LEXINGTON, KY (April 7, 2025) - Achieving Coaching Excellence® is proud to announce the addition of Coach Montego Hoskins to the elite list of alumni of the Program.

Hoskins currently serves as assistant men's basketball coach at his alma mater, Stillman College. The former Tigers point guard joined the staff in August of 2022. A decorated student-athlete at Stillman, Hoskins helped lead the team to a program-best 27-5 record, an NAIA Association of Independent Institutions (AII) championship, and its first NAIA national tournament appearance in 2018. In addition to team success, Hoskins was also named the 2018 AII Co-Defensive Player of the Year. 

A 2019 Stillman College graduate, Hoskins coaching career began as a student-assistant in 2018-19, helping the Tigers to the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) regular season championship in the program's first year in the SSAC. He would move on to a familiar spot at Wallace Community College (WCC) in Selma, Alabama serving as assistant men's basketball coach and counselor in the college's Educational Talent Search Program. Working with head coach Duane Evans, he helped coach the Patriots to a combined 63-17 record and three trips to the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) Tournament over three seasons.

Montego spent two seasons at WCC after high school. At WCC, he scored 532 points, collected 220 rebounds, 159 assists, and 64 steals before transferring to Stillman in 2016

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Hoskins led Center Point High School to the AHSAA 5A Boys' Basketball State Finals in 2013. He was also named to the Alabama North-South All-Star Game.

Joining Hoskins in the class is Cayla Obillo, who currently serves as an assistant coach for Talladega College women's basketball.

"I am so excited to add Coach Cayla and Coach Montego for 2024-25. This Program has served a number of current head and assistant basketball coaches, coaches turned athletic administrators, and leaders in the sports and athletics industry for many years," said Achieving Coaching Excellence® CEO Kennedy D. Wells. "These two aspiring basketball coaches embody the spirit of "A-C-E," and we are grateful for the opportunity to engage them as leaders and contribute to their continued development."

Achieving Coaching Excellence® dates back to 1994 when it was forged for the benefit of 25 Black football coaches who convened at Stanford University for a professional development curriculum designed to advance their coaching careers. In 2002, the BCA with grant funding from the NCAA adopted the model for the advancement of female ethnic minority collegiate women's basketball coaches. Male/men's collegiate basketball coaches were added in 2007. Now, Achieving Coaching Excellence® will remain focused as an affinity group of leaders in the coaching profession and professional development programming. Achieving Coaching Excellence ® will chart a course for leadership, development, and community. A rallying point for the coaching profession and for advocacy.

As part of the Program, Obillo and Hoskins will have the opportunity to experience mentoring and professional development opportunities that demonstrate the fundamentals associated with engaging them as leaders. They will also have the opportunity to connect with the community of Achieving Coaching Excellence® alumni around the country.

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