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History-making coach - Speaking Of People - Teresa Lawrence Phillips - Brief Article
Ebony, May, 2003
Teresa Lawrence Phillips is the first woman to coach a Division I men's basketball game in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Tennessee State University athletic director appointed herself coach, after suspending two coaches, and made history during a game between Tennessee State and Austin Peay.
Phillips was qualified for the task, having served as assistant coach of Vanderbilt University's women's basketball for four seasons, head women's basketball coach at Fisk University for four seasons and at Tennessee State for 11 seasons. She was associate and interim athletic director at Tennessee State before becoming director. The award-winning coach was named Ohio Valley Conference Co-coach of the Year in 1990 and Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1994. Phillips graduated with a bachelor's degree in economies and business education, and she a master's degree in administration and supervision from Tennessee State. The trailblazing coach and her husband, Michael Phillips, live in Nashville with their sons, Micah and Kyle.
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