Teresa Weatherspoon

Teresa Weatherspoon
	Weatherspoon introduction as Chicago Sky Head Coach, 2023
Vinyl BC
Position	Head coach
League	Unrivaled
Personal information
Born	December 8, 1965 (age 58); Pineland, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	West Sabine (Pineland, Texas)
College	Louisiana Tech (1984–1988)
Playing career	1988–2004
Position	Guard
Number	11
Coaching career	2007–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1992	Busto Arsizio
1992–1993	Magenta
1993–1994	Como
1994–1996	CSKA Moscow
1997–2003	New York Liberty
2004	Los Angeles Sparks
As coach:
2007–2008	Westchester Phantoms
2008–2009	Louisiana Tech (associate HC)
2009–2014	Louisiana Tech
2020–2023	New Orleans Pelicans (assistant)
2024	Chicago Sky
2025–present	Vinyl BC
Career highlights and awards
	NCAA champion (1988); 2× WAC regular season champion (2009, 2011); WAC Tournament champion (2010); Wade Trophy (1988); Honda Sports Award for basketball (1988); 2× Kodak All-American (1987, 1988); America South Player of the Year (1988); Broderick Cup winner (1988); 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997, 1998); 5× WNBA All-Star (1999–2003); 4× All-WNBA Second Team (1997–2000); WNBA assist champion (1997); 2× WNBA steals champion (1997, 1998); WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011); WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016); 6× Italian League All-Star (1989–1994); Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1995);
Career statistics
Overall record	99–71
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball
Representing United States
FIBA World Championship for Women
Olympic Games

Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon (born December 8, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Vinyl BC of the Unrivaled basketball league. She was previously the head coach of the Chicago Sky^[1] of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA and served as the head basketball coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. Weatherspoon was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.^[2] In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. In 2016, Weatherspoon was chosen to the WNBA Top 20@20, a list of the league's best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA's twentieth anniversary.

^ Costabile, Annie (October 10, 2023). "Sky hire Teresa Weatherspoon as coach". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
^ Kaskey-Blomain, Michael (September 6, 2019). "2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Vlade Divac thanks Jerry West; Teresa Weatherspoon gives epic speech". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

[1] Costabile, Annie (October 10, 2023). "Sky hire Teresa Weatherspoon as coach". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

[2] Kaskey-Blomain, Michael (September 6, 2019). "2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Vlade Divac thanks Jerry West; Teresa Weatherspoon gives epic speech". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

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