{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Tiara Malcom | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|24}} | birth_place = Camp Springs, Maryland | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 2001–2005 | player_team1 = Delaware | player_years2 = 2005–2006 | player_team2 = GDESSA Barreiro | player_positions = Forward | coach_years1 = 2006–2015 | coach_team1 = Delaware (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2015–2016 | coach_team2 = FIU (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2016–2020 | coach_team3 = FIU | admin_years1 = | admin_team1 = | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|13|45|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = * CAA Player of the Year (2005) * First-team All-CAA (2005) | coaching_records = | CFBHOF_year = | CFBHOF_id = | BASKHOF_year = | BASKHOF_id = | CBBASKHOF_year = | CBASEHOF_year = | WBHOF = | FIBA_HOF_player = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }}
'''Tiara Patryce Malcom''' (born January 24, 1983)<ref name="Delaware player">{{cite web|title=Tiara Malcom|url=http://www.udel.edu/sportsinfo/womens_basketball/wbb05-Malcom-bio.html|publisher=University of Delaware|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405065012/http://www.udel.edu/sportsinfo/womens_basketball/wbb05-Malcom-bio.html|archivedate=April 5, 2005}}</ref> is an American college basketball coach, who was head women's basketball coach at FIU from 2016 to 2020.
==Early life and playing career== After graduating from Caravel Academy in Bear, Delaware in 2001, Malcom attended the University of Delaware and played at forward for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens for four years under head coach Tina Martin. As a senior, Malcom was one of three team captains.<ref name="Delaware player"/> Malcom averaged 16.4 points and 6.7 rebounds in her senior year of 2004–05 and helped Delaware make the WNIT.<ref>{{cite web|title=2004–2005 Delaware Women's Basketball Final Statistics|publisher=University of Delaware|url=http://www.udel.edu/sportsinfo/womens_basketball/stats05.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405052031/http://www.udel.edu/sportsinfo/womens_basketball/stats05.html|archivedate=April 5, 2005}}</ref>
Malcom, who completed a bachelor's degree in family and community services in 2005, and a Master's in Higher Education Administration in 2011,<ref name="Delaware player"/> played one year of professional basketball for GDESSA, a team in the Portuguese Liga Feminina de Basquetebol located in Barreiro.<ref name="FIU">{{cite web|url=http://www.fiusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=158&path=wbball|title=Tiara Malcom|publisher=FIU|accessdate=June 7, 2016}}</ref>
===Delaware statistics===
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-02}}</ref>
{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2001–02 |Delaware |30 |179 |40.5% |0.0% |73.3% |5.1 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |6.0 |- |2002–03 |Delaware |'''31''' |407 |'''50.4%''' |0.0% |'''81.1%''' |'''7.6''' |0.9 |'''1.5''' |0.8 |13.1 |- |2003–04 |Delaware |29 |450 |49.3% |'''100.0%''' |75.9% |6.8 |1.9 |1.3 |'''1.4''' |15.5 |- |2004–05 |Delaware |'''31''' |'''509''' |44.9% |0.0% |79.5% |6.7 |'''1.9''' |1.2 |0.9 |'''16.4''' |- |Career | |121 |1545 |47.1% |28.6% |77.8% |6.6 |1.3 |1.1 |0.9 |12.8 |}
==Coaching career== Malcom returned to the University of Delaware in 2006 to become an assistant coach on Martin's staff. In nine seasons as an assistant coach, Malcom helped Delaware reach a 36–0 record in CAA play in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons combined. The team featured future WNBA Rookie of the Year Elena Delle Donne.<ref name="Delaware coach">{{cite web|url=http://www.bluehens.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29100&ATCLID=209119602|title=Tiara Malcom, Assistant Coach|publisher=University of Delaware|accessdate=June 7, 2016|date=2015}}</ref> While working as assistant coach, Malcom earned a master's degree in educational administration from Delaware in 2011.<ref name="FIU"/>
On May 13, 2015, Malcom joined Marlin Chinn's staff at FIU as assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fiusports.com/news/2015/5/13/WBB_0513151615.aspx|title=Marlin Chinn Announces Tiara Malcom to @FIUWBasketball Coaching Staff|publisher=FIU|accessdate=June 7, 2016|date=May 13, 2015}}</ref> Following Chinn's suspension for sexual harassment of a player, Malcom became acting head coach for the final two regular season games and C-USA Tournament.<ref name="Chinn fired">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/conference-usa/florida-international-university/article65429682.html|title= FIU women's basketball coach fired after sexual misconduct allegations |author=Neal, David J.|work=Miami Herald|date=March 11, 2016|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> Malcom went 1–4 as acting coach, with the one win being in the first round of the C-USA Tournament, 61–57 over UTSA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fiusports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=119&path=wbball|title=2015–16 Women's Basketball Schedule|publisher=FIU|accessdate=June 7, 2016}}</ref>
FIU fired Chinn on March 11, 2016, for a violation of NCAA rules and promoted Malcom to head coach on April 8.<ref name="Chinn fired"/><ref name="FIU"/>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB yearly record start | type = coach | conference = | postseason= }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name =FIU Panthers | conference=Conference USA | startyear =2016 | endyear =present }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2016–17 | name = FIU | overall = 5–24 | conference = 3–15 | confstanding = 13th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2017–18 | name = FIU | overall = 8–21 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = 13th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2018–19 | name = FIU | overall = 6–23 | conference = 3–15 | confstanding = T-12th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = FIU | overall = {{Winning percentage|24|92|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|13|55|record=y}} }} {{CBB yearly record end | overall = {{Winning percentage|24|92|record=y}} | legend = no }}
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