Women's Basketball
Ugo Nwaigwe
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
- Phone:
- 401-863-1901
- Email:
- ugo_nwaigwe@brown.edu
- Joined Brown:
- Second
- Alma Mater:
- Wagner College '15, Temple '16
Ugo Nwaigwe enters her second season as an assistant coach with the Brown University women’s basketball program in 2022-23. After the 2021-22 season, Nwaigwe was named the women's basketball program's recruiting coordinator.
Prior to Brown, Nwaigwe served as the Director of Women’s Basketball Operations at the University of Iowa from 2019-21. During the 2019-20 season, she helped Iowa post a 23-7 overall record, 14-4 Big Ten mark, and 15-0 record at home. With the Hawkeyes, she held responsibilities around team travel, community service, camps, and the program’s day-to-day operations.
Nwaigwe spent one season as an assistant coach at Graceland University in 2018-19 with responsibilities including recruiting, skill development, practice planning, film study, and game preparation.
Nwaigwe gained extensive playing experience at the professional level from 2016-18 competing in Portugal, Angola, Argentina, and Spain. She played for G.D. ESSA in Portugal in 2018 after competing for First Bank Club of Nigeria in Angola in 2017, winning a bronze medal at the AfroCup. She also played for Club Atletic Lanus in Argentina in 2017 and SPAR Gran Canaria in Spain in 2016-17.
A member of the Nigerian National Team from 2016-17, Nwaigwe won a championship at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in 2017 in Mali. She also competed at the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in France.
At the collegiate level, Nwaigwe played for Wagner College from 2011-15 before completing her career at Temple University in 2015-16. While with the Seahawks, she earned 2014 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in addition to a spot on the 2014 NEC All-Defensive Team. In the 2013-14 season, she ranked first in the NEC and fourth nationally with 3.8 blocks per game. While with the Owls, she helped the team reach the quarterfinals of the 2016 Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
A 2015 graduate of Wagner with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Government and Politics, Nwaigwe went on to earn a master’s degree in Globalization and Development Communications from Temple in 2016. A 2011 graduate of Valley Stream South High School in New York, she gained recognition as a McDonald’s All-American Nominee as a senior.
Prior to Brown, Nwaigwe served as the Director of Women’s Basketball Operations at the University of Iowa from 2019-21. During the 2019-20 season, she helped Iowa post a 23-7 overall record, 14-4 Big Ten mark, and 15-0 record at home. With the Hawkeyes, she held responsibilities around team travel, community service, camps, and the program’s day-to-day operations.
Nwaigwe spent one season as an assistant coach at Graceland University in 2018-19 with responsibilities including recruiting, skill development, practice planning, film study, and game preparation.
Nwaigwe gained extensive playing experience at the professional level from 2016-18 competing in Portugal, Angola, Argentina, and Spain. She played for G.D. ESSA in Portugal in 2018 after competing for First Bank Club of Nigeria in Angola in 2017, winning a bronze medal at the AfroCup. She also played for Club Atletic Lanus in Argentina in 2017 and SPAR Gran Canaria in Spain in 2016-17.
A member of the Nigerian National Team from 2016-17, Nwaigwe won a championship at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket in 2017 in Mali. She also competed at the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in France.
At the collegiate level, Nwaigwe played for Wagner College from 2011-15 before completing her career at Temple University in 2015-16. While with the Seahawks, she earned 2014 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors in addition to a spot on the 2014 NEC All-Defensive Team. In the 2013-14 season, she ranked first in the NEC and fourth nationally with 3.8 blocks per game. While with the Owls, she helped the team reach the quarterfinals of the 2016 Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
A 2015 graduate of Wagner with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Government and Politics, Nwaigwe went on to earn a master’s degree in Globalization and Development Communications from Temple in 2016. A 2011 graduate of Valley Stream South High School in New York, she gained recognition as a McDonald’s All-American Nominee as a senior.
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