Athletics
Jun 15, 2023
For Immediate Release (Marshall, Texas)
Wiley University announces Head Volleyball Coach Nancy Sikobe has been appointed Director of Athletics.
She has over 14 years of leadership experience and graduated from Missouri Baptist University with a Master’s Degree in Sports Management.
Sikobe, who completed her eighth season with Wiley University, will become the second female over the Department of Athletics. Since her return to the Wiley University coaching staff in 2021, Sikobe has taken on the role of Senior Women’s Administrator. In March, she was one of 50 women selected to attend the NAIA Governance Academy.
“I’m truly humbled to be the second female athletic director at Wiley University,” Sikobe said. “I’m looking forward to working with the coaching staff, building our department and each team to accomplish what everyone is aspiring to achieve.”
She will inherit an expanding athletic department with 10 programs, of which six finished in the top four of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, including runner-up finishes by the men’s cross country and track and field teams during the 2022-23 season. The men’s and women’s soccer teams will play their first varsity seasons since 2018 this fall.
Though she will be leading the entire Department of Athletics, Sikobe will return to the sidelines to lead the Lady Wildcats this fall. Sikobe started her head coaching career at Wiley University in 2009. She led the Lady Wildcats for six seasons, guiding them to four Red River Athletic Conference championship match appearances. She departed after the 2014 season and had stops at Texas College, Dillard University and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College before returning to the Lady Wildcats in 2021. She has won 140 matches in her eight seasons at Wiley University and 216 in her 14-year career.
For more information contact Sports Information Director Andrew Glover at adglover@wileyc.edu or 903-927-3399.
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Founded in 1873 in Marshall, Texas, Wiley University is a historically Black college/university (HBCU). Wiley University is a premier liberal arts institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church, with an intentional focus on social good and leadership. Wiley University is the Home of the Great Debaters.
