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Oklahoma basketball: Courtney Paris returns home in new role

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Courtney Paris #3 of the Tulsa Shock handles the ball against Jantel Lavender #42 of the Los Angeles Sparks in a WNBA game at Staples Center on September 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Courtney Paris, one of the greatest women’s players in Oklahoma basketball history, is returning home to her alma mater and will be an assistant on coach Sherri Coale’s staff for the 2020-21 season.

Paris played for Coale at OU from the 2005-06 season through the 2008-09 season and earned All-America status (as voted on by the Associated Press and the U.