South Carolina women’s basketball alum takes new college coaching gig

South Carolina women’s basketball alum Asia Dozier is returning to the college recreation. Dozier, who has been in coaching and/or scouting since her commencement, will be part of the employees at UNC-Asheville. According to an announcement from the college, she is going to function an assistant coach with the Bulldogs.

Prior to his rent at UNC-Asheville, Dozier labored on the employees of the Phantom Basketball Club at Unrivaled. She made different college coaching stops with the North Carolina A&T Aggies, Buffalo Bulls, and Florida Gators and hung out at the highschool degree at Cardinal Newman and Legion Collegiate Academy. She gained two state titles as the pinnacle coach at Cardinal Newman.

Nicknamed “The Coach” by Gamecock head coach Dawn Staley, Dozier was a captain at USC. In a prophetic approach, she took half within the WBCA’s “So You Want to Be a Coach” program whereas at USC.

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During his time in garnet and black, Dozier didn’t put up gaudy stats. Even nonetheless, she was an vital a part of South Carolina’s ascent to the nationwide stage. She was a three-year starter, two-year captain, and a key glue piece for 3 SEC regular-season championship groups and two SEC Tournament-winning squads.

At the time of her commencement, Dozier’s 2016 graduating class was the winningest group within the historical past of the South Carolina women’s basketball program. She and her class helped pave the way in which for the Gamecocks’ first nationwide title within the 2016-2017 season. They went 121-18 over 4 seasons.

Dozier additionally performed at Columbia’s Spring Valley High School. His youthful brother, PJ Dozier, was on the 2016-2017 South Carolina males’s basketball staff that made a run to the Final Four. Her father, Perry Dozier, and uncle, Terry Dozier, performed for the Gamecocks within the Nineteen Eighties.