PERKINSTON (AP) – Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has hired Brookhaven Academy graduate Robin Jeffries as its new athletic director

The school announced the hiring in a news release Wednesday.

Jeffries has been at St. Patrick Catholic High School, where she is athletic director and girls basketball coach, since 2012. She has previous collegiate experience which includes serving as women’s basketball coach at both Millsaps College and Sprint Hill College.

She also worked as senior women’s administrator during her tenure at Millsaps.

Jeffries graduated from Brookhaven Academy and played basketball at Mississippi State University from 1985-1988.