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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Women's Basketball
Nikki Blue
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- nikki.blue@gcu.edu
- Alma Mater:
- UCLA (2006)
- Year at GCU:
- 2nd season
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As a member of head coach Nicole Powell's staff, Nikki Blue is in her second year as an assistant coach at Grand Canyon.
Blue comes to GCU following three seasons as the top assistant at CSU Bakersfield. She will take a lead in the development of guards and team offensive concepts. She brings 10 years of coaching experience following five seasons in the WNBA as a player. Blue helped the Roadrunners to a 2014 postseason appearance with 23 wins.
Before Bakersfield, Blue spent six years as an assistant coach at UNLV, where she helped the Rebels land the Nevada Player of the Year out of high school and develop the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2008. Blue attended UCLA and earned Pac-10 First-Team honors during each season (2002-06). She helped lead the Bruins to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and was named a WBCA All-American in 2006.
Blue played four seasons with the Washington Mystics and one with the New York Liberty. She was teammates with Powell in New York for the 2010 campaign, before playing two seasons in FIBA with in Turkey and Greece.
As a member of head coach Nicole Powell's staff, Nikki Blue is in her second year as an assistant coach at Grand Canyon.
Blue comes to GCU following three seasons as the top assistant at CSU Bakersfield. She will take a lead in the development of guards and team offensive concepts. She brings 10 years of coaching experience following five seasons in the WNBA as a player. Blue helped the Roadrunners to a 2014 postseason appearance with 23 wins.
Before Bakersfield, Blue spent six years as an assistant coach at UNLV, where she helped the Rebels land the Nevada Player of the Year out of high school and develop the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2008. Blue attended UCLA and earned Pac-10 First-Team honors during each season (2002-06). She helped lead the Bruins to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and was named a WBCA All-American in 2006.
Blue played four seasons with the Washington Mystics and one with the New York Liberty. She was teammates with Powell in New York for the 2010 campaign, before playing two seasons in FIBA with in Turkey and Greece.
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