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Nancy Lieberman

Nancy Lieberman
Moriah Jefferson receiving Nancy Lieberman Award cropped.jpg
Lieberman presenting trophy to Moriah Jefferson
Sacramento Kings
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1958-07-01) July 1, 1958 (age 58)
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High school Far Rockaway
(New York City, New York)
College Old Dominion (1976–1980)
WNBA draft 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career 1980–2008
Position Point guard
Coaching career 1998–present
Career history
As player:
1980–1981; 1984 Dallas Diamonds
1986 Springfield Fame
1987 Long Island Knights
1997 Phoenix Mercury
2008 Detroit Shock
As coach:
19982000 Detroit Shock
2009–2011 Texas Legends
2015–present Sacramento Kings (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman (born July 1, 1958), nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and currently works as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in American women's basketball.

In 2000, she was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Lieberman is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Lieberman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 1, 1958, to Jerome and Renee Lieberman. She was raised Jewish, but has become a born-again Christian. Her family lived in Brooklyn, when she was born, but soon moved to Far Rockaway, New York where she grew up with her older brother Clifford. Her mother brought up the children after a separation and divorce. While growing up, she was very interested in a variety of sports, playing baseball, softball and football with boys, before settling on basketball as her primary sport. She played basketball primarily on pickup teams with boys, not playing on a girls' team until she was a high school sophomore. While attending Far Rockaway High School in Queens, New York, she established herself as one of the top women's basketball players in the country by earning one of only 12 slots on the USA's National Team. In 1975, Lieberman was named to the USA Team designated to play in the World Championships and Pan American Games, where she brought home a gold medal


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