Baylor A&T’s Mulkey Adds Alumna Hutchins as Third Assistant Coach
Per Baylor Press Release from 7/1*
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WACO, Texas – Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling Head Coach Felecia Mulkey announced the addition of Shayla Hutchins to her staff as the third assistant coach of the program on Saturday.
"I'm thrilled to get Shayla back to Waco," said Mulkey. "She is a talented, knowledgeable coach and is a bundle of energy. She will be a huge asset to our staff. I can’t wait for her to get on campus and meet the team."
Hutchins, née Moore, returns to her alma mater as an assistant coach after serving as the head A&T coach at Emmanuel College, an NCAA Division II institution in Franklin Springs, Ga. She was the Lions' inaugural head coach and concurrently the first A&T coach in the state of Georgia.
The Atlanta, Ga., native was named head coach of the EC program in March of 2020 after the school announced the addition of A&T as a varsity sport in February of the same year. Hutchins coached the Lions to a 2-6 record in its inaugural season in 2022, defeating Mars Hill and Chowan University on their home mats to mark the first program wins. EC went 2-7 in the 2023 season, gathering wins over Chowan and Presbyterian College.
As a Baylor student-athlete, Hutchins was a four-time NCATA Champion and two-time NCATA All-American. She was the NCATA Freshman of the Year in 2015, helping the Bears to their first NCATA Championship title. A phenomenal tumbler, Hutchins earned multiple Event Finals Champion titles for BU in the duo, trio and quad tumbling passes. A tumbling specialist, she was additionally well-versed as a top, mid-level and main base positions. Hutchins earned event titles in the five-element and six-element acro events with the Bears.
Hutchins graduated from Baylor in 2018 with her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Forensic Science. Prior to BU, she had competed at the highest level of competition cheerleading for 15 years, including a World Champion team in 2010. Hutchins had a well-rounded background in cheerleading, gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling.
In addition to her coaching of A&T, Hutchins is a champion with Team USA Weightlifting. At the 2022 Pan American Championships in the 55kg competition, she earned gold in the Clean & Jerk with 110kg, fourth in the snatch at 83kg and gold in the total with 193kg. She was part of the 2022 IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Columbia, earning fifth in the total with 194kg with a sixth-place finish in the Snatch at 86kg and fourth in the Clean & Jerk with 108kg.
Shayla Moore was married to Coby Hutchins in May of 2021.
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