Guilford College Magazine - August 2020

Page 10

ATHLETICS REPORT

GUILFORD’S “CRADLE OF COACHES” Guilford College has consistently set up its students for success after graduation. Over the years, several Guilford studentathletes have enjoyed coaching careers at various levels from youth sports to high school and all the way to the pros. Two success stories from the “Cradle of Coaches” include women’s basketball standout Ann Ferguson ’10 and football player John Lilly ’90. Both used their time at Guilford and the connections they made as springboards into the world of coaching. Ann and John fondly remember their Guilford days and spoke about memories, how they got started in coaching and the role of philanthropy in their time as student-athletes and coaches.

Ann Ferguson ’10

I talk to Joclyn Terry ‘10,

Ann was a four-year starter

Jasmine Wood ’10 multiple

for the Quakers’ basketball

times a week. Tracey Croner

team and was chosen for

’09 surprised me last year

the 2010 Women's Basketball Coaches'

Alexa Williams ‘10 and

at a Thomasville game, where she showed me

Association's

support as I

'So You

was getting

Want To

started

Be A Coach' Program. After Guilford, she went on to coach basketball at

coaching in North Carolina. Other teammates helped me when I reached out to

NCAA Division II-member

them about moving back. At

University of Arkansas-

Guilford, it was encouraging

Fort Smith (UAFS) and

to be surrounded by people

several Arkansas high

who also wanted to be great.

schools before returning to

Our love for each other as

North Carolina in 2018 as

teammates was my biggest

Girls’ Basketball Coach at

encouragement because we

Thomasville High School.

knew we would always be

Since then, Ann has been

there for each other.

named Conference Coach of the Year twice and selected

Who were some of your

as an Assistant Coach for

coaching mentors?

the 2020 McDonald’s All

My high school coach, Fred

American Game.

Sauro, who was selected to be the Head Coach of the 2020

Who were some of the

McDonald’s All American

Guilford people who

East Team, has been a huge

inspired you the most?

mentor to me. He has an

I was, and still am, really

incredible basketball mind

close with my teammates.

and has always been there

8 | W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
Guilford College Magazine - August 2020 by Guilford College Magazine - Issuu