Dallas Wings
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| Conference | Western | ||
| Leagues | WNBA | ||
| Founded | 1998 (as Detroit) | ||
| History |
Detroit Shock 1998–2009 Tulsa Shock 2010–2015 Dallas Wings 2016–present |
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| Arena | College Park Center | ||
| Location | Arlington, Texas | ||
| Team colors | Navy, green, cyan, white |
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| Main sponsor | Baylor, Scott and White | ||
| President | Mary O'Connor | ||
| General manager | Greg Bibb | ||
| Head coach | Fred Williams | ||
| Assistant(s) | Ed Baldwin Bridget Pettis |
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| Ownership | Bill Cameron, Chris Christian | ||
| Championships | 3 (2003, 2006, 2008) | ||
| Conference titles | 4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008) | ||
| Website | wings |
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The Dallas Wings are a professional basketball team based in Arlington, Texas. The Wings play in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; the team moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma before the 2010 season; then moved to Dallas prior to the start of the 2016 season. The team is owned by an ownership group which is led by Bill Cameron. Bill Cameron is Chairman, Chris Christian is Vice Chairman, and Mary O'Connor is President. On July 20, 2015, Cameron announced that the franchise would move to Arlington, Texas for the 2016 WNBA season.
The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as athletic shooting guard Deanna Nolan, one of women's basketball's all-time leading scorers Katie Smith, former NBA great Karl Malone's daughter Cheryl Ford, Skylar Diggins, Odyssey Sims, and young Australian center Liz Cambage.
The Shock were one of the first WNBA expansion teams and began play in 1998. The Shock quickly brought in a blend of rookies and veterans, but only qualified for the postseason once in its first five years of existence. The Shock went through two coaches (hall of famer Nancy Lieberman and Greg Williams) before hiring former Detroit Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer. There were rumors the Shock would fold after the team's awful 2002 season. Laimbeer convinced the owners to keep the team for another year, certain that he could turn things around. The Shock would finish the next season with a 25–9 record and defeated the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Sparks in the 2003 WNBA Finals. Detroit became the first team in league history to go from last place one season to WNBA champions the next season.
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