Post by Bornthrilla on Mar 26, 2008 10:15:01 GMT -5
BIBBS EARNS YWCA HONOR
Bibbs earned her 400th career win during the 2007-08 season
GREENSBORO, March 26, 2008 – North Carolina A&T women’s basketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs has been named the 2009 YWCA Empowerment Award recipient. Bibbs will be presented the award at the 2nd Annual Girls & Women in Sports Awards Dinner held at the Greensboro Coliseum on March 29 at 6 p.m.
The recipient of the award must be a male or female who resides or works in Guilford County, and who has made a significant contribution in the area of women and girls in sports. The final requirement is a person whose actions in his or her sport or with his or her team have modeled or promoted the values of the YWCA’s mission of empowering women and eliminating racism.
Bibbs is considered one of the pioneers in women’s college basketball for historically black colleges or universities. She built the Grambling women’s basketball program into a SWAC power, while defeating some of the most well-known universities in the country. After 13 years she left Grambling to become the head coach at Hampton for seven years. She became the Aggies head coach in 2005.
In total, Bibbs has rebuilt three different programs. She has won a combined nine conference tournament championships, 11 regular-season conference championships and has been named coach of the year nine times. This season added to her legacy. She won her 400th career game on Nov. 23 when the Aggies defeated UNC Asheville at UNC Greensboro’s Thanksgiving Tournament at Fleming Gymnasium.
She led the N.C. A&T women’s basketball program to its first regular-season championship in 18 years by winning a school-record 25 games and a school-record 15 conference wins. She also led the Aggies to their first postseason appearance in 14 years as the Aggies advanced to the Women’s NIT.
Over a 23-year coaching career, Bibbs has won 422 games. She is only the second women’s coach to win 400 or more games by exclusively coaching at an HBCU and she is the first coach at an HBCU to win a regular-season championship at three different schools.
The YWCA adds to Bibbs’ honors in 2008. In March, she was named MEAC Coach of the Year.
Bibbs earned her 400th career win during the 2007-08 season
GREENSBORO, March 26, 2008 – North Carolina A&T women’s basketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs has been named the 2009 YWCA Empowerment Award recipient. Bibbs will be presented the award at the 2nd Annual Girls & Women in Sports Awards Dinner held at the Greensboro Coliseum on March 29 at 6 p.m.
The recipient of the award must be a male or female who resides or works in Guilford County, and who has made a significant contribution in the area of women and girls in sports. The final requirement is a person whose actions in his or her sport or with his or her team have modeled or promoted the values of the YWCA’s mission of empowering women and eliminating racism.
Bibbs is considered one of the pioneers in women’s college basketball for historically black colleges or universities. She built the Grambling women’s basketball program into a SWAC power, while defeating some of the most well-known universities in the country. After 13 years she left Grambling to become the head coach at Hampton for seven years. She became the Aggies head coach in 2005.
In total, Bibbs has rebuilt three different programs. She has won a combined nine conference tournament championships, 11 regular-season conference championships and has been named coach of the year nine times. This season added to her legacy. She won her 400th career game on Nov. 23 when the Aggies defeated UNC Asheville at UNC Greensboro’s Thanksgiving Tournament at Fleming Gymnasium.
She led the N.C. A&T women’s basketball program to its first regular-season championship in 18 years by winning a school-record 25 games and a school-record 15 conference wins. She also led the Aggies to their first postseason appearance in 14 years as the Aggies advanced to the Women’s NIT.
Over a 23-year coaching career, Bibbs has won 422 games. She is only the second women’s coach to win 400 or more games by exclusively coaching at an HBCU and she is the first coach at an HBCU to win a regular-season championship at three different schools.
The YWCA adds to Bibbs’ honors in 2008. In March, she was named MEAC Coach of the Year.
