SAN FRANCISCO -- University of San Francisco coach Jennifer Azzi, the former Stanford and U.S. star, has come out as gay, announcing she is married to her top assistant, Blair Hardiek.
Azzi made the announcement Thursday night when she introduced Golden State Warriors president Rick Welts at the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award ceremony in San Francisco. In 2011, Welts -- then president and chief executive of the Phoenix Suns -- became the first senior sports executive to openly acknowledge he is gay.