ZONA Head Coach|Mamma of Matteo & Capri|Wife|Mentor|Built Different|21’ Nat’l Champ R-up| 21’ Final Four🏆|👸🏻Just Getting Started|MADE FOR IT|LEAVE A LEGACY❤️
I'm proud to team up with
@Nike
on the Athlete Think Tank to create more meaningful change through sport for the next generation of women and girls. Few things are more powerful than the voice of an athlete, but the voice of a collective - this collective - is unstoppable.
Gary,
😂I was so pumped up it was the heat of the moment and it was supposed to be a private moment with my team! I told them WE BELIEVED IN US!FORGET🤪EVERYONE THAT DIDN’T, I WILL GO TO WAR WITH U ANYTIME ANY PLACE!! Not the best look but I was loving on my team. 😊
My team...my heart! This hurt but they played their hearts out and that’s all that I can ask for. I’m so proud of them and what we accomplished this year!💔
We are made for each other. We survived a kitchen remodel 🙄COVID, a COVID pregnancy, a 5 year old at home for 14 months, quarantine in the NCAA tourney for 3.5 weeks and loosing In a National Championship game.And we are still in love. 🤷🏻♀️🤣
I just had to tell my team that our season is over. Just like that. We worked so hard. We were getting ready to host in the NCAA Tourney, we had not been there in 15 years.
#💔
Sometimes in recruiting you just get that feeling and you have that connection with someone. I’ve felt that way twice this week and I couldn’t be happier!! Let’s go!
Become your college's all time leading scorer
Have a 13 year pro career with 6 in the WNBA
Do a little broadcasting
Get into coaching
Become head coach at your alma mater
Have 2 kids while head coach
Take your team to the Final Four
@AdiaBarnes
YOU ARE AWESOME !!!!
CONGRATS
I love and fully support Maya. It takes courage to make a decision like this. Although I will miss her on the court I know that she is following her life long dream. 🥲❤️
At ARIZONA we are family! Name another school where the head football coach will change practice and fly out of state to watch the WBB team in the sweet 16. 🐻🔽❤️ Thank you
@CoachJeddFisch
@notthefakeSVP
This group was about to lead us to our first NCAA Tournament in 15 years. Not only that, we were more than likely going to host the first two rounds after winning 24 games this season. We needed just 2 more wins to break the school record! An incredible group of young women.
Tonight didn’t go the way that we wanted it to but we never stopped fighting!! We went through a lot this year and we persevered. I’m proud of us and what we accomplished.
In 2015, Carolyn Peck gave
@dawnstaley
a piece of her net from her 1999 national title with Purdue.
Staley kept the net in her wallet until she won her own title in 2017.
After Sunday's
#ncaaW
title game, Staley told Adia Barnes she's giving her a piece of her 2017 net. [1/2]
Tucson, I know it’s a difficult time right now. I appreciate you coming to our game and supporting us. Also thank you for wearing masks it was so beautiful to see! ❤️
Congratulations to Maya Nnaji on her acceptance into the APME program in the College of Medicine! She is the first and only Women’s Basketball player in our program’s history to be accepted! I am so proud of you! I can’t wait for you to get here❤️
#MadeForIt
We are ALL so proud of you
@AdiaBarnes
and the way you represent with dignity and authenticity! From the beginning you have been ALL IN and it showed thru your team this entire season! Congratulations on an AMAZING year and keep shining!!
#Weelevateeachother
Thank you Wildcat fans for coming all the way to SA and supporting us and yelling your hearts out! I loved seeing you there today and I appreciate you!!❤️🐻🔽
“She’s not afraid of anything or anybody. Overlooking her or saying she’s too small, which she’s been told all her life… it motivates her. It fuels the fire… She’s hungry. She’s got a dog mentality.” —
@AdiaBarnes
@ArizonaWBB
Aari McDonald //
#WNBADraft
Prospects 📝⬇️
I’m so happy for
@dawnstaley
! What she has created in South Carolina is incredible. What she did is historic!! Keep elevating our game. Congratulations!!
To all of the beautiful Mother’s out there in this world. Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate you. Being a mom is the most challenging yet rewarding job that we have.❤️💪🏼👩🏻
Women’s sports need unit sharing!!These two amazing softball teams would have the opportunity to bring money to their schools. There is no way that they don’t make money. The system must change!! When it does Women’s Sports will grow more, bottom line.😡🧀💰
Love me some AARI! We had big dreams for Arizona. No one believed but us. We aren’t crazy we are just BUILT DIFFERENT!Some things you just can’t teach.
Wildcat Nation we have created something really special here at Arizona. It has always been more about the people than the place. Thank you for loving us through the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY. We may not win every game but we play with our hearts. 🐻⬇️
I want to send a huge thank you to Tucson and our amazing fans! Almost 8,000 strong last night. I love each and every single one of you! I can not THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND THE TEAM THIS ENTIRE SEASON!!❤️🐻⬇️
NCAAW Tourney breakout star coach
@AdiaBarnes
joins
@SpainandFitz
to flip some birds, drop some f-bombs, get real about her amazing balancing act and talk about her team's incredible tourney run.
After this one I had to sit, take a breath and think! What a game!! This team fought & found a way to WIN! I challenged them and they responded. I AM SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN AND THE CHARACTER THAT THEY SHOWED TONIGHT. How you respond after a loss is what matters! 🐻🔻
People won’t remember how much money you had or what kind of car you drove. But they will remember how you made them feel. That is a very important concept that I live by.
Every year I say the time between the Pac-12 tourney and NCAA tourney is tooooo long! This year I am like it’s perfect we need the time. 😂😂 now she’s back let’s go!!!
Rest In Peace Lute Olson.I remember when I was a player I would watch him coach, and he had an amazing gift. Everyone loved him, he built a dynasty.
When I came back here to coach, Kelly and Lute supported, loved and believed in me. He will always have special place in my ❤️😭.
"You can be a mom; you don’t have to stop coaching." Coach
@AdiaBarnes
would know.
Send this story to any multitasking moms you know who might need some inspiration today.
A mentor, a friend, and a true legend. Thank you Tara, not only for all you have done for me, but for all you have done for the game of basketball. We are all better because of you. You will be missed!
@taras_tweets