Alcorn State University Women's Basketball

Nate Kilbert enters his sixth season at the helm of the Alcorn State women’s basketball program after guiding the Lady Braves to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship game in two of his first five years. A proven program builder and mentor, Kilbert remains committed to grooming his student-athletes to become champions on and off the court. Having experienced success first-hand at Alcorn, Kilbert was named head coach in May 2020. His appointment marked a homecoming, as he previously served as an assistant coach with the Lady Braves from 1991–2001, a decade that produced nine total titles—six SWAC regular-season crowns and three SWAC Tournament championships. His Alcorn roots go back even further to 1987–89, when he began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant. Kilbert brings 18 years of head coaching experience in the SWAC. He spent 12 seasons (2001–12) leading Mississippi Valley State, where he guided the Delta Devilettes to the 2011–12 SWAC regular-season championship, an NIT appearance, and back-to-back SWAC Coach of the Year honors in 2012 and 2013. From 2012–19, he was the head coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, becoming the winningest coach in program history. A standout point guard as a student-athlete at Mississippi Valley State, Kilbert helped the Delta Devils capture the 1986 SWAC Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. He was inducted into the MVSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Kilbert’s impact at Alcorn has extended beyond basketball. While serving as an assistant coach in the 1990s, he also led the Lady Braves volleyball team from 1994–2000, compiling an 89-51 SWAC record and never posting a losing conference season. A native of Sallis, Mississippi, Kilbert earned his bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation from MVSU in 1987 and his master’s in secondary education, health and physical education from Alcorn in 1989.

Lisa Powell made her return to the Davey L. Whitney Complex in July 2020 as assistant women's basketball coach. Powell was a four-year letter winner with the Lady Braves from 1987-91 and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in education psychology from Alcorn. Powell, a four-time SWAC All-Conference selection, is considered to be one of the greatest women’s basketball student-athletes in program history. She ranks third all-time in school history in points with 1,743 and second in rebounds with 1,001. She’s also top-five in blocks with 103.   In her senior season in 1990-91, Powell ranked seventh in the country in rebounding after pulling down 335. She led the Lady Braves to both the SWAC regular season and SWAC Tournament titles, and was named the SWAC Tournament MVP. Powell earned recognition as a Black College Women’s Basketball All-American.   Upon graduation, Powell continued her career professionally and played overseas in Germany. She returned to Alcorn in 1994 and served as a graduate assistant for two seasons, and was part of a staff that won back-to-back regular season titles.   In 1998, Powell was named the head girl’s basketball coach at Hazlehurst High School where she spent two seasons. She then served as the first assistant women’s basketball coach at Southern from 2000-04, and won both a SWAC regular season and tournament title in 2001-02.   Powell went on to become the head girl’s basketball coach with the Memphis City School District from 2004-08 and the head girl’s basketball and track coach at Crystal Springs High School from 2008-13. Most recently, she returned to Crystal Springs HS as the head track and assistant girl’s basketball coach.   Powell was inducted into the Alcorn A-Club Hall of Fame in 2018.  

Robinson returned to Alcorn in July 2020 as assistant women's basketball coach. He previously served as both a graduate assistant and assistant coach with the Lady Braves and graduated with a Master’s degree in secondary education from Alcorn. Robinson started his professional career at Alcorn as a graduate assistant from 2004-06 and helped the Lady Braves win the SWAC Championship in 2004-05. He stayed with the women’s program from 2006-08 after being retained as an assistant coach.   Robinson went on to become the head women’s basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State for four seasons from 2012-16. In his first season in 2012-13, he coached the Delta Devilettes to a 17-15 mark and an appearance in the finals of the 2013 SWAC Championships, falling in four overtimes to Prairie View A&M.   Between his stints at Alcorn and MVSU, Robinson worked at Jackson State from 2009-11. He worked his way up from an assistant coach to assistant head coach and interim head coach.   As a student-athlete, Robinson was a four-year letter winner at MVSU from 2000-04. He was a member of the 2003-04 regular season SWAC championship team. Robinson earned his Bachelor’s degree in computer science from MVSU in 2004.