In her two seasons with the Rebels, women’s basketball head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has not been able to achieve a perfect season, but she has established a community wide fan-base — partially by using her platform on on social media to advocate for adherence to safety guidelines during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
“I am truly saddened to see videos of college students partying without a mask,” McPhee-McCuin tweeted on Aug. 15. “Student-athletes, coaches, admin have been working tirelessly to follow the rules man! Jobs have been lost, lives changed/lost! What is it going to take? Wear a mask!