Ashley McCord was named director of player development and athletic culture for the women's basketball program on June 3, 2022.
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McCord came to Aggieland after a three-year appointment at Georgia where she served as the sports chaplain with Athletes in Action with Joni Taylor’s women’s basketball program as well as gymnastics, cross country and track & field from 2019-22.
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Prior to UGA, she fulfilled the same duties as sports chaplain for Athletes in Action at Texas Southern and Rice from 2017-19. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native served programs such as women’s basketball, track & field, soccer, golf, softball and cross country at the two schools.
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McCord cut her teeth with Athletes in Action at Tennessee from 2015-17 while pursuing her master’s in sport psychology and motor behavior, which she earned in the spring of 2016.
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McCord received her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013.
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McCord came to Aggieland after a three-year appointment at Georgia where she served as the sports chaplain with Athletes in Action with Joni Taylor’s women’s basketball program as well as gymnastics, cross country and track & field from 2019-22.
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Prior to UGA, she fulfilled the same duties as sports chaplain for Athletes in Action at Texas Southern and Rice from 2017-19. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native served programs such as women’s basketball, track & field, soccer, golf, softball and cross country at the two schools.
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McCord cut her teeth with Athletes in Action at Tennessee from 2015-17 while pursuing her master’s in sport psychology and motor behavior, which she earned in the spring of 2016.
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McCord received her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013.