Christal Caldwell begins her second season with La Salle women’s basketball in 2016-17. Caldwell will serve as an Assistant Coach after serving as both the Director of Basketball Operations and an Assistant Coach last season.
Caldwell will work with the guards in 2016-17 after focusing on La Salle’s post players last season. Caldwell helped guide Amy Griffin to the Atlantic 10 scoring title (17.7 points per game) and a third team Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection last season. Meanwhile, Micahya Owens averaged 13.4 points per game last season and became the 24th Explorer to score 1,000 career points under the tutelage of Caldwell.
Caldwell joined the Explorers last fall after spending the previous two summers as the Head Camp Counselor for various women’s basketball camps in the Charlotte area. As Head Camp Counselor, Caldwell designed training activities and led group activities for camp participants.
After a decorated career as a guard at West Virginia, Caldwell played professionally for FIBA’s Sepsi SIC in Romania. The Charlotte native was a four-year letterwinner for the Mountaineers, scoring 1,246 career points on the way to All-Big East Honorable Mention as a sophomore and All-Big 12 First Team honors as a junior. Caldwell also led WVU to a Big 12 Conference title in 2014, the first regular-season conference title for the Mountaineers since 1992.
Caldwell earned a degree in Psychology from West Virginia, where she also minored in Child Development and Communications.
