LaToya Sanders
Sanders in 2019 | |
| Atlanta Dream | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 11, 1986 Nuremberg, Germany |
| Nationality | American / Turkish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Seventy-First (Fayetteville, North Carolina) |
| College | North Carolina (2004–2008) |
| WNBA draft | 2008: 1st round, 13th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Phoenix Mercury |
| Playing career | 2008–2020 |
| Position | Forward-center |
| Coaching career | 2021–present |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 2008 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2008–2009 | Maccabi Ramat Hen |
| 2009 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2009–2017 | Kayseri Kaski |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2015–2019 | Washington Mystics |
| 2017–2018 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| 2019 | Reyer Venezia |
| 2020 | Çukurova Basketbol |
| As a coach: | |
| 2021–2024 | Washington Mystics (assistant) |
| 2025–present | Atlanta Dream (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
LaToya Antoinette Sanders (née Pringle; born September 11, 1986), also known as Lara Sanders in Turkey, is an American-Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. She currently serves as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Sanders played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before getting drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2008 WNBA draft. Sanders played for seven seasons in the WNBA with the Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington Mystics. In 2019, her final season in the league, she won the championship with the Mystics. Sanders also played overseas in Israel, Turkey, Russia, and Italy. In 2012, she received Turkish citizenship and represented the Turkey women's national basketball team, including an appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
After her playing career, Sanders became an assistant coach, and later associate head coach, for the Mystics. In 2025, she was hired as assistant coach for the Atlanta Dream.