Orangeburg, S.C. – Claflin University head coaches
Chymaine Guinyard,
Revonda Whitley and
Garon Jackson are among 24 CIAA coaches participating in the True North Sports Coach Development Academy, which started Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Coaches were nominated by their respective institutions to represent the conference in the academy.
The Coach Development Academy is a three-part virtual course program designed to support and assist coaches in developing their authentic philosophy, team culture and program structure. Eight classes will be held online every Tuesday.
Each class will feature guest speakers, including Dartmouth Head Football Coach Buddy Teevens, Florida Head Men's Tennis Coach Bryan Shelton, Clemson Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Shimmy Gray Miller, Alabama State Head Football Coach Donald Hill Eley, Certified Mental Performance Consultant Dr. Tiff Jones of XFactor Performance and CEO and Chief Visionary Celia Slater of True North Sports, which is hosting the academy.
"Participating in this academy will give each of these head coaches the opportunity to stay apprised of best practices in these ever-changing times," said athletics director
Tony O'Neal.
Guinyard is in her first season as the head coach at Claflin University. Guinyard, who served as the interim head coach last season, has been a member of the coaching staff for four seasons, including serving the 2017 and 2018 seasons as the assistant coach. She was a member of the 2014 team that captured the school's first-ever Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championship and the school's first-ever automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship.
Whitley is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Claflin University women's basketball team. She joined the Lady Panthers in 2017 after serving 13 years as the associate head coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), a NCAA Division I program. In her first two seasons, Whitley led her teams to a better than .500-win percentage (.542).
Jackson took over the Panther men's and women's cross-country/track and field teams in the Fall 2019. He returned to the Palmetto State after serving nine seasons as an assistant coach at Bethune-Cookman University. A native of Sumter, S.C. (Sumter, High School) and a 2017 Sumter Hall of Fame member, Jackson served five seasons as the head coach at his Alma Mater, Voorhees College in Denmark, S.C. before heading to Bethune Cookman.
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A full list of participating coaches from CIAA schools is listed below.
Bowie State
Shadae Swan, Women's Basketball
Antone Sewell, Football
Claflin
Chymaine Guinyard, Volleyball
Garon Jackson, Cross Country/Track & Field
Revonda Whitley, Women's Basketball
Elizabeth City State
Tynesha Lewis
Fayetteville State
Milton Patterson, Football
Natrone Means, Football
Tyreece Brown, Women's Basketball
Johnson C. Smith
Ramona Staton, Women's Tennis
Livingstone
Paul Davis, Women's Basketball
Lincoln (PA)
Charity Hart, Volleyball
Wilson Bailey, Cross Country/Track & Field
Saint Augustine's
David Bowser, Football
Tacara Moxey, Volleyball
Shaw
Ebony Moore, Women's Basketball
Frantz Smith, Cross Country/Track & Field
Jonathan Paulk, Volleyball
Virginia State
Annitra Cole, Women's Basketball
Ashley DeWitt, Cross Country/Track & Field
Drew Williamson, Men's Basketball
Winston-Salem State
Chanel Davis, Volleyball
Cleo Hill, Jr, Men's Basketball
Kaymarie Jones, Cross Country/Track & Field
