Maddie Spencer - Women's Basketball Coach

Maddie Spencer

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
mwaldro4@utm.edu
Phone:
731-881-7330

Maddie (Waldrop) Spencer is in her second season as an assistant coach at her alma mater.

Tasked with scouting and post play, Spencer oversaw the breakout freshman campaign of Sharnecce Currie-Jelks who went on to be named OVC Freshman of the Year while garnering All-OVC first team honors in 2022-23. Currie-Jelks averaged 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while being named OVC Freshman of the Week a program-record nine times.

Spencer joined the Skyhawks after previously serving as the head girls’ basketball coach at Calloway County High School during the 2021-22 season. During her debut season she posted an 11-16 record while finishing as the 4^th District runner-up with the Lady Lakers.

Prior to her coaching career, Spencer was a two-time Preseason All-OVC performer while being tabbed to the All-OVC first team in 2019-20 and OVC Basketball Championship All-Tournament team in 2020-21. Along with helping the Skyhawks to back-to-back OVC regular season championship as a junior and senior, she left UT Martin as the 17^th member of the program’s 1,000-point club while ranking in the top-10 in school history in rebounds (825, third) and blocks (89, sixth).

Spencer provided a dominant post presence for the Skyhawks while annually ranking amongst OVC leaders in rebounding, blocks and minutes per game. She finished her career with 1,092 points, 825 rebounds, 226 assists, 96 steals and 89 blocks while averaging 27.3 minutes per game. During her tenure the Skyhawks posted 86 victories, won two league championships, played in the OVC Basketball Championship title game four times and became the first team in OVC history to post multiple postseason victories in a single season with a strong run in the 2021 Postseason WNIT.

A native of Murray, Ky., Spencer received a bachelor’s degree from UT Martin in mathematics in 2021. Her and her husband, Campbell Spencer live in Martin.