Kim Small joins the CBU basketball staff this year after serving as the head coach at the Patterson School, a prep school in Lenoir, N.C. Despite only having seven players on the roster, Small led the Bulldogs to a 13-5 record.

Small was an All-South Atlantic Conference player at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C. She started 57 of 58 games during her two years there, scoring 644 points. She averaged 11.1 points and 5.8 rebounds. She started for the Bears' 2003 Food Lion SAC Tournament Championship team and led LRC to a the SAC regular season championship a year later.

Small was an honorable mention All-State player at W.H. Page HS in Greensboro, N.C., as she averaged 15.4 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game for the Pirates.

A native of Greensboro, N.C., Small graduated from LRC with a degree in athletic training and is pursuing a Masters Degree in education leadership at CBU.