The list of female NBA coaches includes all women coaches who have been assistant and/or head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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 |
Assistant coach | Nationality[A] | Career[B] | Yrs | Notes | Ref. |
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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] |