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Oct 24, 2023
Tasha Butts (1982–2023), Georgetown women’s basketball head coach
Tasha Butts was a former WNBA player who had recently been named the head coach of Georgetown University’s women’s basketball team.
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Jul 10, 2023
Nikki McCray-Penson (1971–2023), WNBA star and coach
Nikki McCray-Penson was a star of the WNBA who won Olympic gold on the U.S. women’s basketball team in 1996 and 2000.
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Dec 16, 2022
Billie Moore (1943–2022), first U.S. Olympic women’s basketball head coach
Billie Moore was a women’s basketball coach who coached the first U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team to a silver medal in 1976.
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Mar 29, 2022
Joan Joyce (1940–2022), softball legend and LPGA record-holder
Joan Joyce was the longtime head softball coach at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), as well as a record-setting golfer and basketball player.
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Jan 19, 2022
Lusia Harris (1955–2022), only woman ever drafted by the NBA
Lusia Harris was a basketball pioneer and the only woman ever drafted by the NBA.
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Nov 20, 2020
Nancy Darsch (1951–2020), one of the original WNBA coaches
Nancy Darsch was a women’s basketball coach who helped take USA Basketball to gold at the 1984 and 1996 Olympics and was one of the original WNBA coaches.
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Mar 19, 2012
The Mother of Women’s Hoops
Senda Berenson never aspired to become a pioneer of women’s sport, but she invented women’s basketball anyway.
