The Daily Wildcat Presents:Confronting Scarcity. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. When Barnes took over the job at Arizona in 2016, this was a bad job, and people thought there was no turning around this program. Tommy Lloyd will get additional years if the NCAA issues sanctions against Arizona. Arizona Wildcats head coach Adia Barnes calls out to her team during a game against the Stanford Cardinal at the McKale Center, on Jan. 1, 2021. "And I will admit that this was the very first NCAA women's basketball games that I ever watched and I watched two of them and they were spectacular. You cancel at any time. We've got our head coach ?????? Arts/Lifestyle. Loville, Lauren The Wildcats reached No. Since then, the Huskies have posted five straight, including a 26-win season this year. A month after signing an extension that included a base salary of $3.345 million over five years, the Arizona women's basketball coach has. Basketball is one of eleven women's sports at the University of Arizona. I always think about my happiness, my quality of life, all of those things are really important to me.. Four, five years? I am committed to leading with character and passion, ensuring our student-athletes win on and off the court, graduate, and serve the 'Sun Devil Way'! 621-2430. Beardown! As a junior, she started every game and averaged a double-double with 10.1 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. Grant has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at USC the last two seasons. . Science/Health. She is Delaware's representative on the CAA United for Change committee along with being the head coach representative at the Student-Athletes Against Social Injustice Task Force educational session. I want to ask a question. She had a couple of assistants listening. 2021 WBCA Coach of the Year Finalist Posted on April 2, 2021. Jameson, Matt Adair prides herself on being known as a game-changer as it relates to social justice and creating a safe space for athletes to find and use their voice; where she was a guest on ESPNW's "Around the Rim" with LaChina Robinson and Delaware's UD Winning Women in Athletics: Trailblazers and Changemakers Webinar Series. Barnes also continued her world-class coaching experience with another stint with Team USA Basketball, working as a court coach for the U.S. Womens National Teams spring training camp. The Daily Wildcat, straight to your inbox. The salary for Arizona women's basketball coach Adia Barnes will jump immediately from $235,000 to $400,000 per year as part of a reworked contract that is pending Arizona Board of Regents approval. The University of Arizona and women's basketball head coach Adia Barnes have agreed to new financial terms to her previous extension through 2025-26 season. A native of San Diego, Calif., Barnes is married to Salvo Coppa, who coached for 14 seasons prior to arriving at Arizona, including 10 professionally in Italy and with three separate national teams. Editor's note: This story was originally published in May 2018. The Wildcats won three games over top-10 opponents for the first time in school history and also beat their first top-five team in program history after beating No. Prior to Barnes arrival for the 2011-12 season, Washington hadnt posted a 20-win season in six years. Additionally to her success on the court and in recruiting in 2017, Barnes made it a point to get better in the classroom and in the community. The Arizona Athletics . Women's Basketball Schedule Roster Coaches Buy Tickets Statistics Season Stats Season Stats (PDF) Conference Stats (PDF) Media Center More Quick Facts (PDF) Media Guide (PDF) Camps Record Book (PDF) History Promotions For Alumni Choose a Staff Member: Adia Barnes Title Head Coach Email azwbball@email.arizona.edu Phone 520-621-4014 Twitter The official Women's Basketball page for the University of Arizona Wildcats The women's basketball program has also won the Athletic Director's Cup for Community Service three years in a row, which is awarded to the team who logs the most community service hours in Arizona Athletics. for 1+3, enter 4. Those five include Kiana Barkhoff, Sam Fatkin, Marlee Kyles, Sam Thomas and Mallory Vaughn. Because of that, Barnes was named a finalist for the WBCA and Naismith Coach of the Year Award. Thomas finished the season with the fourth-most rebounds for a freshman in Arizona history (209) and scored the 10th-most points for a freshman (306) while leading all freshmen in the Pac-12 in rebounding, steals, blocks and minutes. Coppa, Ashley Prior to bringing on five 2017 signees, Barnes had to work quickly as she brought in guards Lucia Alonso and Bria Rice to the team in 2016. He's set to make $2.9 million for the 2021-22 season, with $1.8 million. Barnes, who played in the WNBA with Seattle and Sue Bird, has all kinds of ties to UConn and Connecticut. Lori Riley can be reached at lriley@courant.com. 4 UCLA, Tucson Bernie Sanders fan wants to share miniseries with senator, No spring break plans? Cate Reese, a piece of Arizona's highest-rated recruiting class ever, was a 2018-19 Pac-12 All-Freshmen Team selection after earning Freshman of the Week honors on three separate occasions during the season. Adair brings her talents to the west coast after five seasons at Delaware, where she compiled a 95-58 record (62.0 percent), including two back-to-back 20-win seasons, and captured the program's third CAA title. 