ATLANTA – The Atlanta Dream have named former NBA player Michael Cooper as their new coach.
The WNBA team made the announcement Thursday.
Cooper takes over a squad that has captured three of the last four Eastern Conference titles but has yet to win a game in the finals. He won five NBA titles as a player with the Los Angeles Lakers and guided that city's WNBA team, the Sparks, to consecutive championships in 2001 and 2002 as their head coach.
Cooper is the third coach in team history and takes over for Fred Williams, who was relieved of his duties after the Dream was swept by Minnesota in the championship series.
