EVANSVILLE, Ind. –University of Evansville Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Brooks LeCompte made the first addition to his coaching staff on Tuesday, as he announced the addition of Kaisha Weeks as Associate Head Track & Field Coach at UE.

Weeks recently served as the assistant Track & Field coach for hurdles and jumps and recruiting coordinator at Xavier University in Louisiana.  While at Xavier (Louisiana), Weeks coached seven NAIA National Qualifiers and three NAIA All-Americans, while helping the Gold Nuggets to back-to-back women's Track & Field conference championships.  Weeks also helped the Xavier men to a conference title last spring.

"I am very excited to have Coach Weeks join my staff and the UE athletics family!" said LeCompte.  "I conducted a comprehensive search and it was clear to me that Kaisha was exactly what we needed here to usher in a new standard of competitiveness in our sprints, hurdles and jump events.

"She came very highly recommended by my coaching peers, who's opinions I highly value.  I cannot wait to have Coach Weeks here and working alongside me, as we begin a new era in UE Track & Field and Cross Country."

Prior to her time at Xavier, Weeks was the Track & Field head coach at Oviedo High School in Florida, where she helped guide the boys' program to the 4x800-meter state championship.  She also served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Lake Brantley High School, in Florida.

Weeks was a standout performer in her own right at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, earning a spot in Southern's Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.  At Southern, Weeks was a seven-time Southwestern Athletic Conference track and field champion in hurdles, sprints, relays and javelin.  She was also a four-time NCAA regional qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles, and was All-Louisiana in 2006 in both the 100 hurdles and 400 relay.