List of female NBA coaches

The list of female NBA coaches includes all women coaches who have been assistant and/or head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

List

Note: These lists are correct through the start of the 2021–22 season.[1]

Yrs Number of seasons coached in the NBA
* Denotes head or assistant coach who is still active in the NBA

List of assistant coaches

Assistant coach Nationality[A] Career[B] Yrs Notes Ref.
Jenny Boucek*  United States 2017–present 5 Assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers. Previously assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks, player development coach for the Sacramento Kings. [2]
Lisa Boyer  United States 2001–2002 1 Assistant for the Cleveland Cavaliers. First woman to hold a coaching position in NBA history. [3][4]
Brittni Donaldson*  United States 2019–present 3 Assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks. Previously Assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons in the 2022–23 season and the Toronto Raptors in from 2019 to 2021. [5]
Lindsay Gottlieb  United States 2019–2021 2 Assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers. First women's college coach recruited to an NBA staff. Left NBA to return to the college ranks as the head coach of the USC Trojans women's team. [6][7]
Becky Hammon  Russia
 United States 		2014–2022 8 Assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs. First female full-time assistant coach in any of North America's major professional leagues. Head Coach of 2015 Las Vegas NBA Summer League championship team. First woman to serve as the head coach in an NBA game while the Spurs were playing the Lakers on December 30, 2020. Left NBA to become head coach of the WNBA Las Vegas Aces team. [8]
Lindsey Harding*  United States 2019–present 3 Assistant coach/player development coach for the Sacramento Kings. Previously player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers [9][10]
Niele Ivey  United States 2019–2020 1 Previously Assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019-20 season [11]
Kara Lawson  United States 2019–2020 1 Former assistant coach for the Boston Celtics. Currently head coach for the Duke Blue Devils women's team. [12][13]
Nancy Lieberman  United States 2015–2017 2 Assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings. First woman to coach a professional men's basketball team, the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League (2010–2011). [14]
Natalie Nakase  United States 2018–2020 2 Assistant coach with Agua Caliente Clippers. Previously Assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers. First woman to sit on the bench as an assistant coach in the NBA, during the 2014 Summer League. [15]
Sonia Raman*  United States 2020–present 2 Assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. [16]
Kristi Toliver  Slovakia
 United States 		2018–2023 4 Assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks. Previously assistant coach with the Washington Wizards. [17]
Karen Stack Umlauf  United States 2018–2020 2 Assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls, previously the Bulls' senior director of basketball operations. [18]
Teresa Weatherspoon  United States 2019–2024 4 Assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans. [1]
Edniesha Curry  United States 2021–2022 1 Assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. Currently head coach of the U.S. Virgin Islands men's basketball team. [19][20]

See also

Notes

  • A Nationality indicates a coach's representative nationality.
  • B Career in the NBA

References

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  4. ^ "Lisa Boyer promoted to associate head coach". thestate.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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  6. ^ "Cavs hire Cal's Lindsay Gottlieb as assistant coach". nba.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers Asst. Lindsay Gottlieb, Who Led California To NCAA Final Four, Named USC Women's Basketball Head Coach". USC Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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  10. ^ "Sixers assistant coach Lindsey Harding is a 'rising star' in the NBA". Andscape. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Grizzlies hire Niele Ivey, NBA's ninth female coach". USA Today. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Celtics hire Kara Lawson to be assistant coach". espn.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  13. ^ Chase, Brandon. "Kara Lawson accepts head women's basketball coach position at Duke". Boston.com. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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  15. ^ "Natalie Nakase On Her New NBA Coaching Job". clipsnation.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Memphis Grizzlies hire MIT women's basketball coach Sonia Raman as assistant coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 11, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  17. ^ "Kristi Toliver, an N.B.A. Assistant Who's Paid Like an Intern". The New York Times. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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  19. ^ "Edniesha Curry to Join Blazers' Coaching Staff". blazersedge.com. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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