Ahead of next month’s Federation of International Basketball Association FIBA World Cup billed for Spain, the Nigerian Basket Ball Federation NBBF has appointed Otis Hughley coach of the female national basket ball team, D’Tigress.
Hughley, who hails from the USA, replaces countryman Sam Vincent, who was fired yesterday.
NBBF president, Musa Kida said the federation settled for Hughley because he is the “most immediate available option.”
He added, “For many, parting ways with Vincent at this time was not a good decision, but it was a difficult decision we had to take in the overall and long term interest of the team.”
Hughley led Mobile’s LeFlore High School, Alabama, USA to six state tournaments and one state title before getting hired as an assistant coach by the Sacramento Kings in the NBA.
D’Tigress are drawn in group B, where they will battle Australia, Turkey and Argentina.
