After just one season as an assistant coach for the West Virginia women's basketball program, Donchez Graham has left the program, WVU Associate Sports Information Director Phil Caskey confirmed Sunday. Caskey said Graham's contract would not be renewed. Graham spent less than one year with the Mountaineers after being hired on June 15, 2009 following a four-year stint as an assistant coach at Morgan State. He was hired, along with current assistant coach Malikah Willis, to replace the departed Chester Nichols and Joanna Bernabei who left after last season. Nichols was announced as the assistant head coach at Central Florida while Bernabei for personal reasons. Nichols was hired April 13 to be an assistant coach at Kansas. Before beginning his collegiate coaching career, Graham was a succcesful high school coach at Western High and Dunbar High in Baltimore where he coached current WVU point guard Akeema Richards. Graham was a part of the most successful season in school history in his only season on the staff. The Mountaineers went 29-6 in 2010 including a berth in the Big East Conference Championship game. It was the winningest season in school history. WVU returns all of its players from last year's with the addition of three incoming freshmen. — jrt
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