| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kentucky |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 56–47 (.544) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 17, 1978 La Grange, Kentucky |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–2001 | Tennessee |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2004 | Western Kentucky (assistant) |
| 2004–2008 | Kansas (assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | Kentucky (assistant) |
| 2010–2012 | Kentucky (AHC) |
| 2012–2015 | Tennessee (assistant) |
| 2015–2016 | Tennessee (AHC) |
| 2016–2020 | Kentucky (AHC) |
| 2020–present | Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 56–47 (.544) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Awards | |
| Maggie Dixon Award winner (2021) | |
Kyra Elzy (born August 17, 1978) is the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team.[1] On December 14, 2020, after starting the season 6-0 and having a top-ten AP ranking, AD Mitch Barnhart removed the "interim" tag and made Elzy the head coach.[2]
Elzy attended Tennessee between 1996 and 2001, sitting out the 1998 – 99 season due to an injury. Under acclaimed coach Pat Summitt, she was a member of the teams that won the national championship in 1997 and 1998, as well as the team that finished as the national runner-up in 2000.[3] She was named the winner of the Holly Warlick defensive player of the year award in 1997.[4][5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | Kentucky | 18–9 | 9–6 | T–5th | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Kentucky | 19–12 | 8–8 | 7th | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Kentucky | 12–19 | 2–14 | T–13th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Kentucky | 7–7 | – | ||||||
| Kentucky: | 56–47 (.544) | 19–28 (.404) | |||||||
| Total: | 56–47 (.544) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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