Anne Theresa Donovan (November 1, 1961 – June 13, 2018) was an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of theConnecticut Sun. She was born inRidgewood,New Jersey.
In her playing career, Donovan won two Olympic gold medals, and went to three Final Fours overall. She was honored in theBasketball Hall of Fame in 1995, and became a member of theFIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
As a professional basketball coach, she guided theSeattle Storm to their first title in 2004, becoming the first woman to coach aWNBA Championship team (as well as the youngest person to coach a WNBA champion, at age 42).
After coaching theIndiana Fever and theCharlotte Sting earlier in her career, Donovan joined theNew York Liberty as an assistant coach in the spring of 2009.
Donovan died on June 13, 2018 ofheart failure at the age of 56.[1]
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