Tom Hodges is in his fourth year as MSU's women's basketball head coach.

He was named the Eagles’ ninth women’s basketball coach on May 17, 2010. When hired, he was the youngest head coach in Division I. He immediately continued the success the program had seen over the last few years. Hodges led the Eagles to a 21-10 record in his first collegiate season as a head coach and guided 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, eclipsing the previous record of 16 set by Matthew Mitchell.

Hodges has also gained notoriety for the program with his unique sideline attire provided by LoudMouth Golf, the leader in outrageous and fun apparel. MSU has been featured on the front page of USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times along with a host of other media outlets. MSU also had a feature on ESPN's College GameDay program as a result of the sponsorship from LoudMouth.

A native of Shelbyville, Tenn., Hodges spent the five years as an assistant coach at Middle Tennessee State. Prior to MTSU, Hodges also worked at Chattanooga and Tennessee Tech.

He has been a part of seven conference championships, four trips to the NCAA Tournament, and two trips the Women’s NIT in just 12 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 State; Chynna Bozeman, Morehead State) and three All-Americans (Givens, Clark and Amber Holt, MTSU).

He’s also had three players drafted by the WNBA (Givens - 31st to the Phoenix Mercury; Amber Holt - Ninth to Connecticut Sun; and Clark - 17th to San Antonio Silver Stars). 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). Holt in currently on the roster of the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock while Clark is on the roster of the Seattle Storm.

At Middle Tennessee, under the leadership of Rick Insell, the Blue Raiders won four Sun Belt Conference championships and set numerous records in the that five-year period. 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 just to name a few. MTSU also saw its home attendance grow from 600 fans per game to well more than 4,000 by the 2009-2010 season.

Known in the coaching community as an outstanding individual skill development coach with a strong emphasis on post play, Hodges tutored Holt and Clark to All-American accolades at Middle Tennessee . He also mentored Brandi Brown to first- team All-Sun Belt honors, which led to her selection as the recipient of the Sun Belt Postgraduate Scholarship Award.

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.

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.

At Middle Tennessee, Chattanooga, and Tennessee Tech, Hodges was responsible for scouting reports, all video editing and breakdown, film exchange, development of post players and coordination of team travel / logistics.

In addition to his collegiate coaching, Hodges has coached at the AAU level for the Shelbyville Sports Shop which eventually became known as the Tennessee Flight. He coached in four national tournaments (2000, 2002-04) and won the 2004 U15 national title in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Hodges received his bachelor's 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 is also a basketball coach. Maxwell most recently was the head girls basketball coach at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. where she won a state title in 2010. The couple welcomed their first son in 2011, Cooper.