Lisa Powell made her return to the Davey L. Whitney Complex in July 2020 as assistant women's basketball coach.

Powell was a four-year letter winner with the Lady Braves from 1987-91 and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in education psychology from Alcorn.

Powell, a four-time SWAC All-Conference selection, is considered to be one of the greatest women’s basketball student-athletes in program history. She ranks third all-time in school history in points with 1,743 and second in rebounds with 1,001. She’s also top-five in blocks with 103.
 
In her senior season in 1990-91, Powell ranked seventh in the country in rebounding after pulling down 335. She led the Lady Braves to both the SWAC regular season and SWAC Tournament titles, and was named the SWAC Tournament MVP. Powell earned recognition as a Black College Women’s Basketball All-American.
 
Upon graduation, Powell continued her career professionally and played overseas in Germany. She returned to Alcorn in 1994 and served as a graduate assistant for two seasons, and was part of a staff that won back-to-back regular season titles.
 
In 1998, Powell was named the head girl’s basketball coach at Hazlehurst High School where she spent two seasons. She then served as the first assistant women’s basketball coach at Southern from 2000-04, and won both a SWAC regular season and tournament title in 2001-02.
 
Powell went on to become the head girl’s basketball coach with the Memphis City School District from 2004-08 and the head girl’s basketball and track coach at Crystal Springs High School from 2008-13. Most recently, she returned to Crystal Springs HS as the head track and assistant girl’s basketball coach.
 
Powell was inducted into the Alcorn A-Club Hall of Fame in 2018.