Nicki McCray-Penson, a two-time Olympic goal medalist and women’s college basketball coach, has died. She was 51.
McCray-Penson returned to the sideline as an assistant coach on Coquese Washington’s staff at Rutgers last season. The university confirmed her death on Friday, but did not announce a cause of death.
McCray-Penson’s tenure at Rutgers was only a small portion of her 16 years of college coaching experience. She began coaching in 2006 as an assistant at Western Kentucky. After three seasons at WKU, she became an assistant at South Carolina, joining the staff of her Olympic teammate and friend Dawn Staley.
