Weatherspoon spent four years as an assistant coach with the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans.
The are finalizing a deal to make Basketball Hall of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon the team’s next head coach, league sources told The Athletic on Tuesday. The sides have been in discussions for weeks after she emerged as the leading candidate for the role. Here’s what you need to know: Weatherspoon spent four years as an assistant coach with the ’s New Orleans Pelicans before the organization parted with her in the offseason.
8 seed and was swept in the first round of the playoffs by Las Vegas. After a stellar playing career, which saw her named to the WNBA’s 20th anniversary team, Weatherspoon has been a coach at numerous levels — most recently as an assistant and later head coach at Louisiana Tech and as an assistant with the Pelicans. Still, she has maintained ties to the WNBA and a current generation of players still speaks highly of what she can bring. “She pours into people,” Liberty center .