Quick excited about new job at WSSU

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- LaQuanda Barksdale Quick carries around a hefty resume thanks to her outstanding prep, college and pro career.

Quick, 35, took a leap of faith in ending a successful run as a high school girls’ basketball coach to take a job at Winston-Salem State as an assistant women’s coach. It’s something that’s been done before by other coaches, so it’s not unusual.

“Somebody reached out to me and called and said the job was going to be open,” said Quick, a former player and coach at West Forsyth. “And really, this was the first time I wasn’t looking to go anywhere.”

As proof that Quick was happy with her job at West Forsyth was the fact that she and her husband, Willie, had recently sold their house not far from WSSU’s campus.

“We moved to be closer to West Forsyth, and then…” Quick said with a laugh.

Now, she’ll commute from their home on the western side of Winston-Salem, and she is looking forward to the challenge.

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