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Bradley WB hires Kate Popovec

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Welcome to the Hilltop Coach Popovec. Previous asst coach at Northwestern.
 
Da Coach said:
One possible concern I see... The head coach at Northwestern is Joe McKeown, who has been there since 2008. He is 65 years of age and has been in coaching for over 40 years.
Joe McKeon bio- https://nusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/joe-mckeown/2999

If McKeon retires, would Kate Popvec be a candidate to replace him?
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I see that as a nice problem to have. If Northwestern thinks enough of her to hire her back in a few years then we have had a good coach here on the Hilltop.
I see she is engaged to Oliver Goss. There is a Oliver Goss on the NU staff. Does she bring him with her. https://nusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/ollie-goss/3003
 
Welcome to Bradley Coach Popovec! I like the way Coach Popovec said she would build on the culture of Bradley Women's Basketball. Very positive. I thought Coach Gorski was dynamite when I met and talked with her at the spaghetti dinners. I wish her well and I wish Coach Popovec every success! Go Braves!
 
Coach Popovec gets a commit for the class of 26. The gal is from Spain.

Signed! Excited to welcome Lucia Llaveria, class of 2026, to the family! Be Bold, be Brave!




 
braves16 said:
Coach Popovec gets a commit for the class of 2026. The gal is from Spain.

Signed! Excited to welcome Lucia Llaveria, class of 2026, to the family! Be Bold, be Brave!

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It will be interesting to hear how she scouted and recruited someone from Barcelona, Spain.
She looks like a good ball-handling, left handed guard in these highlight videos-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv4IvDp3PHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmwl_qS7kdo

She joins a couple of 2022 recruits that committed to former head coach Andrea Gorski, Regan Barkema and Megan Barton-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...564#post503564
 
braves16 said:
...I see she is engaged to Oliver Goss. There is a Oliver Goss on the NU staff. Does she bring him with her. https://nusports.com/sports/womens-b...llie-goss/3003
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Ollie Goss is now listed as an assistant coach on Kate Popovec's staff at Bradley
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...r#roster-staff-

One other assistant is listed- Armelia Horton, a former assistant at Loyola-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...ia-horton/3348

That leaves one assistant coach position unfilled.

Kyle Dillon returns to Bradley as the Director of Basketball Operations.
Matt Friend (Sport Performance Associate Head Coach) and Dustin Vissering (Associate AD for Athletic Training Services) also return from the Gorski staff.
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...r#roster-staff
 
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