I don't know what y'all say but all I feel is a loss. We're knocking on walls, you've accomplished some things that haven't been accomplished in this in this program, in this conference but now it's time to come back and knockthe walls down.". She'd envisioned the scene in the locker room, taking her LSU jersey off for the final time, tears soaking everything. The other technical hurt, though, as JSU would lose 83-78. Turner Staci Ann. She told reporters that in her post-game conversation I respect the job shes done and that shes a heck of her coach, and her kids played their hearts out. Her coaching career began in 04 at South Georgia Technical College, where she served as an assistant coach and recruiter for three seasons. Jackson State opens its season against the Buffs. People who follow us, they see we brought in Power Five transfers, five-star recruits, three-star recruits, were doing our thing. 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After transferring to Georgia Southwestern State University, Reed continued her athletic dominance, this time leading the team in scoring and ultimately named team MVP. Why dont we have any worth? With the Lady Tigers down 15, Reed got T'd up. "I am extremely thankful and honored that President Thomas Hudson and Vice President and Director of Athletics Ashley Robinson saw fit for me to remain at the helm of the JSU women's basketball program," Reed said in a school release Friday. Coach Reed and her staff have done a great job recruiting and I expect her to continue to raise the bar.The 2019-20 JSU womens basketball season will go down in program history as one of the most dominant. There was Williams-Holliday, a once-prized recruit who'd left Mississippi State in 2017 and fallen off the basketball map. Since then, however, JSU has added Deion Sanders which has put the school in another stratosphere. Reed, who'd recruited her out of high school, texted her, day after day; Williams her name at the time didn't respond. Im not her best friend. She helped lead the program to a WNIT appearance before transferring to Hinds Community College for the 2000-2001 season. State Super Of Public Education. WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. Football is always respected. All rights reserved. Reed, who signed a four-year contract extension with JSU in 2020 after only two seasons as head coach, has taken the program to great heights in a short amount of time. Reed began her coaching career at South Georgia Technical College, where she served as assistant womens basketball coach for three seasons. She's the one who has built this program.". TOMEKIA REED: When I played basketball I was not the most talented, I was just an extremely hard worker. Reed comes to Jackson State following a successful three-year stint as coach of the Hinds Community College women's basketball team. In a cauldron of noise and intensity, LSU responded with an 11-0 run of its own. A fancy building is not going to pick you up out of your dorm and take you to the emergency room. I havent called yet, but Im certainly going to call because I want to know, why are we looked at as less than? The words of the LSU coach may sting to some JSU and HBCU supporters, but they are valid in the capitalistic society we live in. Reed offers officials "The Scowl" a combination. Reed has the unique distinction of being a part of every JSU women's basketball national tournament appearance since 2006, including being on the coaching staff of three of JSU's six NCAA Tournament games. Amid conversations about the challenges coaches at HBCUs face, a successful and veteran one chimed in. I always wanted to come back as the head coach. In four seasons as head coach, Tomekia Reed has led Jackson State University women's basketball to the top of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Reed wrote. Tomekia Reed. While many people took Mulkey's commentary as subversive, Reed told Ralph Cooper of KCOH Radio that she didn't see it that way at all. Hinds CC won a combined 47 games under Reed, including consecutive winning seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18. The best story of March blossomed. Learn how your comment data is processed. Off the court, she is classy and elegant. The turning point? For this year, we want to go in at least 8 to12never, ever done before. Im going to have it in my mind and in my thoughts, and Im always carrying myself as such. She cited personal reasons. We caught up with the 2020 Coach of the Year to learn more about her coaching journey, the disrespect that she feels Black female HBCU coaches experience in the industry, and how shes building a championship program at Jackson State. Jackson State women's basketball coach Tomekia Reed coaches the game with passion and attitude. All had failed. Nine years ago, I wrote a piece in the infancy of HBCU Gameday called A Good HBCU coach is Hard to Keep. It hasnt been as frequent as I thought it might be back then, but my money says Tomekia Reed will have plenty of options on the table. - Jackson State University is pleased to announce a four-year contract extension for head women's basketball coach Tomekia Reed. Jackson State football will play in 2021 Orange Blossom Classic in Miami, Jackson State men's basketball manager 'Snacks' wins ESPY, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. After graduating from Murrah, she began her collegiate basketball career at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. Other responsibilities included strength and conditioning liaison, player development, community service coordinator, and summer basketball camp coordinator. Jackson State extended Reed back in 2020 as she quickly put the program from the SWAC cellar to among its elite. For Reed, not all technical fouls are bad, some are about gamesmanship to get a call later in the game. She's helped me believe. During the game, I do not realize I am doing that.. 9 once. Reed led Hinds CC to the NJCAA Region 23 title game in 2017. Year three of my plan happened in year one and two by the grace of GodIm so thankful and I just want to stay in that mercy and in that favorbut going into year four, I mentioned that I wanted to have national prominence. SLAM: What about your latest class has you most excited for this upcoming season? Kim Mulkey and Tomekia Reed embrace. The coaching staff films practices and games, and will go over the team's negative emotional plays. Williams resisted. After nearly upsetting LSU in a first-round NCAA Tournament game on March 19, 2022, Coach Reed was asked what her message to her team was following the tough loss: "Honestly, my message after today's game was, we have to continue to fight for our institution. We are doing the same thing other coaches are doing with less resources and sometimes a lot less talent. 