UNDER THE BANNER
What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
NEW LIVINGSTONE COACH: Livingstone has selected Leah Frierson as the Lady Blue Bears' new head women's basketball coach. She succeeds Andrew Mitchell, who was let go following the 2006-07 season.
Frierson, a former women's assistant at
Saint Augustine's, is a 2003 graduate of Austin
Peay. She began her coaching career as a recruiting coordinator and
assistant at Saint Andrews Presbyterian College for two
seasons. She was the director of basketball operations at Northern
Illinois during the 2005-06 season before heading to Saint Aug's.
Frierson grew up in Belleville, Illinois, and played prep ball for Belleville East High School. As a 5-11 forward, Frierson helped Austin Peay capture a second straight Ohio Valley Conference Title as a valuable defensive player. The team went undefeated in the OVC and came within two points of upsetting the University of North Carolina in the 2003 NCAA first-round game in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to Austin Peay, Frierson played at Southwestern Illinois College where she became the school's all-time rebounding leader, helped the team finish second in the NJCAA Championships in 1999-2000 and earn both All-Region XXIV and Great Rivers Athletic All-Conference honors during her final two campaigns.
© 2007 Azeez Communications, Inc.