Teresa Weatherspoon
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Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon (born December 8, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Chicago Sky[1] of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA and served as the head basketball coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. Weatherspoon was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.[2] In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. In 2016, Weatherspoon was chosen to the WNBA Top 20@20, a list of the league's best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA's twentieth anniversary.
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Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1965-12-08) December 8, 1965 (age 58) Pineland, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | West Sabine (Pineland, Texas) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Louisiana Tech (1984–1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1988–2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2007–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1992 | Busto Arsizio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Magenta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Como | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2003 | New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007–2008 | Westchester Phantoms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Louisiana Tech (associate head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2014 | Louisiana Tech (Head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | New Orleans Pelicans (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Chicago Sky (Head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall record | 99–71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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