Adia Barnes, Head Coach, University of Arizona Women's Basketball

Adia Barnes, Arizona's women's basketball coach, led the Wildcats to the Women’s NIT Championship this spring, following a season in which the team won only six games. Adia, who also played at Arizona and is the program's all-time leading scorer, talks about being one of the few female coaches of color in the sport, and discusses the importance of diversity in leadership and coaching. She also shares how she’s worked with RISE to empower her student-athletes to lead others in advancing values of inclusion and equality, and tells us about winning a WNBA championship and playing with all-time greats like Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson.