Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes is the new commissioner of the newly rebranded HBCU Athletic Conference. She began her career as a basketball coach.
Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!HBCU Athletic Conference commissioner Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes at the She’s Got Time Women in Sports Summit held in New Orleans last week.
A former student-athlete, Barnes began her career as a basketball coach before segueing into athletic administration. While still the athletic director at Dillard University, she was also working with the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, an NAIA conference made up of Historically Black Colleges and Universities . Since becoming the conference’s first full-time employee in 2022, she has worked to grow its membership—it now consists of 13 schools across several states and the U.S.
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