Twenty years in the past LaTasha Shipman-Ganus was successful CIAA championships for the Shaw College girls’s basketball group. She piled up 1,000 profession factors and pulled over 700 profession rebounds earlier than graduating in 2004 along with her diploma, two championships and a 59-6 file in her final two seasons. Ensuring you rubbed it in Saint Augustine’s face was a part of the job because the rivalry goes between the 2 downtown Raleigh HBCUs. As life would have it, Shipman-Ganus was simply named the pinnacle coach of SAU.
She’s no stranger to the Falcons program, she was an assistant coach on final 12 months’s group that achieved its first successful file (15-13) for the reason that 2010-2011 season.
Previous to becoming a member of Saint Augustine’s, Shipman-Ganus spent three seasons at Florida A&M, which was her second stint in Tallahassee. Often called a terrific recruiter, she helped herald Mya Moye, who was the 2019 MEAC Rookie of the 12 months and led the Rattlers in scoring.
Shipman-Ganus has made her method across the CIAA as nicely, she was an assistant on a Livingstone group that went 24-1 throughout the common season. Previous to her time in Salisbury she was an assistant on the College of North Carolina Greensboro. She had the chance to teach beneath Wendy Palmer, a famous former WNBA participant.
Shipman-Ganus was on the bench at FAMU for her first stint previous to going to UNCG. She spent 4 seasons initially with the Rattlers, she was chargeable for creating gamers, recruiting, scouting, creating recreation plans, organizing group service, and aiding with follow planning.
Her first teaching expertise got here at Shaw College after her enjoying profession was executed. She helped the Girl Bears to a few CIAA championships and a pair of NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearances. Shipman-Ganus performed abroad after graduating from Shaw, she averaged 26 factors and 13 rebounds in Chile, South America.
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