Harper, a four-year standout with the Terps who was named the 2006 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player after leading the team to a national championship, most recently served as the head coach at Montverde Academy in Florida.
“It is a dream come true to be named the new head women’s basketball coach at Coppin State University,” Harper said in a news release. “I am very thankful for the special opportunity that President Jenkins, Mr. Carter, Mrs. Person and Mrs. Carrington-Johnson have granted me. Having a platform as a woman of color, while coaching at an HBCU during this racially sensitive time in our country, inspires me, and I am beyond ready to help lead this group of committed, young women into a new era of Eagles basketball.