Dee Stokes Named Lady Fire Head Coach


Southeastern University has found its new women's basketball coach, and the mantle has fallen on Dee Stokes, the former head coach at NCAA Division I Winston-Salem State University.

Stokes brings 16 years of coaching experience on the NCAA Division I level with her, with seven of those years serving as a head coach and winning 69 games.

"I had made an announcement earlier in the year that I thought God was calling me away from the grind of Division I basketball, to be closer to Him" said Stokes. "It also started [becoming clear] throughout last summer and this year that I wanted to work at a Christian school, and not just one in name, but one that was truly Christ-centered."

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