Tracey Braden enters her sixth season as the head coach for the University of the South women's basketball program in 2022-23. She is the 12th coach in the program's history, and she has compiled a 30-47 all-time record with the Purple and White. Entering her 16th season as a collegiate head coach, she holds a 193-161 record. 

Along with her duties on the hardwood, she was named Assistant Director of Athletics - Senior Woman Administrator for the athletic department in June 2018, assisting with physical education classes for the college. At the conference level with the Southern Athletic Association (SAA), she has served as the league's liaison for the Sports Information Directors Council. Braden has also assisted with conference and NCAA Championships the University holds, most recently the 2021 NCAA Division III Men's & Women's Tennis Championships. 

In five seasons with the Tigers, she has coached 10 All-Conference honorees and 32selections to the league's Academic Honor Roll. 

In 2022, the Tigers posted a 9-15 overall record and saw three named to the All-SAA Team. In the classroom, five were named to the Academic Honor Roll. Two student-athletes, Kinsley Logan C'22 and Ashley Stewart C'22, were four-time Academic Honor Roll members. 

Sewanee secured a 10-16 season in 2020, and the team secured a three-game winning streak in league play for just the second time since the University of the South became one of the founding members in the SAA. One player, Ellie Treanton C'22, was named to the All-SAA Team. Seven players were honored to the SAA Academic Honor Roll, tying the most in the SAA-era for the program.  

The 2019 season saw the Tigers with a 10-16 overall record, while four student-athletes were honored All-Conference. Six players earned Academic Honor Roll selections by the league. 

She coached two players, Sue Kim C'19 and Kinsley Logan C'22, to new school records. Kim became the all-time assists leader on Feb. 22, 2019 with 372, surpassing the previous record of 371. Logan tied a school record for the most three-pointers in a season with 78 as a freshman. 

In her first season with the Purple and Gold in 2018, Braden led the team to a 10-15 record, and two student-athletes were named All-Southern Athletic Association (SAA) First Team members. Four student-athletes were honored on the SAA Academic Honor Roll.

She also witnessed two student-athletes surpass the 1,000 career point mark during the 2018 season. Bella Taylor C'19 (Dec. 29, 2017) and Hannah McCormack C'18 (Feb. 9, 2018) became the 14th and 15th women's basketball players, respectively, to achieve the feat in school history.

Braden comes to Sewanee after serving as the head women's basketball coach for the past 10 seasons at NCAA Division III institution Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.

As a team, Westminster won St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) regular season championships in 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2015-16. The Blue Jays also won the SLIAC Tournament in 2012 and 2013, earning automatic bids into the NCAA Tournament.

Under Braden, 25 student-athletes were named to SLIAC All-Conference teams since 2007. That includes 2010-11 SLIAC Player of the Year Rachel Backes.

During Braden's tenure, Westminster had a record of 155-100. Braden earned SLIAC Coach of the Year honors in 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13, and 2015-16. The all-time winningest coach in Westminster history, Braden also has served as the director of athletics during the 2016-17 year.

Off the court, Braden's players have exemplified the true meaning of NCAA Division III student-athletes. Her teams have been named a Women's Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top-25 Team Honor Roll selection four times. Additionally, 12 Westminster student-athletes qualified for the SLIAC All-Academic Team while four players were named CoSIDA Academic All-District selections.

Because of her successes with the Blue Jays, Westminster College inducted her into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018. 

Prior to her time at Westminster, Braden served as head coach at California High School, Harrisonville High School and Winnetonka High School from 1999-2007. During that time, she was named Tri-County Conference Coach of the Year in 2000, 2001, and 2002.

A 1999 graduate of Central Missouri State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and Health, Braden lettered for three seasons in women's basketball for the Jennies. Originally from Versailles, Mo., Braden is a member of the NACWAA, NABC, and WBCA.