Bett Shelby knew early on that basketball would always be in her life.
Growing up in the heart of basketball country and following Dean Smith’s North Carolina Tar Heels can do that to a girl.
Shelby was introduced last month as the first-ever special assistant to Barnes. She comes to Tucson from West Virginia, where she had served as the Mountaineers' associate head coach. Shelby is not the only new face on the Wildcats staff. Kayla Scott is the director of basketball operations and Zane Barnes is the creative content specialist.
Shelby also worked for Hatchell , ex-UA player Brenda Frese and Mike Carey . Along the way, she won a lot of conference championships and brought in many highly-rated recruiting classes. Shelby and Barnes first met on the recruiting trail years ago. When Carey retired from WVU the spring, Shelby, who was his top assistant, was began to look for the right landing spot. She thought of Barnes.
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