TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona head volleyball coach Dave Rubio announced today that UA alum and former assistant coach Charita Stubbs will be returning as a member of the coaching staff. Stubbs rounds out the coaching staff as assistant coach, while current assistant Melissa Walker will become a volunteer assistant.
Stubbs returns to Tucson after serving as the founder and Executive Director of Club Red Volleyball Inc. in Raleigh, N.C. in addition to being Athletic Director and head volleyball coach at Grace Christian School in Raleigh. Prior to her time with Club Red and at Grace Christian, she served a four-year stint as the head volleyball coach at North Carolina State.
Prior to landing her first collegiate head coaching position in February 2006, Stubbs was a member of Rubio’s staff for nine seasons as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Arizona.
The first player in Arizona history to record 300 kills, 300 digs and 100 blocks in one season, the former Charita Johnson led the Wildcats to back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances at the 1993 and 1994 NCAA Tournaments. A four-year starting middle blocker from 1990-94, she earned All-Pac-10 and All-West Region honors as a senior and still holds school records for career (117) and single match (8) solo blocks.
Stubbs earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Arizona in 1994 and received her master's in language, reading and culture from Arizona in 1995.
