UNDER THE BANNER
What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
NCCU CHOOSES NEW AD: North Carolina Central has named Ingrid Wicker-McCree as its new director of athletics. She held
the interim position for the past
five months, replacing William "Bill"
Hayes who announced his departure to the same position at
Florida A&M in early December.
Wicker-McCree, who joins the ranks of only a
handful of women athletic directors in the UNC system, previously served
as NCCU's associate athletics director for internal affairs. She has served in a variety of
leadership positions in both conference and national level
organizations, most notably as president of the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) Executive Board from 2004-06, becoming only the second woman to ever hold
that position in the league's history. In addition, she served as
a member of the NCAA's Division II Legislation
Committee from 2003-07. Now entering her 15th year at
NCCU, Wicker-McCree has been one of the driving forces
behind NCCU's reclassification to NCAA Division I. Since
1998, she has overseen the internal operations of the
Athletics Department, including all compliance and eligibility
programs.STILLMAN HIRES GRANT: Former Southern
coach, Michael Grant, has been officially
named Stillman's head men's basketball 
coach, athletics director
Curtis Campbell announced last weekend. Grant, an Ohio native, comes
to Stillman after a recent two-year stint (2003-2005) at Southern where
his teams were 26-31 during his tenure. Before his two-year stint at
Southern, Grant coached for seven seasons at Central
State, compiling an overall record of 126-94. Grant takes over for
Tim Waller who was dismissed in March following his second season with
the school. Other stops for Grant include assistant
coaching stints at Allegheny College (PA), Kentucky
State, and the University of Michigan under Steve Fisher. Grant is
the older brother of former NBA star Gary Grant.
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