Nancy Lizabeth Lieberman ( born Nancy Lizabeth Lieberman , married Cline , born Cline ; born July 1, 1958 , Brooklyn , New York ) is an American basketball player , basketball coach and sports commentator. Liberman, who played as a defender , was the youngest basketball player in the history of the Olympic Games to win a medal (silver medalist of the 1976 Games at 18). During the university career, she won the U.S. student championship twice, was elected to the symbolic amateur North American team three times, twice won the Margaret Wade Prize (as the player of the year in the student league) and once the Broderick Cup (as the athlete of the year in U.S. college sports). 1979 World Champion . As a professional, he is the champion and the most valuable player of WABA in 1984, a player of the men's teams of the Basketball League of the United States . Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame since 1996 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame since 1999.
| Nancy Lieberman | |
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 Nancy Lieberman (left) presents a prize named after her , Moraye Jefferson , 2015 | |
| Completed her career | |
| Position | Point guard |
| Nicknames | Lady Magic |
| Height | 175 cm |
| The weight | 63 kg |
| Citizenship | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| School | Far Rockaway ( Queens , New York ) |
| College | Old Dominion (1976-1980) |
| VNBA draft | 15th ( Elite Round Two ), 1997 , Phoenix Mercury |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Nancy Lieberman was born and raised in Brooklyn (New York), having mastered the aggressive, athletic style of basketball, not typical for women basketball players of her time, at the sites in Harlem [3] . In 1975, while still a student at Far Rockaway High School [4] , she was drafted into the US women's basketball team to participate in the Pan American Games , becoming the youngest ever basketball player in the US national team at this tournament [5] . Lieberman and the national team won the title of champion of the Pan American Games, and the next year, at 18, became the youngest basketball player to win a medal at the Olympic Games when the US team became second in a basketball tournament in Montreal [6] .
After leaving school, Lieberman entered the Old Dominion University , where she played for the university basketball team for four seasons. Over the years, she spent 134 games for the university team in the championships of the Association of Women's University Sports ( AIAW ) and in the National Women's Invitational Tournament, gaining 2430 points, 1167 rebounds, 983 assists and more than 700 ball interceptions. In 1978, she won the National Women's Invitation Tournament with the university team, in 1979 she led the team to her first championship title at AIAW, and a year later repeated this success [7] . For three consecutive years, in 1978, 1979 and 1980, Lieberman was included in the symbolic amateur team of North America, twice won the Margaret Wade Prize (as a player of the year at AIAW), and in 1980 became the owner of the Broderick Cup - an award awarded annually to the best student US athlete [6] . While studying at the university, she continued to play for the US team, becoming the world champion and silver medalist of the Pan American Games in 1979 [7] . In the summer of 1980, after graduation, Lieberman was supposed to participate in the US Olympic Games in Moscow as part of the US team, but the trip of the American team to this tournament did not take place due to the American boycott [8] .
In 1980, Lieberman was selected in the first round of the draft of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WNBL ) by the Dallas Diamonds club [6] . Joining this team in 1981, she reached the final of the VNBL [4] in her first season with Dallas, and three years later completed her performances for him in the rank of champion of another professional women's league - WABA . Association ). According to the results of the 1984 season, Lieberman was recognized as the most valuable player of WABA [9] .
In 1986, Lieberman signed a contract with Springfield Fame, a member of the United States Basketball League , one of the minor professional basketball leagues in the United States. She became the first woman to play for a men's professional basketball club [6] . Lieberman continued her playing career in men's professional basketball the next year with the United States Long Island Knights Basketball League club, and in 1988 she took part in the Harlem Globotrotters tour as part of their main sparring partner, Washington Generals [9 ] . In the same year, she married USBL player Tim Klein [10] .
In 1997, at the first draft of the VNBA, the 39-year-old Liberman, who managed to work as a coach and manager of tennis player Martina Navratilova [8] , was chosen in the second round by the Phoenix Mercury club. She became the VNBA's oldest basketball player and won the Western Conference tournament with the club. Five months later, Lieberman was appointed head coach of another VNBA team - Detroit Shock [7] . She held this post for three years [11] , in her first season with Detroit, losing only to Van Chancellor in the vote for the title of coach of the year in the VNBA [7] .
Later, Lieberman served as president of the Women's Sports Fund for two years, and later coached the Dallas Fury club, which led to the league title in the National Women's Basketball League [4] . She also collaborated with ESPN as a sports analyst. In 2008, at the age of 50, Lieberman signed a weekly contract with the Detroit Shock club, replacing Cheryl Ford , who injured her knee, and played another match at the VNBA. In 9 minutes and 14 seconds on the court in the match against Houston Comets , she made two assists and made two losses to the ball [11] .
In 2009, Lieberman took over as the head coach of the new NBA Development League club “ Texas Legends ” [12] , becoming the first woman to head coach at the men's professional basketball club. In his first season with the Legends, Lieberman and the team reached the playoffs of the Development League and in 2011 was appointed to the post of assistant general manager of the club [9] . In July 2015, Lieberman took the position of assistant coach of the NBA club Sacramento Kings , becoming the second woman in the history of the NBA in this post after Becky Hammon [13] . Although at the beginning of 2016 the press published information about her “unofficial exile” due to disagreements with head coach George Karl [14] , Lieberman began the 2016/2017 season in the Sacramento coaching team [15] .
Nancy Liberman, nicknamed “Lady Magic” by analogy with Magic Johnson [5] , in 1979 became a member of the New York Public Schools Sports Hall of Fame [10] , in 1992 the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, and in 1993 and 1996 accordingly, became the first woman whose name was included in the lists of the New York Basketball Hall of Fame and the Basketball Hall of Fame [7] . In 1999, she also became a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame [6] . T.J. Klein, her son from marriage to Tim Klein (ended in divorce in 2001), also achieved success in college basketball [16] .
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Nancy L. Lieberman . Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 About Nancy Lieberman (link not available) . Nancy Lieberman Charities. Date of treatment February 20, 2017. Archived October 22, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Schultz, 2013 , p. 710.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Nancy Lieberman (unavailable link) . Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Date of treatment February 20, 2017. Archived October 23, 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Nancy Lieberman (unavailable link) . Virginia Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. Date of treatment February 20, 2017. Archived on April 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Nancy Liberman - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ 1 2 3 Schultz, 2013 , p. 711.
- ↑ 1 2 Gerald Gems. Nancy Lieberman-Cline . Jewish Womens' Archive Encyclopedia . Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Shock sign 50-year-old Lieberman to seven-day contract . ESPN (July 25, 2008). Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ Marc Stein. Lieberman to coach in D-League . ESPN (November 5, 2009). Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ Nancy Lieberman: Becky Hammon opened a lot of doors . ESPN (July 31, 2015). Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ Ananth Pandian. Report: Kings' infighting has caused George Karl to exile Lieberman . CBS (March 17, 2016). Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ Kings Announce Coaching Staff for 2016-17 Season . NBA (June 3, 3016). Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
- ↑ Nicole Auerbach. Richmond's TJ Cline, Nancy Lieberman's son, creates own identity . USA Today (February 13, 2015). Date of treatment February 20, 2017.
Literature
- Jaime Schultz. Lieberman, Nancy (1958—) // American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas / Murry R. Nelson (Ed.). - Greenwood, 2013 .-- Vol. 2. - P. 710-711. - ISBN 978-0-313-39752-3 .
Links
- nancylieberman.com/about - official site of Nancy Liberman
- Nancy Lieberman (link unavailable) . Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Date of treatment February 20, 2017. Archived October 23, 2009.
- Statistics (English) on the website Basketball-reference