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Coach Herod and Women’s BB Win Championship
You may know that Athletic Director/Women’s opened Top Game Skill Development, where he
Basketball Coach Kevin Herod ‘11 and the Lady trained high school, college and pro basketball players.
Tornadoes won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Although he was happy with his career, he longed for
(GCAC) championship and more.
qualified for the National “I returned to college when I
Association of Intercollegiate realized that, if I wanted to go
Athletics (NAIA) championship farther in my field, I needed to get a
tournament, which was degree. Talladega’s head women’s
canceled due to the coronavirus basketball coach, Romeo Lagmay,
pandemic. You may also worked out a plan for me to earn
know that Coach Herod, a degree and become an assistant
who developed 6 NAIA All coach. I earned an organizational
Americans and 15 All-GCAC management degree through
players while maintaining FastTrack in 2011.”
a 96% graduation rate during his In 2012, Coach Herod secured a
coaching tenure at Talladega, was masters in global business management
GCAC’s 2019 Coach of the Year. at Salem International University
But what you may not realize is that in West Virginia. He is pursuing a
Coach Herod is a proud graduate of doctorate in sports management at
Talladega’s FastTrack program. North Central University in Scottsdale,
Long before coming to Talladega, Arizona.
the California native played NCAA Coach Herod with Brijanne Moore and “What drives us besides our student
Division II basketball at Glenville State Diamond Jolly, who were laden with athletes graduating and getting degrees?
top GCAC awards in 2019.
College in Glenville, West Virginia. We want Talladega to win an NAIA
He left college early to train athletes national championship and be the first
at former Detroit Piston’s Jerome Williams’ camp in HBCU to do it. If that’s not the goal every year, we’ll
Michigan. Later, he coached for 6 years at McLean never attain it. We have the players. The talent is
School of Maryland in Potomac, MD. In 2006, he there. The drive is there. The commitment is there.”
Mr. and Miss
Talladega College
includes serving as president of the Presidential
Honor Society, president of the International Club,
and a member of Black Gentlemen Coalition. This
dynamic leader is also the founder and president of the
Talladega College Fitness Club. Bamba was recently
inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society
and has received numerous awards including the Tom
Joyner Foundation’s prestigious Hercules Scholarship.
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Ndiaye from Senegal,
West Africa and De’Jha Alexandria Billingsley from Psychology major De’Jha Alexandria Billingsley is a
Chattanooga, Tennessee were elected Mr. and Miss first-generation college student. The active senior is a
Talladega College 2019-2020. member of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society,
the Talladega College Choir and the psychology club.
Cheikh, best known as Bamba, is a junior majoring In addition to being elected Miss Talladega College,
in accounting. His extensive leadership experience she served as Miss Psychology 2018-2019.
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