Ginger High Colvin enters her 17th season as head coach of the Campbellsville University Lady Tigers. Though she has worn the title of head coach for only 16 seasons. She has been a part of the Lady Tiger family for more than two decades.

Her Campbellsville University experience began in 1986 on the hardwood as a student-athlete under then-head coach, Donna Wise. In her playing career, High Colvin was a star performer. In 1990, she was named a Third-Team All-American and the KIAC Player of the Year. She is one of four Lady Tigers to be named as an All-Conference selection for four consecutive seasons. She is also a member of the 1,000 point club at Campbellsville University and a member of the Campbellsville University Athletics Hall of Fame.

She has led Campbellsville to a pair of NAIA Fab Four appearances, most recently in 2016-17 when the Lady Tigers pulled two upsets in the NAIA Tournament - 73-56 over two-seed Baker University in the second round and 73-70 over No. 1-overall seed Freed-Hardeman. CU fell to eventual national champion Oklahoma City in the semifinal, 87-78. The National Tournament appearance was also the 25th in program history - breaking the NAIA record.

In 2014-15, High Colvin led the Lady Tigers to their most successful season in their storied history. Campbellsville women's basketball competed in the the schools first-ever NAIA National Championship game. Although, the Lady Tigers fell to Oklahoma City in the championship game, Campbellsville finished the season ranked No. 2 (tying its highest ranking in history), tied the most wins in a season (33) and also won its 18th overall conference regular season title (13 MSC, 5 KIAC). CU was also a perfect, 13-0 at home throughout the regular season for the first time in High Colvin's era.

The 2018-19 season could be argued as one of the most successful regular seasons in High Colvin's career as the Lady Tigers went 28-2 overall and 14-0 in the Mid-South Conference. CU also won their first Mid-South Conference Tournament Championship since 2013-14 on their way to a postseason that ended in the NAIA Quarterfinals. High Colvin was named MSC Coach of the year in a season that tied her career-high in win percentage (.917) with the 2009-10 team that had the exact same record and NAIA Tournament finish.

During the 2019-20 season, High Colvin led the team to back-to-back MSC regular season titles this season. She coached three NAIA All-Americans in Madison Faulkner (First Team), Savannah Gregory (Second Team), and Caitlin Hall (Honorable Mention). Gregory was also named MSC Defensive Player of the year this season.

In a bit of a chaotic 2020-21 season, High Colvin was able to lead the Lady Tigers to another 20-win season despite multiple COVID-19 stoppages during the regular season as the team finished 20-3. Led by NAIA First Team All-Americans in seniors Savannah Gregory and Sammy Rogers, CU made their second-straight trip to the quarterfinal round of the NAIA Tournament, where they eventually fell to Indiana Wesleyan. The 2020-21 Lady Tigers also had four All-MSC selections along with Gregory and Rogers, Lexy Lake, and Courtney Pritchett received the conference honor as well.

Campbellsville returned to the top of the Mid-South Conference during the 2021-22 season when the team defeated Georgetown College in the Mid-South Conference finals 70-68. The team would later go on to fall in the round of 16 to eventual national runner-up Dordt College.

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