Teresa Weatherspoon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Teresa Weatherspoon
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 8, 1965(1965-12-08)
Age	59
Birthplace	Pineland
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Teresa Weatherspoon Biography

Teresa Weatherspoon is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on December 8, 1965 in Pineland, Texas, United States. Famous point guard, who played in the inaugural season of the WNBA in 1997. He also was a player with the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks until 2004.

She is the second cousin of NFL football player She is second cousins with NFL player Sean Weatherspoon…

Weatherspoon continued with the National team at the 1986 World Championship, held in Moscow, a month after the Goodwill games in Moscow, although she was injured and unable to play. The USA team was even more dominant this time. The early games were won easily, and the semifinal against Canada, while the closest game for the USA so far, ended up an 82–59 victory. At the same time, the Soviet team was winning easily as well, and the final game pitted two teams each with 6–0 records. The Soviet team, having lost only once at home, wanted to show that the Goodwill games setback was a fluke. The USA team started by scoring the first eight points, and raced to a 45–23 lead, although the Soviets fought back and reduced the halftime margin to 13. The USA went on a 15—1 run in the second half to out the game away, and ended up winning the gold medal with a score of 108–88.

Weatherspoon was selected to represent the US at the inaugural Goodwill games, held in Moscow in July 1986. North Carolina State’s Kay Yow served as head coach. The team opened up with a 72–53 of Yugoslavia, and followed that with a 21-point win over Brazil 91–70. The third game was against Czechoslovakia and would be much closer, ending in a 78–70 victory. The USA faced Bulgaria in the semi-final match up, and again won, this time 67–58. This set up the final against the Soviet Union, led by 7-foot-2 Ivilana Semenova, considered the most dominant player in the world. The Soviet team, had a 152–2 record in major international competition over the prior three decades, including an 84–82 win over the US in the 1983 World Championships. The Soviets held the early edge, leading 21–19 at one time, before the USA went on a scoring run to take a large lead they would never relinquish. The final score was 83–60 in favor of the US, earning the gold medal for the USA squad. For the entire event, Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon averaged 1.6 points per game.

The parents of her include Charles and Rowena Weatherspoon.

Teresa Weatherspoon Net Worth

Teresa Weatherspoon is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Teresa Weatherspoon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She played in the NCAA basketball tournament in Louisiana Tech. Louisiana Tech, and played professionally abroad from 1988 until 1997.

Following her professional playing career, she started coaching and then took over the coach’s position at her old school in the year 2009.

Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon (born December 8, 1965) is a retired American basketball player who played for the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (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. 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 [email protected], a list of the league’s best 20 players ever in celebration of the WNBA’s twentieth anniversary.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2007 Weatherspoon was the head coach of the Westchester Phantoms of the American Basketball Association. In April 2008 she joined the coaching staff of the Lady Techsters of Louisiana Tech. On February 9, 2009, she was promoted to interim head coach to replace former head coach Chris Long. April 2, 2009 saw Louisiana Tech shed the interim label and name Teresa head women’s basketball coach. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the fifteen-year history of the WNBA. In 2016, Weatherspoon was named in the WNBA Top [email protected] On September 26, 2019, Weatherspoon was named two-way player development coach for the New Orleans Pelicans.

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Top Facts about Teresa Weatherspoon

1. Teresa Weatherspoon is a retired American basketball player.
2. She played for the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks.
3. Weatherspoon won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA.
4. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
5. Weatherspoon is currently an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans.
6. She was named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year twice.
7. Weatherspoon played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University.
8. She ranks third all-time in WNBA assists (1,018).
9. Weatherspoon was a five-time WNBA All-Star selection.
10. She also played professionally overseas in Italy and Russia.

Where is Teresa Weatherspoon now?

New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Teresa Weatherspoon is drawing out of consideration for the head coach opening with the Phoenix Mercury , The Athletic first reported. Weatherspoon will remain on staff in New Orleans after being named the assistant coach in 2020.

When did Teresa Weatherspoon retire?

Weatherspoon retired after the 2004 season and broke into coaching a few years later. Following a brief spell with the ABA’s Westchester Phantoms in 2007-08, she returned to Louisiana Tech as an assistant.

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