Hall of Fame
Carolyn Hodges Crosby served as Longwood's first full-time athletic director after leading the Longwood field hockey team to new heights as a coach, and she also had a stint as the head women's basketball coach.
While coaching hockey, the Lancers earned a national Top 10 ranking, the first time in program history, when they were ranked No. 6 in 1975. That team went 16-5-4, which remains the most wins in program history. She led the team to the AIAW-USFHA National Field Hockey Championship, where the they placed sixth.
As the women's basketball coach, she led the team to double-digit wins in four of her six seasons before transitioning to her role as the athletic director.
As an athletics director, she held multiple prominent positions outside of Longwood, including President of the Mason-Dixon Athletic Conference, chair of the NCAA D-II South Atlantic Region Advisory Committee, and member of the NCAA D-II Women's Basketball Committee.
