Like most people, newly promoted associate head coach Charita “Rita” Stubbs wasn’t always the person she is today. She came to Arizona volleyball as a player and, in her words, an “angry Black woman” in 1990.
After four years as a player and 17 years on Dave Rubio’s staff, she’s now looking for ways to help women like her get their start in coaching by spearheading the Pac-12’s new Diversity Mentorship Program.
It started on an off chance. Stubbs was talking to a group of women in an investment group, all of whom are involved in volleyball.