“Nicole is one of the brightest young coaching stars in our business and understands first-hand what it means to serve and coach student-athletes at a high academic institution such as UCR. "I could not be more excited for Nicole and her next chapter at UC Riverside,” said Kelly Graves, head women’s basketball coach at Oregon. In addition to playing in the WNBA, Powell played professionally in Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Turkey, where she won two championships. In her final year at Oregon, she helped the Ducks advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament before falling to defending champion Connecticut. 3) recruiting class in school history, which included 2020 NCAA Women’s Player of the Year Sabrina Ionescu. “We are fortunate to have someone of her caliber leading our program to new levels of success.”Īs an assistant coach for the University of Oregon, Powell helped the Ducks secure its highest ranked (No. “Coach Powell brings a truly impressive track record – as an All-American student athlete, WNBA champion, and coach at the highest levels – to our women’s basketball program,” said UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Coach Powell brings a winning attitude and approach that we fully expect will elevate our program to the top of the Big West Conference.” Her ability to lead by example, coach, mentor and build our student-athletes will be extremely important to us as we take the next step with our Women’s Basketball program. “Coach Powell’s experience as a student-athlete at Stanford, as a player in the WNBA, as an assistant coach at Oregon, and most recently as the head coach at Grand Canyon University, speaks volumes. “We are excited to welcome Nicole Powell to our Highlander Athletics family,” said Tamica Smith Jones, UC Riverside’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Powell, a WNBA All-Star and Championship winning player, three-time All-American and two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year, and stellar recruiter, joins the Highlanders following UCR’s nationwide search for its next head coach. The University of California, Riverside, today, March 30, 2020, announced that Nicole Powell, head coach at Grand Canyon University, has been named head women’s basketball coach for the Highlanders. Nicole Powell is the Highlanders' new head coach.
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