By Tiffany Williams –
Unrivaled just dropped its full lineup of head coaches for season two — and it’s a mix of heavy hitters, fresh faces, and flat-out basketball lifers. Four of the league’s original six head coaches are back, four new ones are stepping in, and every club looks locked and loaded for what’s shaping up to be an even sharper sophomore season.
Breeze BC is turning the keys over to Noelle Quinn, and that’s a serious hire. The former Seattle Storm boss brings championship DNA to Unrivaled. She led the Storm to the 2020 WNBA title, the inaugural Commissioner’s Cup crown in 2021, and four playoff trips in five seasons. Before that, she played 12 years in the league, winning a ring in 2018 and suiting up for five different teams. Drafted fourth overall back in 2007, Quinn played 400 games and even represented Bulgaria overseas. Breeze BC just went from expansion team to immediate contender.
Rena Wakama takes over Hive BC after a history-making run with Nigeria’s women’s national team. She coached the D’Tigress to back-to-back AfroBasket titles and made global noise in 2024 when Nigeria became the first African men’s or women’s squad to ever reach the Olympic quarterfinals. At just 32, Wakama’s résumé already reads like a blueprint for dominance. Chicago Sky assistant, national team boss, relentless winner. The Hive just landed a trailblazer.
Andrew Wade is back at Laces BC after dragging the club to the playoffs and the league’s third-best record last year. A grinder with a player development background, Wade spent the offseason with the New York Liberty, sharpening tools under a championship staff. He’s got rings from his Washington Mystics days and a G League pedigree that runs through the Capital City Go-Go. The Laces don’t rebuild — they reload.
DJ Sackmann returns to the Lunar Owls, the league’s regular-season wrecking crew. His squad went 13-1, led the league in nearly every offensive stat that matters — points, assists, field goal percentage, free throw percentage — and looked unstoppable until the postseason. Sackmann, a global skills coach who’s worked with pros all over the world, turned the Owls into a highlight reel. The target’s still on their back, and he knows it.
Zach O’Brien slides into Mist BC’s head coaching spot fresh off a WNBA championship with the Liberty. O’Brien was part of New York’s 2024 title staff and brings serious player development chops from his time in Phoenix and the G League. A former 1,500-point scorer at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, O’Brien knows how to lead and how to win. Mist BC just got a technician.
Roneeka Hodges is running Phantom BC, and the timing couldn’t be better. The ex-WNBA guard turned coach comes from the Connecticut Sun bench after helping the Liberty win it all in 2024. She’s put in work at the college level and even advised LSU before jumping to the pros. An 11-year WNBA vet with 327 games under her belt, Hodges knows exactly what a pro locker room needs. Phantom BC just got serious leadership.
Nola Henry is sticking with Rose BC, the defending Unrivaled champions. Henry guided the Rose from a brutal 1-4 start to a 10-6 finish and the league’s first-ever title. She spent 2025 with the Dallas Wings and has been climbing the coaching ranks since her player days at UMass and College of Charleston. Calm, disciplined, and battle-tested, Henry turned Rose BC into the blueprint.
And then there’s Teresa Weatherspoon, the legend herself, back to lead Vinyl BC. A Hall of Famer, Olympian, and WNBA icon, Weatherspoon’s first Unrivaled season was pure fire — upsetting the top-seeded Lunar Owls before falling in the final. Her résumé reads like basketball scripture: WNBA Coach of the Year finalist, NCAA tournament runs at Louisiana Tech, assistant gigs in the NBA. She brings swagger and steel to every sideline she steps on.
Unrivaled GM Clare Duwelius summed it up perfectly: the league’s foundation is set, the talent is real, and the second season’s already humming with energy. “We’re thrilled to add such exceptional talent to our head coaching roster in our second season, elevating the strong foundation established by our inaugural coaching staffs across Unrivaled,” she said. With this group, “strong foundation” might be an understatement — it’s a full-on coaching arms race.
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