Bernadette Locke
On this date in 1990, Bernadette Locke, the first Black woman, was hired at the University of Kentucky as an assistant coach in Division I NCAA basketball.
Locke was born in Lockwood, TN. She was a former All-American at the University of Georgia, where she earned a B.A. in Education and worked as an assistant coach for four years.
Locke then served as head coach of the University of Kentucky women’s basketball program from 1995 to 2003.
