Nell Fortner and her experienced staff will run each camp, with the rest of the staff being made up of current players as well as some of the finest college and high school coaches in the area. We take pride in providing each participant with high quality instruction and close supervision.
She has led teams to Big Ten (Purdue – 1997) and Southeastern Conference (Auburn – 2009) championships and coached the U.S. national team to three international titles, including the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Most recently, Fortner has guided the Yellow Jackets to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 2021 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 run.
Prior to her arrival on The Flats, Fortner held head coaching positions at Auburn (2004-12) and Purdue (1996-97), as well as the U.S. National Team and Indiana Fever. She has also served as an analyst for ESPN for nearly 10 years.
LaSondra Barrett joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in April 2022 and begins her third season in 2024-25. She added recruiting coordinator to her title in summer 2024. Barrett arrived on The Flats after spending the last three seasons at Houston. She will work primarily with the post players.
A former all-American at LSU, Barrett brings a wealth of coaching experience to The Flats. She arrived at Houston in 2019-20 as the director of recruiting operations before being elevated to an assistant coach in 2020-21, working primarily with the post players. While with the Cougars, she helped lead the team to a pair of postseason WNIT appearances, advancing to the round of 16 this past season.
Michael Scruggs joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball coaching staff in April 2023 as an assistant coach. He brings nearly 15 years of collegiate coaching experience to The Flats, most recently spending four years at Purdue before joining Georgia Tech’s staff. Scruggs begins his second season as a Yellow Jacket in 2024-25.
In four seasons with Purdue, Scruggs helped the Boilermakers to three winning campaigns and two postseason appearances (most recently this past season when the Boilermakers finished 19-11 and made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six years). Working primarily with the guards at Purdue, Scruggs helped tutor a number of Boilermakers to postseason honors, including Kayana Traylor, Abbey Ellis, Ae’Rianna Harris, Madison Layden, Karissa McLaughlin, Dominique Oden and Jeanae Terry. During the 2021-22 season, Purdue recorded a program record 239 three-pointers and was one of 14 teams in the nation to average 15.5 assists and 7.5 three-pointers per game.
Caleb Currier joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as director of recruiting operations in May 2022. Currier was elevated to assistant coach/director of recruiting operations in 2023. He begins his third season overall with the Yellow Jackets in 2024-25, and second as an assistant coach.
A native of Onida, South Dakota, Currier worked with the University of Tennessee women’s basketball program as a graduate assistant from 2019-2021. In his role, Currier developed, implemented and maintained recruiting strategies and databases to support the coaching staff in all recruiting operations. He also assisted with the organization of summer and on-campus recruiting operations. In addition to his recruiting efforts, he assisted in daily operations of the program including student managers oversight, alumni relations, equipment manager liaison and community outreach.
Ashlee Villarreal joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff in June 2019 as the director of basketball operations. Villarreal arrived on The Flats from Central Michigan, where she spent the 2018-19 season in the same role. She begins her sixth season at Georgia Tech in 2024-25.
At Georgia Tech, Villarreal is responsible for team travel, coordinating team and staff calendars, scheduling facilities, managing equipment and team apparel, oversees team managers and graduate managers, and coordinates team meals. Additionally, she helps coordinate the annual team budget with the head coach. Villarreal also assists with all team camps during the summer and duties as assigned by the head coach.
With over eight years of experience in video production, Callan spent last year as the girls’ varsity head basketball coach at United Nations International School. Prior to his head coaching role, he was the digital media specialist at Democracy Prep Public Schools, producing, shooting and editing all promotional videos and photography for the charter school network.
The Birmingham, Ala., native spent the last two years at Jackson State where she worked primarily with men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and soccer. While with the Tigers, Jackson was responsible for program design and implementation, including aspects of strength, speed, agility and conditioning training. She designed sport-specific protocols to maximize athletes performance potential, while utilizing sports science technology and equipment.
Jackson was part of two NCAA Tournament appearances at Jackson State with women’s basketball and volleyball. She also helped aid Jackson State to four regular season conference championships in men’s basketball, women’s basketball (two) and volleyball.
Stewart, who served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Tech for two years, returned to The Flats after a two year stint at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). As an assistant athletic trainer at IUPUI from 2015-17, she was the primary medical provider for women’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf.