Nigeria Gets New Basketball Coach

By Saheed Afolabi

The Nigerian Women’s Basketball has announced a new coach for the team following the departure of Otis Hughley.

In a move to re-strategise and rebirth the D’Tigress, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) appointed Rena Wakama to be in charge of the team for a two years contract.

The NBBF described the appointment of Wakama as a big advantage to the D’Tigress because of her wealth of experience in the game as a former player and now a coach in the USA.

“Wakama was a 4-year letterman at the University of Western Carolina and played professional basketball in the United Kingdom, in addition to playing for the Senior Nigerian National Team.

Currently serving as an Assistant Coach at Stony Brooks University in the United States, she has honed her coaching skills while contributing to developing young talents in the basketball powerhouse.

The newly appointed D’Tigress Head Coach, who hails from Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria, holds a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation from Western Carolina, which she obtained in 2014, and an MBA from Manhattan, completed in 2019.

New D’TIGRESS coach, Rena Wakama