AT A GLANCE
- Hired as first flag footblall in program history on Aug. 7, 2026
- Started and served as first head coach at LaGrange College
- Served as head flag football and assistant track and field coach at Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta from 2022-24
AT GETTYSBURG
Sumpter joins the Gettysburg staff as the initial flag football football coach.Â
PRIOR TO GETTYSBURG
Sumpter launched the program, recruiting the initial two classes for the Panthers. The only coach on staff, she implemented offensive and defensive systems as well as coordinating athlete development and established the team culture.
She guided LaGrange through its first season on competition this past spring, leading the Panthers to a victory on their first day of competition. Over her time at LaGrange, she established a robust recruiting network throughout the southeast.
Prior to her first collegiate coaching experience, Sumpter served as the head flag football coach at Benjamin E. Mays High School with in the Atlanta Public Schools system from 2022-24. She led the team to consecutive regional playoff appearances. She coached four first-team and two second-team all-area selections as well as the 2023 Player of the Year. She was named regional coach of the year in 2022 and was twice the Coca-Cola Female Coach of the Year.
She also served as an assistant track and field coach, coaching the shot put and discus. During her three seasons on staff as throws coach, her athletes earned more than 15 medals, including the 2023 state title in the shot put.
Sumpter served as a Spanish teacher in the Atlanta Public School system while coaching at the high school level. She was also part of the 2025 and 2026 NCAA Women Coaches Academy.
Sumpter earned a bachelor of science in sociology and Spanish from Shippensburg in 2015.
