School – Ole Miss ‘80
Position – Ole Miss Women’s Chaplain
Year - FCA staff since 2009
Hometown – Abbeville, MS
Location - Oxford, MS
Bio - Peggie Gillom-Granderson is a Mississippi native who grew up in nearby Abbeville. She earned her bachelor's degree in Social Work from Ole Miss in 1980. Peggie is the Ole Miss all-time leading scorer and rebounder in women's basketball. After her career at Ole Miss, she played one year of professional basketball before going into the coaching profession. Peggie spent 16 seasons as an assistant coach on Van Chancellor's Rebel coaching staff from 1981-1997. Prior to returning to Ole Miss in 2003, she was the head coach at Texas A&M University. She was also an assistant coach for the 2000 Women’s Basketball Olympic team.
In 1996, Peggie was inducted into the Ole Miss Athletics Hall of Fame and is a 1997 inductee of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame for the last five years. The Gillom Sports Center at Ole Miss was named after Peggie and her sister, Jennifer, in 2000. She joined Ole Miss FCA in October 2009 as a part time employee and serves as chaplain for the women’s teams. She also leads women’s bible studies here on campus for the student athletes.
Peggie was married on July 2, 2005 to Anthony Granderson, and the couple resides in Abbeville, MS.