said head coach\u00a0Ron Rivera in a statement<\/a>. “She got the chance to experience not only the in-season work that goes into being a full-time coach in this league but also the countless hours that are spent preparing in the offseason as well. She demonstrated all of the qualities that are needed to work full-time on my staff. She is a hard worker, a great communicator and a quality person. Coach King is always eager to learn and has shown tremendous growth since starting here last season. I know she will continue to be an asset to Coach Turner, Coach Jordan and the running back group, and she earned this opportunity with her hard work. The sky is truly the limit for her.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing has paid her dues in her rise up the football ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She played for the basketball and softball teams at Guilford College from 2002-06. She graduated with a BA in sports management and then moved on to receive her MS in sports administration from Liberty University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her pursuit of education was matched by her passion for sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was a seven-time All-American quarterback and wide receiver for the Carolina Phoenix women’s tackle football team from 2006-17. A year later, as a wide receiver and defensive back for the New York Sharks women’s tackle football team, she won the WFA National Championship. After that, she played wide receiver and safety for the D.C. Divas women’s tackle football team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
King was not only an athlete but a leader. She was an assistant coach on the dominant Greensboro College women’s basketball team, which went 136-54, and captured five conference titles, during her 10 years there (2006-16). She then became head coach of the women’s basketball team at Johnson & Wales University Charlotte. In her two-year tenure (2016-18), the team went 37-10 and won the USCAA Division II National Championship in 2018. That year she was named the USCAA Division II National Coach of the Year. <\/p>