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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | December 26, 1934 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2022 (aged 87) Richmond, Texas, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1991 | Prairie View A&M |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1990–1995 | Prairie View A&M |
Barbara J. Jacket (December 26, 1934 – January 6, 2022) was an American track and field coach. She was the women's track and field head coach for Prairie View A&M from 1965 to 1991. While with the university, Jacket won ten National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics titles and was promoted to athletic director in 1990. Apart from college athletics, Jacket was the head coach at the 1992 Summer Olympics for the American women's track and field competitors. Her position made her the second African-American woman to become an Olympic head coach for the United States. Additional events where Jacket coached the women's track and field team for the United States were the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and 1991 World Championships in Athletics. Jacket was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.