Edwina Qualls recognized for advocacy, inducted into class of difference-makers · The Badger Herald

Former University of Wisconsin women’s basketball head coach Edwina Qualls was recently inducted into the Big Ten Impact Pioneers Class of 2024.

The Big Ten Impact Pioneers is an association created to honor important Black individuals who have been affiliated with the Big Ten or one of its schools.

Qualls, the first Black coach in Big Ten basketball history, led the Badgers from 1976 to 1986. Prior to her career at UW, Qualls…