Newly-hired LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell has finalized her coaching staff with the Lady Tigers one month after being formally introduced as LSU’s new coach.
Caldwell brought all three of her assistant coaches from UCLA to Baton Rouge — Tasha Butts, Tony Perotti and Stacie Terry. Caldwell coached the Bruins for the past three seasons.
Caldwell said her fellow coaches are a great fit for the Lady Tigers.
“I have the utmost confidence in them that they will help develop our student-athletes into not only great basketball players, but tremendous people,” Caldwell said Monday. “They have a vast amount of in-game coaching and recruiting experience, great work ethics and a love for the family.”
UCLA graduate Jon Silver will take over as director of basketball operations, and Angel Elderkin— former assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Virginia — will be director of video operations.
Butts, Perotti and Terry replace former LSU associate head coach Bob Starkey and assistants Joni Crenshaw and Travis Mays.