Hampton Athletics Hall of Fame
Coach Phyllis LaVerne Sweat won more than a dozen CIAA track & field and cross country championships while coaching at Hampton and Norfolk State. She was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1981 and NCAA Division II Coach of the Decade. She was selected head coach of the World University Games in Bucharest, Romania, head coach of the United States team at the Junior Pan American Games in 1993 and assistant coach for the United States track & field team at the 2000 Olympics.
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