Kim Caldwell will be back on the sideline Monday night when her 17th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols host the defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks. Exactly one week after giving birth to her first child — a bouncing baby boy.

Caldwell gave birth to Conor Scott on Monday while dealing with the flu. She missed exactly one game, an 80-76 loss at No. 7 Texas on Thursday night with assistant Jenna Burdette filling in as acting coach for that road game.

Tennessee coach Kim Caldwell will be back on the sideline Monday night when her 17th-ranked Lady Volunteers host No. 2 South Carolina.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Women's Athletics Director Joan Cronan congratulated Lady Vols Head Coach Kim Caldwell on the newest addition to her family.

Then the woman who announced “Baby Caldwell” was on the way with a social media post Sept. 3 realized being the first-year coach of the historic Tennessee Lady Vols' women's basketball program allows her to help other working mothers not stress out or feel alone.

Kim Caldwell and her husband, Justin, welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Conor Scott Caldwell. Scott was her late father's name.

The Lady Vols are back at home to host No. 2 South Carolina on Monday. Kim Caldwell plans to coach one week after giving birth to her son.

Lady Vols assistant coach Jenna Burdette met with the media in a midweek press conference instead of coach Kim Caldwell ahead of Tennessee vs. Texas.