Another WNBA team has reportedly landed a leader, with the Seattle Storm rumored to have tapped former New York Liberty and Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach Sonia Raman as the team's newest head coach.
Building out her early head coaching career in the NCAA's Division III leading the MIT Engineers, Raman spent four seasons as an NBA assistant in Memphis before joining Sandy Brondello's Liberty staff for the 2025 WNBA season.
According to a Friday report, the Seattle Storm have offered Raman a multi-year deal, and the hiring will make her the first-ever WNBA head coach of Indian descent.
With the Dallas Wings as well as both 2026 expansion teams the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo also recently locking in their new locker room leaders, Seattle's sideline news means that only 2024 champions New York remain without a manager well into the WNBA offseason.
Reports indicate that Raman initially caught the Liberty's eye, after Brondello parted ways with the team following New York's first-round exit from the 2025 WNBA Playoffs.
Raman will replace Seattle's 2021-2025 head coach Noelle Quinn, taking over a Storm roster centered around 2025 WNBA Draft overall No. 2 pick and All-Rookie team honoree Dominique Malonga plus an anticipated 2026 lottery pick.
Hoping to flip the script on their 2025 WNBA season, the Chicago Sky will take on the Indiana Fever for the second time this year in a history-making primetime CBS matchup on Saturday.
Looking to avenge their 35-point season-opening loss to Indiana, the Sky will host the Fever in Chicago's famed United Center for the first time in WNBA history.
As for the Fever, they'll aim for a second Sky defeat without star guard Caitlin Clark, who is still day-to-day with a quad injury.
With the bulk of the league chasing just five teams currently sitting above .500 in the early standings, the Sky aren't the only WNBA team looking to make up ground this weekend:
- LA Sparks vs. Dallas Wings, Friday at 9:30 PM ET (ION): Both young squads will look to snap a three-game losing streak and steal some positive momentum on Friday night — though the Wings will have to do so without 2025 No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers, who is still in concussion protocol.
- Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky, Saturday at 8 PM ET (CBS): On a two-game winning streak, the Sky have a chance to even the score against the Fever — and do so in the arena that Michael Jordan made famous.
- Seattle Storm vs. Phoenix Mercury, Saturday at 10 PM ET (WNBA League Pass): The 4-4 Storm will attempt to make a statement against a Mercury side that is still finding ways to win, despite a number of sidelined stars.
Though early top performers are leading the 2025 WNBA season charge, there's a lot of room in the middle of the standings for teams to make a statement.