New associate head coach Todd Starkey worked up the ranks before landing with Arizona women’s basketball

KENT, OH - JANUARY 29: Kent State Golden Flashes head coach Todd Starkey on the sideline during the third quarter of the woman's college basketball game between the Eastern Michigan Eagles and Kent State Golden Flashes on January 29, 2025, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, OH. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s on everyone’s minds this time of year. The transfer portal, who’s entering, who’s going where.

Programs are going to lose players in this day and age. Maybe many. Maybe every year.

It’s the way of the world in the modern Division I landscape. That doesn’t mean coaches aren’t looking to minimize the attrition with everything in their tool boxes, and it’s not always just about NIL. It’s one reason Arizona women’s basketball head coach Becky Burke hired new associate head coach Todd Starkey .

“You see the turnover with some teams in our league right now,” Burke said. “You see the turnover with some teams you didn’t expect, and what you see on social media. There is going to be a huge amount of transition every single year.