The Gulf Coast Athletics Conference (GCAC) elected Kiki Baker Barnes their 17th president at the 2009 fall meetings, held on Dillard’s campus October 5th and 6th. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position. Barnes is Dillard University’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, and also serves as head basketball coach of the Lady Bleu Devils.
Barnes was unanimously voted in during Tuesday’s general session after being nominated by Dillard Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Nazar Mustapha. She replaces Steve Knight, head men’s basketball coach at William Carey University, who has served as GCAC president since 2001.
“It is truly an honor to be recognized by my peers and given their vote of confidence as we move forward in the GCAC,” says Barnes. “With the recent departure of five of our teams, we must respond quickly to ensure the future of the GCAC as a conference to be reckoned with.”
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2 comments:
very cool news
she looks very young too, so that means she can hold the job for many decades if she so chooses
That is cool.
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