Background
Balcomb, Melanie S. was born on September 24, 1962 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Alan and Barbara Balcomb.
women's college basketball coach
Balcomb, Melanie S. was born on September 24, 1962 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Alan and Barbara Balcomb.
Balcomb attended Hightstown High School, in Hightstown, New Jersey, where she starred as a point guard for the girls" varsity basketball team from 1976 to 1980.
She attended Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), where she set school records for career assists and steals, and she scored over 1,000 points in her collegiate basketball career. Before arriving at Vanderbilt, Balcomb was head coach at Xavier for seven years, leading the Lady Musketeers to a school-record 31 wins and an Elite Eight appearance in 2001.