Mickie Faye DeMoss (born October 3, 1955) is a former American college basketball coach and player.
After a standout high school career, she went to Louisiana Tech University, where she started at point guard for her final three years.
During her 18 seasons in Knoxville, the Lady Vols went to 13 Final Fours and won six NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships.
The Wildcats had fallen off considerably from their glory years of the early 1980s, when the then-LadyKats were regularly competing for Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors.
Despite an 11–16[3] record in 2003–04, the team showed marked improvement, reducing their average margin of defeat in SEC play by nearly 9 points.
[4] They made a strong run in the 2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament, losing to West Virginia in the semifinals in double overtime.
She entered with one of the youngest team roster in women's college basketball: one senior supported by nine freshmen and sophomores.
[6] On April 11, 2007, DeMoss held a press conference to announce her resignation, abruptly stating "After 30 years of coaching, I just want to step back and reassess what I want to do for the rest of my life.".
[9] On April 2, 2012, DeMoss announced she would leave the University of Tennessee and become an assistant coach for the WNBA's Indiana Fever.