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Arizona hires former Wildcat Adia Barnes as new women's basketball head coach

After serving as an assistant on the Washington Huskies staff for the last five years, Greg Byrne moved quickly to bring Adia Barnes back home to Arizona, naming her the new women's basketball head coach just one day after UW lost in the Final Four.

Please join me in welcoming @ArizonaWBBall's new head coach, Wildcat great and WNBA Champion @AdiaBarnes. #BearDown pic.twitter.com/KmIOj9QHYQ

— Greg Byrne (@Greg_Byrne) April 4, 2016

Barnes is the all-time scoring leader at Arizona, racking up 2,237 points during her playing career in Tucson.