The N.C. High School Athletic Association will have to find a new leader in 2026.
Commissioner Que Tucker has announced her retirement, effective October 1. Tucker notified the NCHSAA’s member schools on Monday morning.
Tucker has been the commissioner since December of 2015 and was interim commissioner for five months prior to that, following the departure of Davis Whitfield.
The leader joined the NCHSAA staff in 1991 after having been an assistant coach with the N.C. State women’s basketball team under coach Kay Yow.
“Since I joined the NCHSAA in 1991, it has been the privilege of a lifetime to work for and help guide an organization rooted in education, sportsmanship, and opportunity,” Commissioner Tucker said. “Together, we have navigated moments of growth, challenge, and change—always with a shared commitment to doing what is right and what is best for students across our state.”
A Reidsville native, Tucker was a longtime coach at Reidsville High School. She went 145-104 overall in girls basketball from 1978-88 and was 58-16 overall in volleyball.
Tucker was an outstanding athlete at Stoneville High School in Rockingham County and went on to attend Mars Hill College. She played basketball and graduated in 1974 with a B.S. degree in physical education.
She earned her master’s degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1977, serving as a graduate assistant in women’s volleyball and basketball.
Her first teaching position was in McDowell County, where she taught and coached at West McDowell Junior High. She completed her public school career by teaching at Reidsville Junior High, where she also served as the varsity coach of the volleyball and girls’ basketball teams.
She is a charter member of the Mars Hill College Athletic Hall of Fame and was an assistant basketball coach in the North Carolina Coaches Association’s East-West all-star game in 1989. Tucker also has an officiating background, serving as a game official in volleyball, basketball, and softball.
As Assistant Executive Director, Tucker developed the Association’s student services program, one of the unique offerings by a state association in the country. The program dealt with substance abuse education, leadership development, academic accountability, and citizenship. She helped organize the Student-Athlete Summer Institute (SASI) programs across the state.
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