By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina’s women’s basketball program lost a member of its coaching staff Friday when new Virginia Tech head coach Megan Duffy hired Itoro Coleman as her associate head coach.

Coleman, a former WNBA player, had been on the Tar Heels’ staff since the 2020–21 season. She was part of Duffy’s staff at Marquette for the 2019–20 season before joining Coach Courtney Banghart’s staff at UNC.

Duffy replaced head coach Kenny Brooks, who left Virginia Tech to become the coach at Kentucky.

A 2000 Clemson graduate and a member of the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame, Coleman was the head coach at Clemson for three seasons before the school fired her in 2010 after her teams went 25–63.

During her tenure at UNC, the Tar Heels have made the NCAA tournament four times, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2022. Coleman has also been an assistant coach at Penn State, Butler and Liberty.

On Thursday, Duffy hired former Penn State assistant coach Sharnee Zoll-Norman as a Hokies assistant coach.

Potential UNC 2024–25 roster

Year	No.	Players	Pos.	Height
Freshman	—	Lanie Grant (5 star)	PG	5–10
Freshman	—	Blanca Thomas (5 star)	C	6–5
Freshman	—	Jordan Zubich (4 star)	G	5–11
RS Freshman	21	Ciera Toomey	F	6–4
RS Freshman	4	Laila Hull	W	6–1
Sophomore	10	Reniya Kelly	PG	5–7
Sophomore	15	Sydney Barker	PG	5–6
RS Junior	11	Kayla McPherson	PG	5–8
Junior	24	Indya Nivar	G	5–10
Senior	5	Maria Gakdeng	C	6–3
Graduate	—	Grace Townsend	G	5–5
Graduate	20	Lexi Donarski	G	6–0
Graduate	1	Alyssa Ustby	F	6–1

2023–24 UNC players to enter transfer portal

Class	Player	Date entered	Pos.	Hgt	Next school
Junior	Paulina Paris	March 26	G	5–9	Arizona
Graduate	Ali Zelaya	April 1	F	6–4	UNCW
Graduate	Anya Poole	April 1	F	6–2	Clemson
RS junior	Teonni Key	April 2	F	6–4	Kentucky
Sophomore	RyLee Grays	April 5	F	6–3	Virginia
Graduate	Deja Kelly	April 8	G	5–8	TBA