Arizona assistant Salvo Coppa, left, adjusts the scheme while head coach Adia Barnes talks to one of the game officials during the Wildcats’ Oct. 27 exhibition win over Eastern New Mexico.

A coach and their relationship with their assistants is one that needs to be borderline telepathic. Being able to read the person’s mood and knowing their next move in order to sail smoothly are ...

Over the summer, Coppa wed former Storm player and current color analyst Adia Barnes, first in a small, private ceremony on the Fourth of July and then in front of a larger group of family and ...

The UA women's basketball coach gave birth to a baby girl, Capri Adia, Tuesday morning at Banner-University Medical Center. Baby Capri joins big brother Matteo, who is 5. Salvo Coppa, ...

Athletes have often looked at their teams as a family, a home away from home of sorts. When it comes to Adia Barnes and husband Salvo Coppa, the basketball court might as well be their living room.

Adia Barnes coached Arizona in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game, ... Capri Coppa, Barnes’s 6-month-old daughter, needed to be fed, and Barnes had to multitask.

Adia Barnes outcoached the brightest minds in women's basketball all while breastfeeding and taking care of ... Salvo Coppa, an Arizona assistant coach – are part of her "village." Still, the ...

— ADIA BARNES COPPA (@AdiaBarnes) April 12, 2025. She also responded to a comment by saying, "I didn’t mean it at all and I few really bad I meant that it’s just not a priority now but I ...

Adia Barnes is the only head coach of a top-25 team with a baby under the age of two. ... Matteo, with her husband, Salvatore Coppa, was counting down the seconds until halftime.

— ADIA BARNES COPPA (@AdiaBarnes) April 12, 2025 The discourse began after Barnes spoke to reporters Wednesday, where she pointed out the importance of working with leaders who share a similar ...

— ADIA BARNES COPPA 🐻⬇️🌵👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 ️💙 (@AdiaBarnes) January 16, 2022. On Wednesday, Barnes sounded much like Graves did when he spoke to reporters on Monday.