Gebbia Announces Three Members of Staff for First Wake Forest Season
6/9/2022 12:57:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The three members of the staff in Nia Randall, Nikki Flores and Emily Stallings bring valuable working knowledge of Wake Forest University as well as numerous combined years of assistant coaching experience at the collegiate level.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Newly appointed Wake Forest women's basketball head coach Megan Gebbia announced three members of her inaugural staff Thursday, as graduate assistant Nia Randall as well as veteran assistant coaches Nikki Flores and Emily Stallings will join the Demon Deacons for the beginning of the Gebbia era in Winston-Salem
The group brings valuable working knowledge of Wake Forest University as well as a combined 20-plus years of collegiate experience at multiple Division-I institutions.
Randall, Flores and Stallings will assist Coach Gebbia with all day-to-day functions of the Demon Deacon program including game planning, scouting and recruiting efforts.
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Coach Gebbia on Nia Randall
"We are incredibly fortunate to have Nia here at Wake Forest," Coach Gebbia said of Nia Randall. "Her knowledge of the university as well as relationships she has not only built within the team but around the campus and the Winston-Salem community will be an asset. Since I first arrived on campus, she has been someone that has helped in my transition to Wake Forest and is also someone that our student-athletes have both respect for both in her knowledge of the game as well as how she helps develop them as young women."
Coach Gebbia on Nikki Flores
"I am very excited to have Nikki join the staff here at Wake Forest," Coach Gebbia said of Nikki Flores. "She was a key part of our success at American University, helping train some of the best guards in the Patriot League during her nine years there. She knows the system well and program values that we will try to instill. Nikki is also a great evaluator of talent, helping lead the recruiting efforts for three Patriot League Championship teams including multiple player of the year award winners. She also is exceptional at building relationships with our student-athletes, helping them develop their on-court games and providing support in their off-court pursuits."
Coach Gebbia on Emily Stallings
"Adding Emily to this staff here at Wake Forest was one of my first priorities after receiving the job," Coach Gebbia said. "She is a rising star in the industry and was integral to the implementation of the system and played a large part in our consistency at American University. Emily is a great developer of the post and wing positions and has helped grow some of the best in program history including Jade Edwards, who was All-Patriot League five times. She will also help us continue to add high-level talent to this program on the recruiting trail while helping develop our young women on and off the court as we pursue championships."
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More on Randall
Randall joined the Demon Deacons as a graduate manager ahead of the 2021-22 season.
During her first season with the program, she assisted with all planning efforts for the program both at home and on the road including lodging, meals and scheduling. She also assisted with all practices in various functions, helping prep the spaces for both practices and games as well as playing an integral role in guiding the student manager program.
She came to Winston-Salem after spending three seasons as a student assistant at Northwestern State where she helped in a variety of roles. Her duties in the role included establishing clear benchmarks for performance while monitoring individual and team progress, maintaining equipment, handling recruiting databases, mail outs, and emails and organizing travel arrangements.
During the 2016-17 season, she played in 22 games, starting in 10 for Demons. She missed her final three seasons on the floor due to injury.
Randall graduated from Northwestern State with a bachelor's degree in business in 2020. She is currently pursuing a master's degree from Texas Tech in Sports Management.
More on Flores
A native of Montvale, New Jersey, Flores comes to Winston-Salem following a nine-year tenure with the American University women's basketball team, where she worked alongside Gebbia.
Serving as the Eagles' recruiting coordinator and assistant coach, she oversaw guard play and helped guide the team to an overall record of 160-106 (.602), including a 105-48 (.686) clip in Patriot League competition.
American won three conference championships while making appearances in the 2015, 2018 and 2022 NCAA tournaments and two additional WNIT appearances in 2014 and 2019.
Flores played a pivotal role in the development of several American University standouts including:
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Emily Kinneston
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2018 Patriot League Player of the Year
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2018 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
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2018 NCAA Women of the Year nominee
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Jen Dumiak
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2015 Patriot League Player of the Year
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2015 Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
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Two-time All-Patriot League selection
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Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star
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2015 NCAA Women of the Year nominee
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Shaquilla Curtis
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2015 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
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Alexis Dobbs
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2014 Patriot League Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
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2014 NCAA Women of the Year nominee
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NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
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2014 American University President's Award winner
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Throughout her time at American, Flores mentored a total of two Patriot League Players of the Year, one Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, two ECAC All-Stars, seven All-Patriot League selections, four PL All-Defensive Team selections, three Patriot League Women's Basketball Scholar-Athletes of the Year and five Academic All-Patriot League selections.
Prior to her time in Washington, D.C., Flores spent a year at Colgate University, where she monitored recruiting, individual workouts and game film in the form of an assistant coach for the Raiders' women's basketball program.
Other institutional stops in her 14-year coaching career include Holy Family University (Philadelphia, PA) and Norwich University (Northfield, VT). At Holy Family, the team picked up three consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference titles and advanced to the NCAA Division II tournament in each of Flores' seasons with the Tigers.
Flores was a standout on the women's basketball team at Marist College for four seasons from 2004-08. As a first-year player, she earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Rookie Team honors in 2005, later landing MAAC All-Academic and All-Tournament Team selections in three separate campaigns.
She helped the Red Foxes win four conference regular-season titles and three conference tournament titles, as her senior class tallied 102 career victories and a trio of NCAA Tournament appearances including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2007 and a trip to the Round of 32 in 2008.
As a senior, Flores was tabbed an All-MAAC second team pick, averaging 9.7 points and 3.2 assists in 35 appearances. She wrapped her career as the program leader in games played (128), second in career free throw percentage (.809), fifth in free throws made (305) and seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.319), while producing 907 total points.
Flores graduated from Marist College in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in history and adolescent education.
More on Stallings
For the last nine years, Stallings worked with Coach Gebbia at American University, primarily overseeing the team's perimeter and wing players.
She aided in a crucial role in the development of Eagle standout Jade Edwards (2018-22), who became a five-time All-Patriot League selection and stands as one of only five players in program history to rank in the top ten in career records of points (1,232), rebounds (645) and blocks (57).
Stallings' resume at American includes managing two Patriot League Players of the Year, eight All-Patriot League selections, four Patriot League All-Defensive Team selections, three Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year and four Academic All-Patriot League Team honorees.
Before arriving to American in 2013, Stallings got her start in the coaching field as a graduate assistant at East Stroudsburg University, aiding in areas of practice planning, recruiting and post player development.
During her college playing days, Stallings was a contributor at Marist College, competing for four seasons. Her last two years saw her named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Academic Team. She additionally helped her teams win four conference titles while making the NCAA tournament each year including back-to-back trips to the Round of 32 during her junior and senior seasons.
Stallings graduated in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and secondary education before earning a Master in secondary education from East Stroudsburg in 2014.