5 min read. Ive always been someone who cared dearly about everybody; players, coaches, managers. When were going against Power Five institutions, or even high mid-majors or mid-majors, they always down us for what we dont have. Reed moved to Jackson State as the head coach in 2018 following a successful three-year stint as coach of the Hinds Community College women's basketball team. And to be able to be a part of a championship team then, and to be able to come back years later, and take us back to that point, its just been a phenomenal experience. I think our ability to have won as many championships as weve won here at Jackson Statein three years weve won three championshipsso I think I had ears for the platform at this point. Neither had its conference, nor any No. I think one of the reasons why we are so not valued and disrespected is because of the resources. "Coaching at an HBCU is not for the weak," Tomekia Reed wrote on Twitter. ", More:Jackson State football will play in 2021 Orange Blossom Classic in Miami, More:Jackson State men's basketball manager 'Snacks' wins ESPY. Coach Tomekia Reed is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and a 1999 graduate of Murrah High School. TR: Coming here to Jackson State as an assistant coach, it was a great experience. In making the program's second straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and the first as a #14 seed, Jackson State led in the fourth quarter in nearly achieving an historic tournament win over #3 LSU. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. That is why we film our games, to teach our players.. "We have to continue to knock on walls to get respect. And so with that being said, our focus is not just in conference, competing in conference, our focus is being dominant and having a voice and being competitive out of conference. Saturdays 83-77 win over the SWAC champions marked the second time in as many seasons as shes had to go through JSU to get to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Mississippi State Personnel Board. With three consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championships, the Lady Tigers are off to a 3-0 start in SWAC play this season. Named Jackson State University head coach in 2018, Reed joined JSU following a successful three-year stint as coach of the Hinds Community College womens basketball team. She wasn't a big-time coach in need of a center. 848 posts. So do the financial disparities. I am extremely thankful and honored that President Thomas Hudson and Vice President and Director of Athletics Ashley Robinson saw fit for me to remain at the helm of the JSU womens basketball program, Reed said. It hadn't materialized, but it's the scene Jackson State had envisioned too, the scenario that would have made them March darlings. Tomekia Reed always knew coaching at Jackson State was a goal she wanted to achieve. Williams was also named Defensive Player of the Year. Jackson State head coach Tomekia Reed was already an accomplished head coach before LSU's Kim Mulkey gave her what some felt was a back-handed comment after nearly beating her squad this March. "We're knocking on walls," Reed continued. This was way back when I got the job [in 2018], we wanted to be nationally known. Founded, monitored, and run by college coaches. Amidst all the shade, the Tigers finished their season with a 18-6 record and a trip to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008, where they faced Baylor in the first round. Texas would defeat JSU 75-58 on Dec. 14 at the Mississippi Coliseum. This past season Reed was named SWAC Coach of the Year and Ameshya Williams, Marneisha Hamer, and Dayzsha Rogan were named to the all-conference team. ", Get to know Jackson State women's basketball's Dayzsha Rogan. All great coaches have their signature way to work officials during a basketball game. But then the Lady Tigers, led by Tomekia Reed, their inspirational coach, and by Ameshya Williams-Holliday, their star player who doubles as a wife and mother, nearly did the unthinkable. TOMEKIA REED SCOWL DRAWS TECHNICAL FOULSTomekia Reed's scowls draw technical fouls and often help Jackson State women's basketball The season changed in a 75-58 loss to Texas on Dec. 14, a rare . She's made three of the last four NCAA Tournaments and she almost upstaged Mulkey despite having a fraction of the resources. Jackson State womens basketball coach Tomekia Reed coaches the game with passion and attitude. The No. And I think that afforded me the opportunity to play four years on a scholarship. LSU'S KIM MULKEY SAID PAY TOMEKIA REEDWhy Kim Mulkey saying Tomekia Reed won't be at Jackson State long isn't the compliment she thinks it is. However, Reed spoke with passion aboutof the importance of fighting to make things better at JSU. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A familiar face will head the Jackson State women's basketball program as Tomekia Reed has been selected as the new head coach for Lady Tigers. Reed offers officials "The Scowl" a combination of an attitude, with her hands on her hips, lips pouted out, a shake of the head, and a talk-to-the-hand posture she has perfected. The team has instituted a watch for negative displays of emotions during practice and games. She said she didn't know when it would happen, but after the recent death of her father, she's glad it. