The Sacramento Kings have offered Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman a job as an assistant coach.
Lieberman, who was the head coach of the NBA Development League’s Texas Legends from 2009 to 2011, called Thursday a “crazy, wonderful day,” in a text message to USA TODAY Sports.
Lieberman would become the second female assistant coach to join an NBA staff after Becky Hammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs in April 2014.
Lieberman tweeted late Thursday night that she was “honored to be a Sacramento King.”
A formal announcement is expected next week for the 57-year-old Lieberman to join head coach George Karl’s staff.
“Definitely I’m going to offer her a job,” Kings vice president Vlade Divac told the Sacramento Bee. “George and I talked about bringing her back after she helped us at Summer League (in Las Vegas). She was terrific. She brings a different dimension. I think it is a nice opportunity for her.”
Lieberman was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996. She played for the Phoenix Mercury at age 39 during the WNBA’s inaugural season in 1997.