This year, Chambers was named a top 10 Black NCAA Division 1 coach and has led to the team to the top spot in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings.
Billi Chambers in her tenth season as the head coach of the Iona University women's basketball team. Crystal Cranmore has the story.Billi Chambers is in her tenth season as the head coach of the Iona University women's basketball team.
"You're going to have challenges on the court. You're going to have challenges in life and it's all about how you show up every day," Chambers said. This year, she was named a top 10 Black NCAA Division 1 coach and has led to the team to the top spot in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings.
"It's not lost on me that I'm one of not very many Black women head coaches in this profession and take that honor seriously," Chambers said."We're really blessed here at Iona to have such a leader in Billi Chambers as our head coach of the women's basketball program. Who sets an example, not just for her team, but for women and leaders across campus," Iona University spokesperson Diana Costello said.
According to the NCAA in 2022,66 percent of head coaches in division 1 women's basketball were women while21 percent were Black women.In her first season with the Gaels, chambers led Iona to a program record 26 wins and a share of its first-ever MAAC regular season championship."Show up as your greatest self, don't let anybody tell you no, and continue to put your head down and work," Chambers said.
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