A familiar face is returning to the Mississippi State women’s basketball sideline, as Elena Lovato is rejoining the program as the Bulldogs’ new assistant coach. Lovato, who served on Vic Schaefer’s staff the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons and had a hand in recruiting many of the players from State’s last two National Finalist teams, returns
Chanlee Bottoms Named Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Arkansas Fort Smith
UAFS women’s basketball coach Elena Lovato recently announced the hiring of Chanlee Bottoms as assistant coach. Bottoms was an assistant coach at Pensacola (Fla.) State College this past season and prior to that was assistant coach at St. Mary’s University for four seasons. It is a homecoming of sorts for Bottoms, a native of Alma, Ark.