The University of Miami welcomes back one of its own as women’s basketball head coach Katie Meier named Octavia Blue the Hurricanes’ newest assistant coach on Wednesday.

Blue, who amassed 1,724 points from 1994-98 as a Cane, returns to The U after coaching stints at St. John’s (2008-09) and Georgia Tech (2009-12), along with a nine-year professional basketball career.

The assistant coach position with the Canes became available after former assistant Vernette Skeete was named the head coach at Gulf Coast State College in April.

After her decorated collegiate career, Blue was selected 15th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in 1998, becoming Miami’s first WNBA Draft pick. She had a lengthy professional career that lasted from 1998-2006, which included playing for two WNBA teams (Sparks and Houston Comets) and international clubs in Greece, Israel, France, Turkey and Poland.

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