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Natalie Nakase was born on 18 April, 1980 in Anaheim, California, U.S., is an American basketball player and coach. Discover Natalie Nakase's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 18 April, 1980
Birthday 18 April
Birthplace Anaheim, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1980

Natalie Mitsue Nakase (born April 18, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach with the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

After retiring as a player, she was a head coach for both men's and women's professional teams.

She was later an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association (NBA)

Nakase grew up in Orange County, California, where she was honored as the county's high school player of the year.

She played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, receiving honorable mention as an all-conference player in the Pacific-10.

A third-generation Japanese-American, she became the first Asian American to play in the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL).

She also played in Germany before suffering a knee injury and retiring as a player.

Nakase went into coaching, and served as a head coach of a women's team in Germany before becoming the first female head coach in Japan's top pro men's league.

1998

In 1998, the team won their first California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section title.

Nakase averaged 13.9 points and 8.6 assists that season, when she was named the 1998 Orange County Player of the Year by both the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register.

She finished her career as the Sunset League leader in career assists, and set school records for career assists, steals and three-point field goals made.

Standing at 5 ft, Nakase was not heavily recruited by college basketball programs.

She turned down a full scholarship from the University of California, Irvine to attend her dream school, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was a walk-on for the UCLA Bruins basketball team.

Nakase redshirted as a freshman after injuring her left knee in an August summer league game, which required reconstructive surgery to repair her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

She recovered to become a three-year starter at point guard for UCLA, averaging 4.9 points and 3.7 assists per game in her career.

2002

In 2002, she earned honorable mention as an all-conference player in the Pacific-10 after averaging a career-high 7.9 points and 5.1 assists per game.

2005

Nakase played in the NWBL for two seasons, playing with the San Jose Spiders in 2005 and the San Diego Siege in 2006.

She was the league's first Asian-American player.

2007

In 2007, she tried out with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, but was waived.

She coached an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team, and went to Germany to play one season with Herner in 2007–08, when she again tore knee ligaments.

2008

Opting to retire as a player rather than undergoing surgery again, Nakase coached for the Wolfenbüttel Wildcats in the Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.

She next went to Japan in hopes of playing, but learned that the Japanese women's league doesn't allow foreign players.

2010

A friend of Nakase's, Darin Maki, was playing with the Tokyo Apache, and arranged with his coach, former NBA coach Bob Hill, to allow Nakase to observe practice before the 2010–11 season began.

She then prepared a scouting report for the team's next opponent, which led to a volunteer assistant coaching position under Hill.

After the Apache folded at the end of the season, Saitama Broncos head coach Dean Murray hired Nakase as an assistant at the urging of Hill.

She took over the struggling team midseason after Murray stepped down, and became the first female head coach in the bj league, Japan's top professional men's league.

However, her father persuaded her to not return to Japan in order to pursue her dream of becoming a coach in the NBA.

2012

Nakase returned to the United States, joining the Clippers of the NBA as a video intern in 2012.

In September 2012, Nakase began a yearlong internship in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers, working under the team's video coordinator.

She became the team's assistant video coordinator.

2013

She was one of 15 women of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage honored at the White House in 2013 as their Champions of Change.

2014

During the two-week 2014 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nakase was an assistant coach for the Clippers, becoming the first woman to sit on the bench as an NBA assistant.

2017

She became an assistant coach to their NBA G League development team, Agua Caliente, in 2017.

In 2017–18, Nakase was an assistant coach for the Clippers' NBA G League affiliate, Agua Caliente Clippers, under head coach Casey Hill—the son of her mentor, Bob Hill.

2018

She became an NBA assistant for the Clippers in 2018, and joined the WNBA's Aces in 2022, when she became the first Asian American coach to win an WNBA title.

Nakase was born in Anaheim, California, the youngest of three daughters to Gary and Debra Nakase.

Her parents are both second-generation Japanese-Americans.

Nakase grew up in Huntington Beach, California, where she attended Marina High School and was a four-year lettererman playing basketball.

She led the school to two Sunset League titles.

In 2018–19, she was promoted to be a player development assistant coach for the L.A. Clippers, becoming one of the few female coaches in the NBA.