SEATTLE (AP) — At the tail end of just her second day at the Seattle Storm practice facility, newly hired Sonia Raman paused briefly Wednesday afternoon before addressing whether she was ready for her first head coaching gig in the WNBA .

“I’m just going to be me,” Raman said. “I realize that it’s a whole different level. But, I think just relying on who I am as a person, being genuine, being authentic, and as they say, keeping the main thing the main thing is most important.”

But, who exactly is Raman?

The 51-year-old Massachusetts native started her coaching career at MIT, where she was a head coach from 2008-20. She led the school to the Division III NCAA Tournament twice and remains the winningest coach in program history.

Raman jumped to the pro ranks in 2020 to be an assist

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