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The Jackson, Mississippi native, who originally joined the program back in '06 as a recruiting coordinator, has taken the HBCU program back to prominence after winning back-to-back SWAC regular. You don't have to run, we'll figure that out, Reed told her. Get to know Jackson State women's basketball's Dayzsha Rogan. We will continue to transform the lives of our young men and be champions on the court and in the classroom.. She has assisted in bringing several high-ranking recruiting classes, including the 2014 class at Louisiana Tech, which garnered a national Top 50 ranking and was the second-highest ranked class in Conference USA. And it's also why Mulkey's comment, while well-intentioned, may come off as tone deaf to those who take the time to listento what Reed had to say. But lets also shine a light on other sports and what other people are doing. They'd talked about the "rise of the underdog." Coach. You've accomplished some things that hadn't been accomplished in this program and in this conference, but now it's time to come back and knock the walls down. Tomekia Reed's scowls draw technical fouls and often help Jackson State women's basketball, Jackson State women's basketball coach Tomekia Reed meets Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Jackson State had never won a March Madness game. Nobody will ever take that away from me. "We have to continue to knock on walls to get respect.". Reed, a Murrah alumna, has spent. Mulkey bowed her head, then shook it, oozing relief. But still we are walked over and thought less of. The one technical ignited JSU into a run to retake the lead from LSU. We may not have the fancy buildings, but we are moving and changing lives, and developing and winning championships just like anybody else on any other level. tomekia.reed@hindscc.edu Phone 601.885.7023 Tomekia Reed was chosen as the new head women's basketball coach at Hinds Community College, her alma mater, on Friday, April 10, 2015. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a celebration of the civil-rights icon's life, but it's also one of remembering her late mother, Edith Mae Reed, whose birthday is was on that day. The man behind those moves was Ashley Robinson, recently named AD of The Year and the recipient of a new contract himself earlier this month. But if anybody could take anything away from it, it's that we can and we will. "She led the program to its first SWAC regular-season championship in over 10 years and has set the foundation for continued success. Reeds emphasis this offseason has been to work on controlling her own as well as the team's emotions. https://gojsutigers.com/news/2020/7/17/womens-basketball-reed-signs-four-year-contract-extension.aspx. The late Pat Summitt had the stare arms crossed as she would glare at a referee. "Could you please respond to let me know that you're OK?" Often, her feelings lay bare in front of fans, friends, and player. I took jobs all over the place at predominately white institutions, and the Lord afforded me an opportunity to come back. The upset of LSU was the storybook ending, the tale that would have overtaken the tournament. But that wasnt all.I dont know if you want me to tell you the second part of that because yall all Jackson State people, the LSU coach said. REED BALANCES CHRISTMAS AND HER SONJackson State women's basketball coach Tomekia Reed balances sport, Christmas for her son, We want to use our emotions as a positive, Reed said. She developed into a WNBA prospect. I had a very high basketball IQ and I was a great leader. If you can reach 100,000 people with a tweet or with a post, thats phenomenal, and it helps us in so many ways. Jackson State women's basketball coach Tomekia Reed coaches the game with passion and attitude. In JSU's game against Texas, Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer chewed on areferee until he received a technical. Mulkey will make north of $2.5 million this season. After the final buzzer sounded Saturday, and LSU narrowly staved off what would have been one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournamentwomen's basketball history,coachKim Mulkeyhad a message for Jackson State coach Tomekia Reed. We're going to keep knocking until we get the same as other institutions," Reed said. One-hundred and . 2023 www.clarionledger.com. The video made its way to Mulkey, who said it became bulletin board material, but the Lady Tigers didn't care. During that time, the Lady Tigers claimed the SWAC regular-season championship (2007), made WNIT appearances in 2006 and 2007, and won the SWAC tournament championship in 2008, making it the program's fourth NCAA Tournament appearance. Six months after that, she gave birth to her son, Jace. Mulkey's point is that Reed is good enough to coach at a school with more resources. Saturday's game was a prime example of where she can take a program. 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Reed also had assistant coaching stops at Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, and New Orleans, serving as recruiting coordinator at each school during her respective stints. That's why Reed's presence at Jackson State is so impactful. A season later, Williams-Holliday who met her husband by beating him in one-on-one basketball, and added his name to hers scored in double figures without fail. It doesnt matter what people say about us, it doesnt matter, the respect that we dont get. "Today is a very special . Jackson State had never won a March Madness game. They were 15.5-point dogs, but on cue, they rose early in the second half. Reed plans on posting a social media message and putting it next to one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous quotes, and letting all athletes and HBCU athletes know their voice matters. But the beginning and middle of this story? She served as the top assistant, worked with post players, and served as the teams academic liaison. All rights reserved. Tomekia Reed and her intimidating scowl were on full display during the HBCU GO broadcast with legendary Charlie Neal calling the play-by-play, as the Lady Tigers rebounded from Saturday's. I think this has opened an opportunity for us to have that national attention. The Lady Tigers won 21 straight. Mississippi State Personnel Board. All of the things that he prayed for and all of the things that he spoke for., REED SCOWL DRAWS TECHNICAL FOULSTomekia Reed's scowls draw technical fouls and often help Jackson State women's basketball. "I am extremely thankful and honored that President Thomas Hudson and Vice President and Director of Athletics Ashley Robinson saw fit for me to remain at the helm of the JSU women's basketball program," Reed said. In four seasons as JSUs head coach, Tomekia Reed has led JSU women's basketball to the top of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. LSU coach Kim Mulkey spoke the truth on JSUs rising coaching star, HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year, Saturdays 83-77 win over the SWAC champions marked the second time in as many seasons as shes had to go through JSU.