Maddie Spencer

Biography

Maddie (Waldrop) Spencer is in her second season as an assistant coach at her alma mater. Tasked with scouting and post play, Spencer oversaw the breakout freshman campaign of Sharnecce Currie-Jelks who went on to be named OVC Freshman of the Year while garnering All-OVC first team honors in 2022-23. Currie-Jelks averaged 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while being named OVC Freshman of the Week a program-record nine times. Spencer joined the Skyhawks after previously serving as the head girls’ basketball coach at Calloway County High School during the 2021-22 season. During her debut season she posted an 11-16 record while finishing as the 4th District runner-up with the Lady Lakers. Prior to her coaching career, Spencer was a two-time Preseason All-OVC performer while being tabbed to the All-OVC first team in 2019-20 and OVC Basketball Championship All-Tournament team in 2020-21. Along with helping the Skyhawks to back-to-back OVC regular season championship as a junior and senior, she left UT Martin as the 17th member of the program’s 1,000-point club while ranking in the top-10 in school history in rebounds (825, third) and blocks (89, sixth). Spencer provided a dominant post presence for the Skyhawks while annually ranking amongst OVC leaders in rebounding, blocks and minutes per game. She finished her career with 1,092 points, 825 rebounds, 226 assists, 96 steals and 89 blocks while averaging 27.3 minutes per game. During her tenure the Skyhawks posted 86 victorie