After joining the staff in 2020, Teresa Weatherspoon will no longer be an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The team is parting ways with the 57-year-old, who reportedly turned down other chances in hopes of greater opportunities in New Orleans, per Charania.
Weatherspoon joined the organization as a player-development coach in 2019 before being promoted to assistant coach. During her tenure, she was lauded as someone to watch in the running to become the NBA’s first female head coach.
The former WNBA star is a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and five-time All-Star. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019 after leading the New York Liberty to four WNBA Finals.
