Photo: Kelly Britsky
Caption courtesy of Georgia Southwestern State University
Britsky named head women's basketball coach for Lady 'Canes
AMERICUS--Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) today announced that Kelly Britsky, head women's basketball coach for LaGrange College, has been named head coach of Lady 'Canes basketball. The announcement comes after a national search to replace Jennifer Rodkey.
Britsky will lead the Lady 'Canes through their second season as members of the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference. She started the women's basketball program at LaGrange College in 1999 and has remained head coach since that time. Britsky was also head women's volleyball coach and senior woman administrator at LaGrange. Her responsibilities in both women's basketball and volleyball included recruiting, scheduling, budget management, public relations and fundraising.
"We are excited to have found a coach of Kelly's caliber to take our women's basketball program to the next level in Peach Belt competition," said Jaclyn Kaylor, associate athletic director. "I think she will be a great addition to our staff, and we are all looking forward to having her at GSW."
Formerly, Britsky served as head softball coach and sports information director at Lagrange (1997-1999); teacher, softball, basketball and track coach at Perry High School (1994-1997); and assistant softball and volleyball coach at Lagrange College (1993-1994). At Lagrange, Britsky's overall record as head woman's basketball coach was 85-126, including a 17-11 season in 2001-2002 when she led the Lady Panthers to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Tournament. She has had 12 all-conference team players, five all-freshman team members, one freshman player of the year, 16 all-academic team members, two USCAA all-Americans and two honorable mention all-Americans. In both the 2001-2002 and 2006-2007 seasons, she was voted the Great South Conference Basketball Coach of the Year.
Britsky holds an Associates degree from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Master's degree in education, both from LaGrange College.
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