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.

Nell Fortner
Nell FortnerHead Coach
Nell Fortner was named the sixth head coach in Georgia Tech women’s basketball history on April 9, 2019. One of the most successful coaches in women’s basketball history, Fortner has compiled a 305-187 (.620) record as a head coach at the collegiate, professional and international levels.

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.

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.

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Blanche Alverson
Blanche AlversonAssistant Coach
Blanche Alverson joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in April, 2019. Alverson arrived on The Flats after spending two seasons in the same position at USC where she helped helped ink the No. 5 recruiting class in the country that included a McDonald’s All-American, two Gatorade State Players of the Year, four state champions and a honorable mention all-America.

Prior to her time at USC, Alverson served one year at New Mexico State as an assistant coach when the Aggies won their third-straight Western Athletic Conference Tournament Championship in 2017 and finished the season undefeated in league action and earning the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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LaSondra Barrett
LaSondra BarrettAssistant Coach
LaSondra Barrett joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in April 2022. 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.

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Michael Scruggs
Michael ScruggsAssistant Coach
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 the last four years at Purdue.

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.

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Caleb Currier
Caleb CurrierDirector of Recruiting Operations
Caleb Currier joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as director of recruiting operations in May 2022.

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.

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Ashlee Villarreal
Ashlee VillarrealDir. of Basketball Operations
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.

Villarreal spent last season in the same role at Central Michigan University, where she coordinated travel logistics, game day operations and assisted with marketing, managing the budget and compliance regulations.

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Greg Callan
Greg CallanDirector of Scouting & Video Operations
Greg Callan – Women’s Basketball – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Greg Callan joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as director of scouting and video operations in September 2022.

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.

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Lauren James
Lauren JamesGraduate Manager
Lauren James joined the Georgia Tech women’s basketball staff as a graduate manager in August 2022.

A four-year letterwinner Taylor University, James appeared in 120 games for the Trojans. She averaged 15.6 points and 13.1 points per game her final two seasons and capped her collegiate career shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 42.6 percent from three-point distance. James surpassed the 1,000-career points mark her senior season, was tabbed NAIA third-team All-American as a junior and was a two-time All-Crossroads League first team honoree.

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Shannon Jackson
Shannon JacksonPlayer Development Coach
Shannon Jackson joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association as a player development coach in July 2022. Jackson, who will work directly with women’s basketball, comes to The Flats after serving as the director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Jackson State University.

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.

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Rachel Matthews
Rachel MatthewsAthletic Trainer
Rachel Matthews joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association staff in June 2017 as the athletic trainer for women’s basketball. She also works with the cheerleading team.

Matthews, 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.

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Rachel Matthews
Rachel MatthewsAthletic Trainer
Rachel Matthews joined the Georgia Tech Athletic Association staff in June 2017 as the athletic trainer for women’s basketball. She also works with the cheerleading team.

Matthews, 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.

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