Back to the Arizona Wildcats Newsfeed

Being herself is critical to Rita Stubbs’ success as the next head coach of Arizona volleyball

Related Topics: Arizona

Arizona’s new head volleyball coach Charita “Rita” Stubbs has never shied away from talking about her time as head coach of North Carolina State when her team went 22-111. She draws on that time as she heads into her second chance to lead a program, this time doing it at her alma mater as she takes over for retired head coach Dave Rubio.

“Who wouldn’t want to be the coach at their alma mater, right?” Stubbs said. “I started this journey of writing down what I wanted April 22, 2020 that said, ‘Journey to head coach.