Nora Jabbour joined the Emory women's basketball program as an
assistant coach in June of 2009.
Jabbour came 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. During the 2008-09
campaign, 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 upon Jabbour's appointment. "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.
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.
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