Destiny “DJ” Newberry comes to lead the Bearcat girls basketball program after serving as an assistant coach at Lebanon High School the past two years. Prior to her time at Lebanon, she was a graduate assistant at SWVCC. DJ hails from Rogersville, Tennessee, where she was a four-year player at Cherokee High School. She continued her playing career at Southwest Community College, where she played for Coach Thad Lambert.
In addition to being the head varsity girls basketball coach, she will be employed by BVPS as a speech language pathologist assistant while she completes her program. “I am excited to join BVPS as the Head Girls Basketball Coach and to continue to build upon the strong tradition at Bearcat Girls Basketball,” stated Newberry. She added, “I am grateful for this opportunity and look forward to getting to know the girls and becoming a part of the Bearcat Community.”
“We went through an extensive process to fill our basketball positions and talked to many great candidates, but at the end of the day it was important that we found the best fit for both programs and we believe that we have done that with these hires. We are excited about the future of both our programs with long time girls coach, Kevin Timmons now leading the boys program and bringing DJ Newberry into the Bearcat family as our new head girls basketball coach,” added Bearcat Athletic Director Brad Harper.
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