FERRUM, Va. – Concord University women's basketball alumna Ashton Funderburg has landed a full-time assistant coaching position with Ferrum College, FC Athletic Director Cleive Adams and women's basketball head coach Brian Harvey have announced.
Just two years removed from her playing days in Athens, Funderburg takes on her first full-time job after spending the 2023-24 season at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania as a graduate assistant on the SHU women's basketball staff.
Funderburg will begin her career in earnest at the alma mater of Concord women's basketball head coach
Tesla Southcott who played for the Panthers from 2009-13. Southcott will go into the Ferrum Athletics Hall of Fame later this fall.
During her time in the Maroon and Gray, Funderburg was a mainstay in the lineup for CU as she appeared in 102 games—playing a career-high 30 games in 2021-22. She was a 41.5 percent shooter from the floor and made 74 percent of her free throw attempts over the course of her career.
While at Concord, Funderburg helped Concord post a record of 74-44.
Last season while on the bench at Seton Hill, the Griffins posted a 14-15 record under first-year head Maeve Gallagher and Funderburg's leadership.
Funderburg graduated from Concord with a degree in Communications in 2023.
Funderburg will work with Harvey, who begins his 20th season at the helm of the Ferrum women's basketball program. Harvey's teams have won six USA South regular season titles and two USA South Tournament titles, and made three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances.
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