Kayla Gibbons was named as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball program in the summer of 2021.
Gibbons played four years of basketball at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She served as the team captain and earned the 2017-18 Most Improved Player as well as the recipient of the 2019 Big South Presidential Award.
Gibbons arrives at Hood after serving as an intern for the Strength and Conditioning Performance Center at USC Upstate. As an intern, she demonstrated coaching abilities, designed conditioning performance programs for multiple sports, and created weight training programs for various sports.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science and a minor in women’s and gender studies from Upstate. She is currently pursuing her master's in business administration at Hood.
