Coretta Brown Selected For Women Coaches NEXT UP! Program
1/9/2020 3:45:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball
Eagle assistant for women's basketball one of 30 coaches selected to participate
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Coretta Brown was one of 30 selected to participate in the Women Coaches NEXT UP! program, sponsored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the Women Leaders in College Sports organization.
Women Coaches NEXT UP is a powerful new program to promote the advancement and retention of women basketball coaches in intercollegiate athletics. In partnership with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, Women Coaches NEXT UP aims to connect up-and-coming assistant women basketball coaches and senior-level athletic administrators through an interactive and engaging half-day workshop. Participants will learn from, and interact with, the administrators who are making the hiring decisions for their respective women's basketball programs. Coaches will gain key insights and knowledge that will help them get noticed, win the job and keep the job.
Women's basketball assistant coaches with at least three years of full-time colleigate coaching experience were eligible for selection to the program. Applicants also must be WBCA members who have registered for the 2020 WBCA Convention. The workshop will take place during the Convention.
"It's with great excitement that I have accepted the invitation to attend to the 2020 Women Coaches NEXT UP! program," Brown said. "Thanks to all of the administration, staff and players along my journey thus far. I'm looking forward to continual growth and being a positive role model in the game of women's basketball."
"Having Coretta selected for the 2020 Women Coaches NEXT UP! Campaign is a well-deserved honor," Georgia Southern Head Women's Basketball Coach Anita Howard said. "She is the epitome of what that program embodies. Playing at the highest level and giving back to the game is her ministry and I am thrilled to have her on our staff!"
A former standout collegiate basketball player at the University of North Carolina, a four-year veteran of the WNBA and a native of Statesboro, Brown is in her first season as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern. She joined the Eagles from West Alabama, where she was an assistant coach for two seasons.
Women Coaches NEXT UP is a powerful new program to promote the advancement and retention of women basketball coaches in intercollegiate athletics. In partnership with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, Women Coaches NEXT UP aims to connect up-and-coming assistant women basketball coaches and senior-level athletic administrators through an interactive and engaging half-day workshop. Participants will learn from, and interact with, the administrators who are making the hiring decisions for their respective women's basketball programs. Coaches will gain key insights and knowledge that will help them get noticed, win the job and keep the job.
Women's basketball assistant coaches with at least three years of full-time colleigate coaching experience were eligible for selection to the program. Applicants also must be WBCA members who have registered for the 2020 WBCA Convention. The workshop will take place during the Convention.
"It's with great excitement that I have accepted the invitation to attend to the 2020 Women Coaches NEXT UP! program," Brown said. "Thanks to all of the administration, staff and players along my journey thus far. I'm looking forward to continual growth and being a positive role model in the game of women's basketball."
"Having Coretta selected for the 2020 Women Coaches NEXT UP! Campaign is a well-deserved honor," Georgia Southern Head Women's Basketball Coach Anita Howard said. "She is the epitome of what that program embodies. Playing at the highest level and giving back to the game is her ministry and I am thrilled to have her on our staff!"
A former standout collegiate basketball player at the University of North Carolina, a four-year veteran of the WNBA and a native of Statesboro, Brown is in her first season as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern. She joined the Eagles from West Alabama, where she was an assistant coach for two seasons.
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