One final four will go on this year and Arizona head coach Adia Barnes is in the running. The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the four finalists for the 2020 Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year Award on Thursday, and the fourth-year head coach was in the field.
Barnes led her team to heights not seen since she last wore the Arizona uniform as a player in 1998. From the best year-end finish at No. 12 in the Associated Press poll to mentoring the first AP All-American second-teamer in school history, she made marks in the history books as a coach the same way she did as a player.