Staff Directory

Jamia Hazell

Title:
Assistant Coach / Director of Player Development

Jamia Hazell was hired in May of 2026 as an assistant coach and the director of player development.

Hazell comes to Tulane after a season as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, James Madison. Making the transition from the floor to the bench, Hazell assisted the Dukes to a 26-9 overall record and 14-4 Sun Belt clip during the 2025-26 campaign. James Madison defeated Troy 69-52 to claim the Sun Belt Conference Championship, earning an appearance in the NCAA Tournament where the Dukes battled Kentucky.

Before transitioning to coaching, Hazell was a standout for the Dukes for five seasons. She finished her career as the program’s all-time leader in games played (157) and tied for sixth in games started (120). She scored 1,373 points and averaged 8.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 25.7 minutes per game across her career. She was named to the 2021 CAA All-Rookie Team after posting 9.9 points and 2.6 assists per game during her freshman campaign.

No stranger to success, Hazell brings a championship pedigree and postseason familiarity to Tulane. Across her time as both a player and coach at James Madison, she aided in the Dukes winning two conference championships with a pair of subsequent appearances in the NCAA Tournament. These came across two different leagues, as she guided the Dukes to a CAA title as a player before coaching the team to the Sun Belt championship this past season. In addition, the program appeared in the WBIT in back-to-back campaigns across her final two playing seasons with the Dukes winning a pair of games in the 2024-25 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals.

In joining the Green Wave staff, Hazell reunites with head coach Ashley Langford as Hazell’s 2020-21 freshman season was Langford’s final on the James Madison coaching staff, where she helped recruit Hazell. The two crossed paths again in the 2023-24 season when Hazell played against her former coach in the first round of the WBIT, in which Langford’s Seawolves picked up the win in her final season at Stony Brook before making her way back to Tulane.

Hazell earned her bachelor’s degree in individualized studies with a concentration in entrepreneurship and business management. In 2026, she added her master’s in education in human resource development and learning design technology certificate.