Hampton U. Six Invited to Center for Coaching Excellence

Head Basketball Coach David Six
Hampton University Lady Pirates

HAMPTON, Virginia - Hampton University head women’s basketball coach David Six is one of 30 coaches who have been invited to participate in the Center for Coaching Excellence, a joint venture between the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association and Columbia University.

Six, who is in his third year at the helm, has guided the Lady Pirates to back-to-back MEAC tournament championships – as well as last season’s MEAC regular-season title – and was the 2011 MEAC Coach of the Year.

He is the first Hampton women’s coach to earn that honor since Patricia Cage-Bibbs in 1998.

The Lady Pirates (7-1, 2-0 MEAC) were the preseason favorite to win the MEAC this season, and heading into Monday night’s game at Alabama-Birmingham, Six is 52-20 at Hampton – which equates to a .722 winning percentage – and 29-5 against MEAC foes.

Hampton has won at least 20 games in each of its first two full seasons under Six – the first time the Lady Pirates have recorded back-to-back 20-win seasons since moving up to Division I in 1995. The Lady Pirates were also 15-1 in MEAC play last season – the team’s best conference mark since going 17-1 in 2002-03.

Prior to coming to the Lady Pirates, Six established himself as one of the nation’s best high school coaches, guiding the Hampton High School girl’s basketball teams to a pair of Virginia state titles, nine district championships and an impressive 331-93 record in 14 seasons.

Six was named the Associated Press Coach of the Year in 2007.

The Center for Coaching Excellence is a leadership training program, based on best practices in leadership development. It was developed by the WBCA and Columbia to “safeguard the integrity of college women’s basketball” and “provide college women’s basketball coaches with comprehensive leadership development and cultivate exceptional leaders in college women’s basketball.”

The program, which lasts two and a half days and takes place on Columbia’s campus in New York, N.Y., will take place on May 21-23 (first session) and June 11-13 (second session).

For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at http://www.hamptonpirates.com/.