| Melanie Balcomb | |
| Current Title: | Head Coach |
| Current Team: | Ohio Dominican |
| Current Conference: | Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Trenton, New Jersey |
| Player Years1: | 1985–1989 |
| Player Team1: | Trenton State |
| Coach Years1: | 1989–1990 |
| Coach Team1: | Ohio (Asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1990–1993 |
| Coach Team2: | Providence (Asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1993–1995 |
| Coach Team3: | Ashland |
| Coach Years4: | 1995–2002 |
| Coach Team4: | Xavier |
| Coach Years5: | 2002–2016 |
| Coach Team5: | Vanderbilt |
| Coach Years6: | 2017 |
| Coach Team6: | Texas Tech (Asst.) |
| Coach Years7: | 2019–2021 |
| Coach Team7: | Purdue (Assoc.) |
| Coach Years8: | 2021–2022 |
| Coach Team8: | Ohio Dominican (Asst.) |
| Coach Years9: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team9: | Ohio Dominican |
| Overall Record: | 472–245 |
Melanie Balcomb (born September 24, 1962) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Ohio Dominican Panthers women's basketball team. She was previously the head coach for the Vanderbilt women's basketball team from 2002–2016.[1]
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.[2]
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.
Balcomb resigned from Vanderbilt at the end of 2016 season and was subsequently hired by the South Carolina women's basketball team to direct offensive analytics.