Refuse to Lose

Adell J. Harris is a former college basketball player and coach, a professional speaker, and the author of Refuse to Lose: 7 Steps to Make Adversity Your Advantage. She played four seasons at Wake Forest University and went on to spend nearly two decades in women's college basketball, including head coaching roles at Tusculum University and UNC Wilmington, where she was one of the youngest NCAA Division I head coaches in the country. She later served as Chief of Staff for the Vanderbilt men's basketball program, believed to be the first woman in that role nationally. She is the founder of Refuse to Lose LLC, through which she speaks and coaches on turning adversity into advantage.