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For the past four seasons, Weatherspoon was an
assistant coach with the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans.
The Sky made the playoffs this season with an 18-22 record under
two head coaches. James Wade left on July 1 to take an assistant
coaching job with the Toronto Raptors. Emre Vatansever took over
on an interim basis and guided Chiago to an 11-13 regular-season
mark. The Sky were swept in two games during the opening round
of the playoffs by the league-leading Las Vegas Aces.
After a stellar playing career, Weatherspoon began her coaching
career by spending the 2007-08 season in charge of the
Westchester Phantoms of the semi-pro men's American Basketball
Association. She then spent six seasons as head coach at her
alma mater, Louisiana Tech, guiding the Lady Techsters to a
99-71 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
Weatherspoon propelled Louisiana Tech to the 1988 NCAA
Tournament championship, the same year she was part of a U.S.
squad that won a gold medal in the Seoul Olympics.
After playing professionally overseas for nearly a decade,
Weatherspoon was an original WNBA player when they league tipped
off in 1997, playing for the New York Liberty. She spent seven
seasons with the Liberty, making five All-Star teams, before
finishing her playing career with the Los Angeles Sparks in
2004.
She became a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in
2010, and nine years later she was elected to the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
--Field Level Media
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