New BYU women’s basketball coach Amber Whiting got her first major victory on the job this week, and it came in the form of her daughter, Amari Whiting.
Burley High School's Amari Whiting dribbles behind her back during the Idaho state girls 4A championships on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at Mountain View High School in Meridian, Idaho.New BYU women’s basketball coach Amber Whiting got her first major victory on the job this week, and it came in the form of family.
Whiting’s daughter, an ESPN Top 35 player in Amari Whiting, flipped her commitment from Oregon to BYU. She immediately becomes Whiting’s top-ranked player, and the presumed next face of the program. “I have decided to join my mom at BYU as they enter the Big 12,” Whiting said on Twitter. “The Big 12 is a huge jump for BYU basketball and I have always loved challenges... I can’t wait to fight for a championship with my mom as a my coach.”
BYU’s women’s basketball program has been in transition since longtime head coach Jeff Judkins stepped away in April. In BYU’s quest to find Judkins’ replacement — a man who won 456 games and made 10 NCAA Tournament appearances — athletic director Tom Holmoe turned to
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