When Shereka Wright was chosen to lead the women’s basketball program at UTA, her career came full circle.
“We’re bringing a Texas girl home,” athletic director Jim Baker said during Wright’s introductory press conference last Thursday. “You can look at her, where she’s been and what she’s done, she’s been working for this day her whole career.”
Before Wright made her return to the Lone Star State, she coached for seven years in the Southeastern Conference, learning from Stephanie White at Vanderbilt University and Kristy Curry at the University of Alabama.
Curry played a large role in bringing Wright into the coaching ranks, offering her an assistant coaching job at Texas Tech University in 2006.