MIAMI (May 19, 2015) – Women's basketball Head Coach Marlin Chinn completed his staff with the addition of his former Maryland colleague, Sydney Durrah, as the Assistant Director of Women's Basketball Operations and Video Coordinator.
 
"I've known 'Syd' for over four years now, and she has an incredible work ethic," said Chinn. "I anticipate her being a great asset to our program."
 
Durrah has spent the last four years at the University of Maryland in a variety of capacities, most recently as its head women's basketball manager where she oversaw the day-to-day activities of 11 student managers. She also worked closely with coaches in practices and games as well as traveling with the Terps to all always games to assist in any administrative duties as needed. In addition, Durrah also served as a video and graphics intern for Maryland. She generated recruiting mailouts and produced multiple graphics for the Maryland social media outlets.
 
Durrah also was a video coordinator intern with the Washington Mystics last summer. She broke down and analyzed film to prepare for team opponents and track player tendencies.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Ocean BankField at FIU Stadium.
 
 About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.