Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports.
Jacqueline “Jacque” Coleman has spent more than three decades tracking an executive career in the sports orbit, paving the road for more women to find prominent jobs on the business side of the industry. But she’s never envisioned it that way.
“I’ve never thought of my career as trailblazing,” she says with a laugh.