Custom Search GRAMBLING, La. | Grambling State University has announced Nakeya Hall as the new Lady Tigers’ head softball coach. She takes over for Wilbert Early.
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Hall, who was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Softball Coach of the Year, guided Alabama A&M to a 22-21 overall record and an 11-8 SWAC East Division mark last season. The Lady Bulldogs won a share of the East Division crown and their 20 wins were the most Alabama A&M had in its program in 10 years
“One thing we were trying to do was find a person that was the best fit for Grambling,” Director of Athletics Paul A. Bryant said. “To get interest from someone like Coach Hall is a big deal for us. It shows that the brand of Grambling transcends a lot of things. She was the SWAC Coach of the Year last year and for her to want to come to Grambling, and duplicate that, I was thankful we were able to get Coach Hall.”
Hall showed improvement in each of her six seasons at Alabama A&M. She guided the Lady Bulldogs to an 18-25 overall mark in 2015, along with a 7-9 SWAC record. In 2016, AAMU went 9-9 in SWAC play and followed that with an 8-7 record the following year.
Before taking over the reins at Alabama A&M, Hall was an assistant coach at her alma mater, South Carolina State, for four years. Prior to that, she served as an assistant coach at Winston-Salem State for two seasons.