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CHICAGO (October 12,2023) — The Chicago Sky have hired Teresa Weatherspoon, a WNBA great and Hall of Famer, as their new head coach, the team announced today. “We are thrilled to welcome Teresa Weatherspoon as the new head coach of the Chicago Sky,” Sky Co-Owner and Operating Chairman Nadia Rawlinson stated. Teresa, a WNBA legend, five-time All-Star, Olympian, and college national champion, joins the Sky with extensive NBA and college coaching experience. Teresa’s standard of excellence and experience of winning at all levels, along with her enthusiasm, energy, and skill in player development, make her the ideal candidate to build on our championship culture and usher in an exciting new era.”
She was taken No. 10 overall by New York in the WNBA’s first draft in 1997. Weatherspoon then had a legendary eight-year career in the league, spending her first seven seasons in New York (1997-2003) and her final year in Los Angeles (2004). She guided the Liberty to the first WNBA Finals in 1997 and 1999. Weatherspoon ranks second on the Liberty’s all-time minutes played list (6,842), first in all-time assists (1,306), and first in all-time steals (453) for the franchise. She returned to New York as the Liberty’s inaugural Director of Player and Franchise Development from 2015 to 2019.
In 2016, she was designated one of the WNBA’s top 20 best and most impactful players in history. She is a five-time WNBA All-Star Starter (1999-2003), four-time All-WNBA Second Team (1997-2000), two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997-98) — the first WNBA player ever named DPOY in 1997 — league leader in assists and steals in 1997, WNBA All-Decade Team Honorable Mention (2006), and WNBA Top-15 player (2011).
“I’m thrilled to be a part of the Chicago Sky Family,” Weatherspoon stated. “To be the Head Coach of an organization in a city with such rich history and culture is a dream come true. The things we are about to do as a team, a business, and in the community will be founded on excitement, excellence, and hard work. I want to thank the entire Chicago group for going through this process and picking me. I can not wait to go to work!”
