Only active female assistant coach in NBA’s D-League willing role model and teacher as season begins.
Trailblazers seldom take the route most travelled. They find ways to circumvent the norms to set new standards and reach new heights, to become role models for generations to follow.
It is true with the latest unique addition to the Toronto sports scene: 27-year-old Nicki Gross, named Friday as an assistant coach for basketball development with the Toronto Raptors’ D-League affiliate, Raptors 905, and just the third woman in an assistant role in league history.