Theresa Kackley begins her second year on the Tiger coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. Prior to coming to Missouri, Kackley served as girls' head coach in volleyball, basketball and softball at Sacred Heart Elementary and High School in Sedalia, Mo.
She currently is a teaching assistant in the University of Missouri physical education department, pursuing a master's degree in physical education.
A graduate of Missouri Southern State College in Joplin, Mo., Kackley served as intramurals student director at Missouri Southern, with her responsibilities including the organization, supervision and hiring of officials.
Kackley studied two years at East Central College in Union, Mo., obtaining an associates degree in education in 1984. During her two-year stay at East Central, she played on the women's basketball team, earning honorable mention all-conference honors in 1984. She then transferred to Missouri Southern, where she received a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1986.