Erie names Centaurus' Liz Russell as new girls basketball coach - Colorado High School Activities Association

Erie has picked Liz Russell as its next girls basketball coach.

The school announced the hire on its website on Thursday.

Russell comes to Erie from Centaurus, where she spent the past three seasons as girls basketball coach. In her time there, the Warriors were 30-40 — but are coming off a great season in which they went 20-4 and reached the Class 4A state tournament.

“I am honored and excited to take over the girls’ basketball program at Erie High School!” Russell wrote on the Erie site a few hours later. “We will be getting started right away as precious offseason time has already passed us by.”

She’ll take over an Erie program which went 10-13 last season in 4A. The Tigers had been led by Bill Giampietro for three years, going 32-39 in that stretch.

Erie is set to return nearly all of its roster, including its four leading scorers, from last season.

Russell will meet her new team on Friday.