Yolanda Nicole Fargas is an American basketball coach and executive.
15 Facts About Nikki Fargas
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Nikki Fargas is the president of the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA.
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Nikki Fargas was formerly the head coach for the women's basketball programs at UCLA and LSU.
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Nikki Fargas graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1990.
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Nikki Fargas was a member of the school basketball team that won the Tennessee state championship in 1988.
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Nikki Fargas was known for her strong defensive play and her three-point shooting.
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Nikki Fargas was named to Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team that same year, and in both her junior and senior years she received the university's Gloria Ray Leadership Award.
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Nikki Fargas returned to basketball in 1998 as a member of Pat Summitt's coaching staff, serving as graduate assistant for administration.
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Nikki Fargas was named the head coach at UCLA on April 17,2008, with a five-year contract valued at nearly $1.5 million, succeeding Kathy Olivier.
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Nikki Fargas posted her first losing record in 2016 and missed the NCAA tournament for the first time.
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On May 11,2021, Nikki Fargas was announced as the President of the Las Vegas Aces.
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In May 2009, Nikki Fargas received the Woman of Excellence Award from the LadyLike Foundation for her excellence as a coach and for fund-raising activities for breast cancer awareness.
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Nikki Fargas was named 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year by the conference coaches and by the media in her second year of coaching at UCLA.
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In March 2012, Nikki Fargas gave birth to a girl named Justice with her husband, former Oakland Raiders player Justin Nikki Fargas.
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Nikki Fargas's father-in-law is Starsky and Hutch actor Antonio Fargas, who played Huggy Bear.