Quacy Barnes-Timmons just completed her third year at Tuskegee University, after being named the head coach of the program on May 4, 2015. This season was highlighted with the team’s overall GPA (3.8), the highest among all revenue generating sports and junior forward Jade Wilson, who led the team in scoring (16.1) and rebounds (7.8)
During the 2016-17 season, she improved her win total by six wins going 10-16 highlighted by a four game winning streak during conference play.
In her first year at the helm, the Tigerettes finished 5-21 overall and 4-13 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), before falling the first round of the conference tournament. She coached a pair of players who averaged double figures on the season in Rachel Brownlee (17.0 ppg) and Aryana Jackson (14.9 ppg).
Barnes-Timmons came to Tuskegee following a successful three-year stint at Peach Belt Conference foe, Columbus State University where she helped lead the Lady Cougars to a 68-21 record during that span.
In her three seasons at Columbus State, she helped coach on All-America, two All-Region selections and six All-Peach Belt Conference players. She also helped coach a Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. In her final season as an assistant at Columbus State, Timmons helped lead the Cougars to a 31-2 record and a national ranking as high as third in country; along with the Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament championship.
Prior to Columbus State, Timmons spent six seasons at Eastern Illinois, competing in the Ohio Valley Conference. During her time with the Panthers, the team posted 116 victories and a regular season OVC championship in 2009-10. The team also won 84 games from 2007 to 2011, the most by any Eastern Illinois team in a four-year period since the school transitioned to NCAA Division I. During her stint with Eastern Illinois, Timmons coached 16 all-conference selections, as well as three Freshman of the Year award winners and two Defensive Player of the Year winners.
Prior to her stop at Eastern Illinois, Timmons spent a year at Austin Peay and two years at her alma mater, Indiana from 2003 to 2005.
Timmons played for the Hoosiers from 1994 until 1998, earning two All-Big 10 honors. She still holds the school record for blocked shots in a career (269), and at the time of her departure, was among the leaders in points, field goal percentage, free throws and rebounds.
After her collegiate playing days, Timmons became the first player in Indiana history to be selected in the WNBA Draft when the Sacramento Monarchs selected her in 1998. From 1998 until 2002, Timmons played for three franchises, while also playing overseas.
Timmons earned her Bachelor Degree in Kinesiology from Indiana in 1998. Timmons is married to Desmond Timmons, and the couple has three childen – T.J., Taryn and Taylor.