Salim-Beasley took over as head coach at Rutgers in May of last year.
Salim-Beasley and her coaching staff—Michael Rosso and Anastasia Halbig, who previously worked with her during her head coaching stint at Temple—set out to work on something that is at first intangible but makes a visible impact in the long run: the team culture. …
“[Culture] is everything,” she said. “It creates common goals and encourages us to support each other through everything, which ends up washing away any little conflicts because everything is already in place. …
Senior captain Riahanah Ali said she and her teammates could sense the new coaching staff’s commitment from the start. …

