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Adia Barnes joins USA Basketball staff for AmeriCup, says 'absolutely not' to coaching Arizona men's team

Adia Barnes has a new gig and it isn't the open office next door at the Arizona basketball facilities.

Barnes was officially named an assistant coach to Dawn Staley on the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team on Friday, a day after Staley made mention of it in a first-person piece at The Undefeated. The job title she won't take, though, is that of Arizona men's basketball coach after it was floated by podcasts hosts this week.

Head coach Adia Barnes of the Arizona Wildcats is working with USA Basketball.