Wingate introduces new women's basketball coach
WINGATE, NC (David Sherwood/Wingate University) - Wingate University vice president and director of athletics Steve Poston announced Tuesday the appointment of Ann Hancock (Wingate ’92) as head women’s basketball coach.
Hancock is the fourth coach in Wingate’s storied women’s basketball history.
Most recently, Hancock spent two seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach at East Carolina University.
Prior to her time in Greenville, she was the head women’s basketball coach at UNC Wilmington for 10 seasons.
Hancock was an assistant coach for seven seasons at UNC Chapel Hill, helping the Tar Heels win the 1994 NCAA Division I national championship.
As a basketball student-athlete at Wingate, Hancock was all-conference and all-district for four seasons each.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome back Ann Hancock to Wingate University…a place where she enjoyed an outstanding academic and athletic career,” Poston says.
































