About Beverly Kearney

Beverly Kearney, affectionately known as “Bev” is one of those rare visionary stars who believes that greatness exists within everyone. Her passion and gift for coaching, consulting, and mentoring has inspired individuals in various professionals to achieve their greatest successes. Recognized as one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history, Bev has been inducted to various halls of fame as a sports legend including the prestigious International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame and the United States Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Her record of seven national championships is the second highest among Female coaches and African-American coaches in all colligate Division 1 Sports. She was honored with the BET Legacy Award for Education along side the likes of Maya Angelou, Stevie Wonder, Spike Lee, Mariah Carey and theTuskegee Airmen. Throughout her career she has received several other awards including the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for Auburn University marking only the second time in History that a woman has received that award and the first African-American in history to receive the award.

Woman’s Day magazine named her as one of their “50 Women on a Mission” along with such notables as Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie. The Buoniconti Foundation honored Bev as a Great Sports Legend. She joins other alumni legends like Michael Jordan, Dean Smith and Muhammad Ali.

Bev has served as Head Coach of the University of Texas and the University of Florida, as an Assistant Coach at the University of Toledo, and as an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee and Indiana State University. The men and women she coached throughout her 30-year career stand out as America’s best Athletes with over a 95% graduation rate, over 15 Olympians, several World, Collegiate, National and American record holders, having over 250 All-American’s calling her their coach.

Bev’s many titles do little justice for her ability to motivate, empower and realize matchless goals repeatedly and consistently.