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The NBA has evolved to the point that it’s no longer surprising to find a woman in a position of influence, but the unconventional paths that have long been open to male coaches have not yet become available to women. “I was shocked when he finished by asking if I would be interested in interviewing.”

“I thought he might be calling to pick my brain for potential candidates in women’s basketball,” Raman told Yahoo Sports. She suspected nothing even after Cho began an August phone conversation by telling her about a vacant assistant coaching position. While Raman stayed in touch with Cho, she had no inkling a job offer was forthcoming. Vice president of basketball strategy Rich Cho shrewdly recognized Raman might be a good resource given her connection to a pool of college students as comfortable solving equations as running a pick and roll. was in September 2017 selected to serve on the Coaches Council for the Alliance of Women Coaches, which aims to empower women coaches, at all levels, by providing support, resources, events and programs which address the needs and interests of its members.The Memphis Grizzlies first stumbled across Raman more than a year ago while searching for potential interns with backgrounds in math and basketball. Sonia, who served as an ambassador in the Massachusetts area. A four-year player and a captain for the Tufts, she graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and went on to receive a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 2001. During her six-year tenure, she scouted opponents, assisted with practice and game planning, managed individual player skill and leadership development, and served as the Blue’s primary recruiter.Īn Sonia began her intercollegiate coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Tufts University. Prior to her arrival at MIT, she was the top assistant coach at Wellesley College. Eighteen of her players have earned New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) All-Conference accolades, including four Rookie of the Year honours. Sonia has had a very successful stint at MIT as she took the team to three Division III finals and was also voted coach of the year in her region. “I must also give a truly special thank you to MIT and the women I’ve had the honour of coaching for the past 12 years. “I can’t wait to get to Memphis and get started with Taylor, his staff and the team’s emerging young core,” she said. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to be part of the Memphis Grizzlies coaching staff,” she was quoted as saying by the Grizzlies in a release. Sonia is the 14th woman coach in NBA history and the seventh to join the league since 2019.

She comes in place of Niele Ivey, a former Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star who left to take up head coach’s role at University of Notre Dame. Sonia, who coached MIT for 12 years will join head coach Taylor Jenkins’s staff on November 1. Sonia, who is the head coach of the women’s basketball team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), becomes the fourth person of Indian-origin to work as a coach in the NBA, joining Vin Bhavnani (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Roy Rana (Sacramento Kings) and Adi Vase (Fitness coach with Golden STate Warriors).

She thus becomes the first woman of Indian origin to join the coaching staff of a National Basketball Association (NBA) team. The Memphis Grizzlies, who narrowly missed making the playoffs in 2019-20 season, have hired Indian American Sonia Raman as one of their assistant coaches.