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Golden State hired the lead assistant of the Las Vegas Aces to lead their new WNBA franchise in 2025

The Golden State Valkyries don’t have a team yet, but they’ve locked down one of the WNBA’s best assistants to be the franchise’s first head coach.

Here she is, your Golden State Valkyries Head Coach, @NatalieNakase! pic.twitter.com/q0WkXHlorY

— Golden State Valkyries (@wnbagoldenstate) October 10, 2024

The 44-year-old Nakase spent 10 years coaching in the NBA before joining head coach Becky Hammon’s staff with the Las Vegas Aces before the 2022 WNBA season. That September, she became the first Asian-American coach to win a WNBA title, and in 2023 Nakase and the Aces won it all again.