Lady Vols host familiar UCLA coaches
sports@thedailytimes.comOriginally published: November 28. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: November 27. 2009 7:50PM
It will be a homecoming for three-fourths of the UCLA women's basketball coaching staff when the Bruins (4-1) travel to take on No. 6 Tennessee (4-0) in Knoxville today, tip at 3 p.m.
Head coach Nikki Caldwell and assistant coaches Tasha Butts and Tony Perotti are all Tennessee alumni and were all part of the Tennessee women's basketball program guided by Pat Summitt.
Caldwell, who is from Oak Ridge, was a player and an assistant coach for the Lady Vols. She played under head coach Pat Summitt from 1991-94 and won an NCAA Championship in 1991. She also won NCAA titles with the Lady Vols as an assistant coach in 2007 and 2008.
Butts played at Tennessee from 2000-04 and helped the Lady Vols to a 124-17 overall and 55-1 conference record in her four seasons. She played in national championship games in both her junior and senior seasons.
Perotti is a 1999 Tennessee graduate and was a practice player for the Lady Vols for two seasons. He also worked at the university as a summer camp coach and office assistant.
The Bruins (4-1) arec coming off a 69-59 win over Princeton.
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