After a loss to the Phoenix Mercury on July 14, Nakase ripped officials after the Valkyries lost on a late free throw. When ...

Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase got honest about what she wants and needs in players for a new expansion team.

Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase has plenty of experience with Aces superstar A’ja Wilson–she was an assistant coach with ...

Valkyries' Natalie Nakase and Kaitlin Chen have a shared history playing in the North South Asian-American high school ...

Parting ways with a player in the WNBA is always a hard process. Basketball is a tight knit sport with a much smaller roster size relative to it's Big Four cous ...

Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase has had a successful first year at helm, with some honors to back that up. But joining ...

Las Vegas Aces assistant coach Natalie Nakase, left, shares a laugh with head coach Becky Hammon on the bench before a game against the Washington Mystics on Aug. 11, 2023, in Las Vegas.

Natalie Nakase received a text message from Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr in October after she was introduced as the head coach of the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's 13th and newest ...

That focus and grit is what led to Nakase, 45, to going from being a walk-on at UCLA to team captain as a 5-foot-2 freshman in 1998. It's what made her the first Asian American player to join the ...

Currently, Nakase has two very important doubter: her parents. Her father, whom she says is her best friend, was skeptical when he learned she wanted to become an NBA head coach by reading an ...

Natalie Nakase seeks to climb from Clippers’ video room to NBA coach Clippers video coordinator Natalie Nakase assists players during warmups before a game against Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 10.

Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase, left, laughs while talking with guard Kaitlyn Chen while being interviewed during training camp at the WNBA team's facility in Oakland, Calif ...