Cedric Terry Wins[1] is a retired United States Armygeneral officer. Wins was the last commander of RDECOM,in the U.S. Army Materiel Command,and the first commanding general (CG) of Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM),in the combat development element of U.S. Army Futures Command. In all,some 13,000 people work in some Science and Technology (S&T),or (RDT&E—research,development,test,and evaluation) capacity for DEVCOM.[2]
Wins was the first Black superintendent of Virginia Military Institute (VMI),a position he held until February 2025 when the VMI Board of Visitors voted to not renew his contract.[3][4]
Education
Wins in the 1985 VMI yearbook
Wins is a 1985 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) with a bachelor's degree in economics.[1] At VMI,he played on the basketball team.[5] He was named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team in 1982,[6] and Second Team All Southern Conference in 1985. [7] He finished his college career as one of the five top scorers in VMI history.[5]
On November 13,2020,Wins was appointed interim superintendent of Virginia Military Institute (VMI),[13] succeeding J. H. Binford Peay III,who resigned as superintendent. [14] On April 15,2021,the VMI Board of Visitors voted unanimously to appoint Wins as the Institute's 15th superintendent,the first African American to hold the position in the Institute’s 181-year old history.[15]. In February 2025,the board voted not to renew Wins’contract but provided no reason for their decision.[16] The board claimed that it was restricted from commenting due to employment laws. [17]
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