Barbara Jacket, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBarbara Jacket
American women's track and field head coach
Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1934
Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas, United States
Profession: coach
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Barbara Jacket
- Barbara J.
- Jacket (born December 26, 1934) is an American retired track and field coach.
- She was the women's track and field head coach for Prairie View A&M from 1965 to 1991.
- While with the university, Jacket won ten National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics titles and was promoted to athletic director in 1990.
- Apart from college athletics, Jacket was the second African-American woman to become an Olympic head coach for the United States when she coached the American women's track and field team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- Jacket was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.
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