Teresa Weatherspoon

Teresa Weatherspoon
Weatherspoon introduction as Chicago Sky Head Coach, 2023
Vinyl BC
PositionHead coach
LeagueUnrivaled
Personal information
Born (1965-12-08) December 8, 1965
Pineland, Texas, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight161 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolWest Sabine (Pineland, Texas)
CollegeLouisiana Tech (1984–1988)
Playing career1988–2004
PositionGuard
Number11
Coaching career2007–present
Career history
As a player:
1988–1992Busto Arsizio
1992–1993Magenta
1993–1994Como
1994–1996CSKA Moscow
19972003New York Liberty
2004Los Angeles Sparks
As a coach:
2007–2008Westchester Phantoms
2008–2009Louisiana Tech (associate HC)
2009–2014Louisiana Tech
20202023New Orleans Pelicans (assistant)
2024Chicago Sky
2025–presentVinyl BC
Career highlights
Career statistics
Overall record99–71
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA World Championship for Women
1986 MoscowTeam Competition
Olympic Games
1988 SeoulTeam Competition
1992 BarcelonaTeam Competition

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 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. 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.