Summitt announced Wednesday that Charles-Furlow will replace Nikki Caldwell, who last month accepted the head coaching job at UCLA. The All-American has spent the last two seasons as an Auburn assistant under Nell Fortner. She’s also worked as an assistant at Detroit Mercy and St. Martin dePorres High School, her alma mater.

As a 6-foot-3 center, Charles-Furlow led the Lady Vols to NCAA championships in 1989 and 1991. She was named the 1991 Southeastern Conference female athlete of the year and became the first SEC player to win the Wade Trophy, the highest honor in women’s basketball. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Charles-Furlow joins Tennessee assistants Holly Warlick and Dean Lockwood.

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