By K. King
Dallas - That's right....the first female caoch of a male-dominated basketball team is Nancy Lieberman. Lieberman, former coach of the SMU Lady Mustangs will coach the Texas Legends mens D-League team in Frisco, Texas.
Donnie Nelson, team owner and general manager/president of The Dallas Mavericks believes in taking risks. Certainly, he'll make history hiring the first female coach to head a mens basketball team. Dallas native and former al-star point guard of the Atlanta Hawks, is the teams (Texas Legends) General Manager.
D-League stands for "development" league. Designed to develop players for the NBA...NBA D-League is a minor league team based in Frisco, Texas along with the Texas roughriders, baseball minor league team.
The first game for the Texas Legends is five months away and no players have been pick. What are they waiting for? No worries, Donnie will make this happen in fact "the start-up NBA Development League team in Frisco is already putting on the full-court press.." says Valerie Wigglesworth, sportswriter Dallas Morning News.
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