Sammi James Hired as Cumberland High School Girls Basketball Coach

Sammi James, the daughter of former Neoga High School girls baksetball coach, Seth James, has been hired as the head coach of the girls squad at Cumberland High School.

James, a 2012 graduate of Neoga, will take over for Gabi Bushue, who coached the Pirates the last two seasons. James is a senior at Eastern Illinois University where she is majoring in kinesiology, looking ahead to becoming a health and physical education teacher.

The assistant coach will be a former classmate of James, Emma Baker. The pair played together at Neoga where they went 18-12 their senior year and were on two teams that won regional titles.

Seth James was the head coach for the Indians from 1999-2004 where he went 133-33. He has been an assistant coach the last four years under head coach Kim Romack.