The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has engaged Coach Rena Wakama as head coach for women’s basketball team for two years. Coach Rena Wakama was a former Nigerian national team player, and currently an assistant coach at Stony Brooks University’s head coach.
Wakama was a four-year letterman at the University of Western Carolina and played professional basketball in the United Kingdom, in addition to playing for the Senior Nigerian National Team.
She received a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation from Western Carolina in 2014 and an MBA from Manhattan in 2019.
She is an indigene of the Rivers State of Nigeria.
