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From Currie's From the Quad:
Good evening from Winston-Salem!
This special edition of From the Quad brings exciting news for Wake Forest women’s basketball, Winston-Salem and the entire Demon Deacon Nation as a short time ago I had the privilege to meet with our student-athletes in the Shah Basketball Complex and introduce them to our new head women’s basketball coach, Megan Gebbia!
Coach Gebbia has built a championship culture during her nine-year tenure at American University (2013-22) with three regular season Patriot League titles (2015, 2018, 2019), three league tournament championships (2015, 2018, 2022) and three NCAA Tournament appearances. She has been named Patriot League Coach of the Year twice and has led the Eagles to five 20-plus win seasons.
Student-athletes are at the center of every decision we make for Wake Forest Athletics and our search process began two weeks ago with a team meeting followed by me visiting one-on-one with each of our players over a two-day period to ensure we fully understood what was most important to them. These individual meetings were inspirational to me as our players articulated what is special to them about Wake Forest and characteristics they valued in their next head coach. We have very smart women in our program who love Wake Forest, their teammates and want to win and improve as players.
With Coach Gebbia, I believe we have a perfect fit to provide a true World-Class Student-Athlete Experience to unlock and achieve the high potential befitting the tremendous support and investment that exists for our women’s basketball program. She is a great relationship builder who has created a positive team culture and consistent identity for her teams on and off the court. Her player development skills are evidenced by three conference Players of the Year, five Patriot League Scholar Athletes of the Year and American’s first ever Academic All-American. In her 27 years in the coaching profession, Coach Gebbia has helped her teams reach the NCAA Tournament 12 times, advancing on four occasions including a Sweet Sixteen appearance as an assistant at Marist in 2007. She is American’s all-time wins leader and the only head coach in program history to lead American to the NCAA Tournament.
This special edition of From the Quad brings exciting news for Wake Forest women’s basketball, Winston-Salem and the entire Demon Deacon Nation as a short time ago I had the privilege to meet with our student-athletes in the Shah Basketball Complex and introduce them to our new head women’s basketball coach, Megan Gebbia!
Coach Gebbia has built a championship culture during her nine-year tenure at American University (2013-22) with three regular season Patriot League titles (2015, 2018, 2019), three league tournament championships (2015, 2018, 2022) and three NCAA Tournament appearances. She has been named Patriot League Coach of the Year twice and has led the Eagles to five 20-plus win seasons.
Student-athletes are at the center of every decision we make for Wake Forest Athletics and our search process began two weeks ago with a team meeting followed by me visiting one-on-one with each of our players over a two-day period to ensure we fully understood what was most important to them. These individual meetings were inspirational to me as our players articulated what is special to them about Wake Forest and characteristics they valued in their next head coach. We have very smart women in our program who love Wake Forest, their teammates and want to win and improve as players.
With Coach Gebbia, I believe we have a perfect fit to provide a true World-Class Student-Athlete Experience to unlock and achieve the high potential befitting the tremendous support and investment that exists for our women’s basketball program. She is a great relationship builder who has created a positive team culture and consistent identity for her teams on and off the court. Her player development skills are evidenced by three conference Players of the Year, five Patriot League Scholar Athletes of the Year and American’s first ever Academic All-American. In her 27 years in the coaching profession, Coach Gebbia has helped her teams reach the NCAA Tournament 12 times, advancing on four occasions including a Sweet Sixteen appearance as an assistant at Marist in 2007. She is American’s all-time wins leader and the only head coach in program history to lead American to the NCAA Tournament.