at Youth Through Education & Sports (YES) program at NCAA tournament
- USTA Intermountain Boys & Girls 16s national zonal team coach (2001-03)
- USTA Intermountain Girls 18s federation cup team coach (2002-07)
- Served on multiple NCAA Division I and ITA committees
Prior to Denver (Playing Experience)
Student-Athlete, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (1988-89)
- Two-time ICTA All-American (1988, 1989)
- Member of 1989 NCAA Division II National Championship team
- Ranked as high as No. 3 in singles and No. 5 in doubles nationally in 1989
- Earned ITCA postgraduate scholarship; was named ITCA Academic All-American and GTE Academic All-American (second team)
- Was inducted into SIUE Hall of Fame in 2008
Student-Athlete, Abilene Christian University (1987)
- Member of 1987 NCAA Division II national runner-up team
- Ranked as high as No. 5 in singles and No. 6 in doubles nationally
Other Playing History
- Invited to 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials
- Began collegiate career at Southwest Texas State and Midland College
Education
- Master's degree in gifted education (West Virginia)
- Bachelor's degree in education (SIUE '89)
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