USC women’s basketball officially has a new general manager. On Tuesday, the Trojans announced the hiring of Selena Castillo as their new GM.
Castillo comes to USC from Duke, where she served as the director of external affairs. Prior to that, she worked for the Tampa Bay Sports Commission.
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“In this transformational time for collegiate athletics, my focus continues to be on putting the most extraordinary organizational structure in place so that our individual student-athletes, and team as a whole, can thrive at the most elite level,” head coach Lindsay Gottlieb said in a statement. “Selena has proven to be best-in-class when it comes to creating synergy between the vision of excellence for a basketball program and all the external operations and opportunities in the growing landscape of women’s basketball.
“Selena has a proven ability to enhance the experience of the players in our program, as well as to make unique and authentic relationships with key stakeholders. I met Selena when I was in the NBA and we spoke on a panel together; I then followed the tremendous work she did with the respected program at Duke. I knew right away that she was the right person to help propel our program to even greater heights, and I’m ecstatic that she will be our new general manager.”
In today’s era of college sports, having an elite general manager to oversee roster construction is vital. If you need evidence, just look at what Chad Bowden has done for the football program. USC fans are hoping that Castillo can have a similar effect on women’s basketball and help Gottlieb and the Trojans load up on elite talent.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC women’s basketball hires Duke’s Selena Castillo as GM
