Fishburne PG Hoops Hires New Assistant Coach

Fishburne is pleased to announce that the Caissons PG Basketball Team has hired a new Assistant Coach.

Franklin “Kipps” Birckhead will pace the sideline along with Head Coach Ed Huckaby during the 2010-2011 basketball season. Coach Birckhead is a native Virginian, attended St. Anne’s Belfield School in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia, and is currently working on his Master’s of Science in Sports Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Kipps has extensive basketball coaching and management experience at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. His resume includes work as the Manager of both the University of Kentucky and University of Virginia Men’s Basketball Teams while attending college. Kipps spent his freshman year at the University of Kentucky before transferring to UVA. Also during college, Kipps was the Asst. Girl’s Basketball Coach at St. Anne’s Belfield, and the Staff Assistant Intern for the Memphis Grizzlies NBA team.

Everyone at Fishburne is thrilled to have Coach Birckhead as part of the team.