Legendary Prairie View A&M women’s track coach and Olympic track coach Barbara Jean Jacket has passed away

ICYMI Barbara Jacket,highly successful women’s track coach&athletics dir at Prairie View A&M(@PVAMUPanthers),who in 1992 became 2nd African-American woman to coach an Olympic team,passed away at age 87 from dementia & complications from COVID according to her niece Carlotta Allen pic.twitter.com/uY9mlggMD2

— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) January 7, 2022

The Southwestern Athletic Conference sends sincere condolences to the family, friends and former student-athletes of legendary @PVAMUPanthers Women’s Track and Field Coach Barbara Jacket who has passed. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time #SWACLegend https://t.co/ARGksxSPjv

— Southwestern Athletic Conference (@theswac) January 7, 2022