Auburn hires Tennessee assistants Chris and Kate Malveaux as co-head coaches

Auburn will fill its head coaching vacancy with Tennessee assistant coaches Chris and Kate Malveaux as co-head coaches.

Chris Malveaux has been at Tennessee since the fall of 2021. He’s previously spent time on staff at Missouri, Louisiana, Kansas, and Bradley staff and served as the head coach of McNeese throughout his career.

Kate Malveaux was elevated to a full-time assistant coach position at Tennessee after serving the 2022 and 2023 seasons as a volunteer assistant.

In its first year under Chris’ guidance, Tennessee boasted the SEC’s third-best scoring offense with 140 runs in conference games. The Lady Vols also ranked second in the league in doubles (39), slugging percentage (.540), on-base percentage (.398), and stolen bases (22) in SEC action while finishing third in home runs (38).

The Missouri had a .320 batting average rank second in the SEC in 2021 under Chris. The Mizzou squad finished the season with 91 home runs, 382 runs scored and 184 extra-base hits.