Emory Women's Basketball Names Nora Jabbour Assistant Coach

EMORY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NAMES NORA JABBOUR ASSISTANT COACH

Emory University head women's basketball coach Christy Thomaskutty  has announced the appointment of Nora Jabbour as assistant coach. Jabbour will begin her duties on June 1.

Jabbour comes to the Eagles' program from the United States Military Academy where she served on head coach Dave Magarity's staff for two seasons.  Jabbour served as the Director of Basketball Operations during the 2007-08 campaign before being appointed assistant coach for the 2008-09 season.  This past year, Jabbour helped the Black Knights to an overall record of 19-12 including an 8-6 mark in the Patriot League, good for a third-place tie.  Army advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time in three years and ranked eighth in the nation in scoring defense, surrendering just 53.2 points per game.  In addition to her bench duties, Jabbour had a myriad of other responsibilities including scouting opponents, evaluating and recruiting players from 16 states in three regions (Mid-West, Plains and Mid-Atlantic), overseeing the program's budget, running individual workouts for the team's guards and serving as the Director of the Army Women's Basketball Camp.

Prior to her stint at Army, Jabbour spent one year as the Marketing Assistant in the front office of the Washington Wizards. There she was responsible for coordinating several aspects of the Wizards' marketing department such as database marketing efforts, creative design for promotions and vendor contracts.  Jabbour was familiar with the  Wizards' organization, having previously spent time as Public Relations Intern and a team attendant for both the Wizards and Washington Mystics from 2002-06.

"Nora is an outstanding young coach who will be a perfect fit here at Emory," Thomaskutty said.  "I was impressed the first time that I spoke with her as she exudes an amazing energy and passion for the game.  She has outstanding people skills and has acquired a tremendous knowledge base thus far in her career. Nora will be a terrific instructor on the floor as well as an excellent recruiter. Our players and I are all thrilled to have her join our program."

Jabbour completed her undergraduate degree in three years from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in August of 2006. While at UNC, Jabbour served as the women's basketball team manager for two ACC Championship teams and was on staff when UNC made a run to the Final Four in 2006.

"I am excited and look forward to working at an institution as prestigious as Emory University," Jabbour said.  "I will have the opportunity to work student-athletes who are devoted to winning both on and off the court. The UAA is an extremely competitive and highly regarded league and I am eager to learn from and assist Coach Thomaskutty."

While in Chapel Hill, N.C., Jabbour assisted with the UNC Basketball Camps, three-weeks of sessions that 4,500 high school students attended. During the summer of 2002, she founded and directed the "Shoot for the Stars" Basketball Camp in Silver Spring, Md. Jabbour welcomed 22 underprivileged youth, ages 8-10, after securing funding from 12 corporations and enlisting the help of 15 volunteers.

Jabbour spent 2006-07 as an assistant coach for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School near Washington, D.C. Her primary duties included scouting for a team that won the 3A/2A/1A Montgomery County Division Championship for the first time in three decades.