Coach Mebane would like to dedicated this season to his five year old daughter, Carrie Alexis, who resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. Richard Pagan is entering his second season as the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Hampton University. Prior to Hampton, he served one year as the Head Girl's Basketball Coach at Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina, where he led his team to a 25-0 record last season. From 1995-97, Pagan served as the Assistant Girl's Basketball Coach at Manhattan Center High School in New York. According to Pagan, his boy's basketball team was ranked as one of the top teams in the world and his girl's team has developed into one of the top teams in the country.
Pagan is a native of Manhattan, New York.
He received his BS in both Accounting and Finance from Central State University in Ohio in 1973. Pagan is single and currently resides in Hampton. Nakia Jones is entering her second year as graduate assistant coach for the Lady Pirates Basketball team. She is joining the staff after a stellar collegiate career that includes a stint at Nevada, Las Vegas and Hampton University. In the 1998-1999 season, Nakia decided to transfer to Hampton because she wanted to experience being at a historically black institution and enjoy her final year of collegiate basketball.