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player development and overall team success is truly out- standing, and I cannot wait for her to get started.” Harris’ teams have historically lit up the scoreboard with her Florida Southern teams ranking top-50 nationally in scoring on multiple occasions, including ranking 18th nationally in 2018-19 with over 77 points per game. Her efforts as a coach have landed Harris WBCA South Region Coach of the Year in 2018-19 and Sunshine State Confer- ence Coach of the Year honors on three occasions (2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19). Prior to her tenure at Florida Southern, Harris spent three seasons as the head coach at College Coastal Georgia, an NAIA program. She led the Mariners to a 68-27 record and was the first coach in the school history to qualify a team for the NAIA National Tournament after a 24-9 season in 2012-13. Harris got into coaching as an assistant coa ch at the Uni- versity of West Alabama where she served for two seasons (1999-01). She also made stops at Troy (2001-02) and at East Central (2002-03) before returning to West Alabama for seven seasons from 2003-10. She also spent one season at Meridian Community College (2010-11) prior to taking the position at Coastal Georgia. Harris was an all-state player at Decatur High School and led the Warriors to their first-ever Mississippi Class 2A state championship in 1990

Decatur native Betsy Harris is the new head coach for the ECCC Lady Warrior basketball team. “We are so excited to have Betsy Harris return home to lead our women’s basketball program,” said ECCC President Dr. Brent Gregory. “She has great ties to the local communi- ty and our district and brings a plethora of experience, both as a player and a coach, to our program. We are looking for- ward to the success that she will bring our student-athletes in all areas of competition.” Harris comes to ECCC after an eight-year stint with the Florida Southern Moccasins in Lakeland, Fla. During her ten- ure, she led the Moccasins to a 169-63 record including six consecutive NCAA DII Tournament appearances and an Elite Eight run in 2015. The Moccasins also won back-to-back Sunshine State Conference regular-season and tournament titles, climbed to as high as No. 6 in the Women’s Basketball Coaching Association Poll, and earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA South Regional Tournament during the 2018-19 season. “Betsy Harris is someone who I have known since we were both in college together in the SEC. I have followed her career closely over the years and am absolutely thrilled that she has decided to lead our program,” said East Central Director of Athletics Paul Nixon. “She has been a winner at every level as both a player and coach. Our Lady Warriors will have a great role model who will continue our athlet- ics philosophy in helping them to grow into the best young women they can be on and off the court. Her record of

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