May 11, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS - Eleven collegiate female assistant basketball coaches, including Nevada's Jackie Moore, will participate in the 2006 Black Coaches Association Achieving Coaching Excellence (ACE) Program for minority women here June 4-7.
"Participants of this program represent the creme de la creme of assistant coaches out there," said Floyd Keith, Executive Director of the Black Coaches Association (BCA).
The ACE program is a positive program that is specifically designed to enhance opportunities for women of color in collegiate basketball. The program provides intensive learning sessions to enhance the individuals' preparedness to become head coaches. The program is divided into "on-court" and off-court" instruction segments.
Since the 2003 debut of the ACE program, there have been 25 participants. Six college head coaching positions since that time have been filed by ACE graduates. The four-year-old program is made possible through an NCAA matching grant program for minority female coaches.
Moore just completed her first year at Nevada after serving as an assistant at Miami (Fla.) the previous two seasons.
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