One in all California’s best possible women highschool basketball coaches is making the bounce to the pro ranks.
The WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury introduced Monday that it’s hiring Windward Top College’s Vanessa Nygaard as its subsequent head trainer. Nygaard received two state championships and 5 sectional titles all the way through her stint at Windward.
A qualified workforce plucking a highschool head trainer to prepared the ground may appear to be slightly of a succeed in, however Nygaard isn’t the common highschool head trainer. Nygaard starred at Stanford and helped the Cardinal succeed in 3 Ultimate Fours. She additionally spent six years taking part in within the WNBA and has labored as an assistant trainer on the faculty stage, within the WNBA and with USA Basketball since her taking part in days ended.
Nygaard began her highschool head training at Windward with a 32-1 document in 2012-13 and received 20 or extra video games in seven of her first 8 seasons. The Wildcats received consecutive state championships underneath Nygaard’s watch in 2017 and 2018.
Nygaard will now step into probably the most horny jobs within the WNBA. Phoenix reached the finals remaining season and has a roster plagued by megastar energy from Diana Taurasi to Brittney Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith.
