Ula Motuga enters her second season as part of the Nevada women's basketball coaching staff in the 2025-25 season.
Motuga, originally from Logan City, Australia, graduated from WSU with her Bachelor's in 2022 and her Master's in 2024.Â
As a player, she spent five years in a Cougars uniform, after exhausting her COVID eligibility. Motuga ended her career with the most games played in program history and sits at eighth all-time for WSU Women's Basketball in total rebounds.Â
Motuga helped take the team from just nine wins when she came into the program as a freshman, to 23 wins and a Pac-12 Tournament Championship.Â
Besides her accomplishments on the court, Motuga was selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll four times. She was also a Graduate Assistant for Student-Athlete Development in 2023-24.