WSSU fires Stokes, women's basketball coach

By: John Dell | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: February 09, 2010

By John Dell
JOURNAL REPORTER
Dee Stokes, the women's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State, was fired Tuesday with seven games left in the season.
Stokes had submitted her resignation in November but said she would finish this season to fulfill her contract. Athletics Director Bill Hayes saw things differently.
When Hayes walked into the Gaines Center on Monday night and saw the WSSU women trailing Hampton 60-10, he decided he had seen enough, several sources said.
The Rams (2-21) wound up losing 67-26, their 19th straight loss. Hayes made his decision Tuesday morning.
Stokes had a 19-90 record in her four seasons at WSSU. She was being paid $85,000 a year, with her original four-year contract ending March 31.
In November, Stokes said it was her intent to leave coaching but said she wanted to continue to teach, possibly a Christian school.
"Recently I've gone through a lot of things personally," Stokes said in November. "I lost three people who were very close to me since May, the hardest of which was the loss of my mom. I now know that God was preparing me for the next stage in my life, and I truly believe that."
Stokes, a former player at Wake Forest and UNC Charlotte, also was the head coach at East Carolina from 1998 until 2002. She has a 69-142 record in seven seasons as a head coach.
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WSSU fires Stokes, women's basketball coach

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