14 wins is the most since the 2011-12 season and five conference wins is the most in the Pac-12 era for the Wildcats. Adair played collegiately at Pensacola Junior College (1990-92) before playing and graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in communications in 1994. Sam Thomas was named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was awarded the Elite 90 Award at the Final Four, which goes to the student-athlete with the highest GPA among everyone competing in the Final Four. Barnes performance and academic incentives remain unchanged from the original contract approved in 2019. To see it turn the corner so fast, I think shes even surprised. The team's home venue is the McKale Center, which seats . Adair has two children, her son Aaron, a recent summa cum laude graduate from Johnson C. Smith University, and her daughter Allyssa, a high school junior who aspires to play volleyball at the collegiate level. Helena Pueyo was also named Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention. Words cannot explain how proud we are to be Wildcats! The Arizona Board of Regents unanimously approved a contract extension that will give UA womens basketball coach Adia Barnes an effective 34% raise to $580,000 next season. Hylton, Esmery Cate Reese was named All-Pac-12 for the second year in a row, Trinity Baptiste was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 and Lauren Ware was named honorable mention Pac-12 All-Freshman to wrap up postseason awards for the Wildcats. 20-24 regular-season wins: $5,000 25 or more regular season wins: $10,000 Awards Pac-12 or national coach of year (AP, WCBA, Naismith): $10,000 Pac-12 and national coach of year: $15,000. Tough loss but a hell of a game and a hell of a season. Shes one of those players that played, they were tough, they were smart, they go into the game, they understand it, they manage the game. Tucson, Ariz. McKale Center. The Arizona women's basketball team fell to the Stanford Cardinal 54-53 in the national championship game on Sunday April 4, in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome. Barnes joined the staff at Washington in 2011 and helped boost the Huskies profile in the Pac-12 and nationally, culminating in a trip to the Final Four this year. The Wildcats were on track to compete in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005 and had a strong chance to host the first two rounds, but the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. *El Inde Arizona is a news service of the University of Arizona School of Journalism. 21 Arizona in Pac-12 Tourney, Fourth-Seeded Cats to Open Pac-12 Tournament Against Five-Seed UCLA, Beers, Blacklock Lead Oregon State Women Past No. Roundtable: March Madness final four, champion and dark horse selections, Highlights from head coach Sean Millers final press conference of the 2020-21 regular season. 8 Arizona vs. No. The Daily Wildcat Presents:Confronting Scarcity. The Wildcats finished in second place in the loaded Pac-12, their highest finish since the 2003-04 season when Arizona won the Pac-10. Attendance at McKale Center was the highest it has ever been as the Wildcats finished second in the Pac-12 and 12th in the nation in average attendance (5,944). Roundtable: What was the greatest moment leading up to the Final Four game? Shes coached at Arizona with Hartfords Morgan Valley as her assistant. Jason Gardner. 11 in the AP Poll on Feb. 17. University of Arizona brought in $1,282,435 in revenue from its women's basketball program while paying out $3,369,252 in expenses. "I am thrilled and honored to be named the new head women's basketball coach here at Arizona State University," said Adair. Phillips will return to Arizona after spending two seasons at California and was an assistant coach on the 2018-19 Arizona team that won the WNIT. Additionally, Sam Thomas was named Pac-12 All-Defense and honorable mention All-Pac-12. Sophomore Aari McDonald earned national accolades in 2018-19 after breaking the school's single season scoring record, previously held by Barnes. As a sophomore, she was named a Wooden Top-15 Nominee as she averaged 22.6 points per game and set a Washington school record as she scored 45 points on Nov. 14, 2015. E.g. Osahor was named the NCAA Lexington Region MVP as she averaged 14.5 points and 15 rebounds per game. ?@AdiaBarnes IS A GENERATIONAL COACH, and @AariMcdonald SHOULD BE A LOCK FOR A LOTTERY PICK @AZATHLETICS VERY PROMISING FUTURE FOR @ArizonaWBB @AZATHLETICS #BearDown, Very proud to be a wildcat watching the way our ladies fought and competed. Youre supposed to be prepping,' Bonvicini said. The Daily Wildcat publishes daily at DailyWildcat.com, and regularly distributes its nationally-recognized print newspaper across the UA campus and neighboring communities. Heading into the NCAA Tournament, she became the 11th coach to play and coach in the NCAA Tournament at their alma mater. coaches@arizona.edu. News. The women saw their largest ever regular season crowd of 10,413 when they faced Oregon on Feb. 4. There is no additional information to display: Nnaji, Adia Jones is the first Wildcat to be named to the All-Pac-12 team since Davellyn Whyte made the 2013 team. 10 Arizona women's basketball coach Adia Barnes for public comments about officiating following a game against Oregon last weekend. Copyright 2023 KJZZ/Rio Salado College/MCCCD, Published: Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 11:45am. You choose. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. The Daily Wildcat, straight to your inbox. Formerly of Cesar Chavez High School in Laveen, Washington also listed Baylor, Kentucky, Kansas, Oregon and LSU. In 2021-22, she coached the Blue Hens to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade. The first came in 2019 when 14,644 fans filled McKale to see the Wildcats win the WNIT, setting not only a school record but a Pac-12 record for biggest crowd for a womens basketball game. "For nearly three decades, I've had the honor and privilege to coach and develop women student-athletes and am grateful for the opportunity to continue to do so here at ASU and in the Pac-12," Adair continued. Adia Barnes will now be one of the highest-paid coaches in women's college basketball. Once the Wildcats reached the National Championship game, she became the fourth coach to lead her alma mater to the title game. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. UConn beat Arizona in the NCAA Tournament regional semifinal in Dayton, Ohio, in 1998.