Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- g.hubbard@unf.edu
Gadiva Hubbard enters her third season as an assistant coach at North Florida in 2026-27. Hubbard works with the Ospreys’ shooting guards and power forwards in player development while focusing on team defense. She plays an integral role in high school, junior college and transfer recruiting while overseeing video operations and analytics, opponent scouting and team gear.
In her first two seasons at UNF, Hubbard helped develop forwards Jasmynne Gibson and Dezuray McGill into ASUN All-Freshman Team selections. Gibson ranked among the league’s top five rebounders and earned ASUN Freshman of the Week honors in 2024-25. McGill earned two ASUN Freshman of the Week awards before being named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team in 2025-26.
The Virginia Beach, Va., native began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at Daytona State from 2022-24. Hubbard helped the Falcons record their best start since 2015-16 and earn nine conference wins in 2024. During her first season, Daytona State finished fourth in the conference and produced one First Team All-Conference selection and two Second Team All-Conference honorees.
Hubbard played six seasons at the University of Minnesota, finishing her career in 2021-22 ranked second in program history in games played (135), third in 3-pointers made (259), 3-pointers attempted (736) and minutes played (4,150), ninth in steals (193) and 11th in points (1,477).
As a Gopher, Hubbard earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors in 2017, All-Big Ten Honorable Mention recognition in 2018 and 2020 and the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2021. She also earned the 6th Man of the Year Award in 2016.
Hubbard earned a bachelor’s degree in business marketing in 2019, a master’s degree in sports management in 2021 and a master’s degree in human resource development in 2022 from Minnesota.
