First female basketball coach in Japan Natalie Nakase eyes NBA

Just 157 centimetres tall, Natalie Nakase has never let her size stand in the way of her big dreams on the basketball court.

And now the 31-year-old American and first female head coach in Japan’s professional men’s league, has her sights set firmly on the NBA.

If her dream comes true, it would be another breakthrough for women in sport as the National Basketball Association, the sport’s premier league based in North America, has never had a female…

via First female basketball coach in Japan eyes NBA – FRANCE 24.