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 ...

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.

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 ...

— 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 ...

Arizona coach Adia Barnes spent halftime of the NCAA women's basketball national championship game pumping breast milk for her then 6-month-old daughter, Capri. Barnes explains how this is all ...

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.

TUCSON, Ariz. — If she’s being honest, Adia Barnes’ first ... t have been home more than 24 hours after losing in the national championship game to Stanford before she looked at Coppa ...

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