Sonia Raman is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.
18 Facts About Sonia Raman
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Sonia Raman was the head coach of the MIT Engineers women's basketball team from 2008 to 2020, and had the most wins in the team's history.
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Sonia Raman served as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association from 2020 to 2024.
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Sonia Raman started her college career at Tufts University in 1992 and joined the basketball team as a walk-on.
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Sonia Raman began to develop her coaching abilities during her playing absence while encouraging her teammates and studying basketball.
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Sonia Raman served as team co-captain during her senior season.
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Sonia Raman graduated from Tufts University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and went on to receive a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 2001.
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Sonia Raman began her intercollegiate coaching career with a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Tufts.
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On July 9,2008, Sonia Raman was named head coach of the MIT Engineers women's basketball team after serving as an assistant coach at Wellesley College for the previous six years.
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Sonia Raman was named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017.
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On September 11,2020, the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association announced Sonia Raman was hired as an assistant coach.
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Sonia Raman became the first Indian-American woman and the 14th woman to be named as an NBA coach.
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Sonia Raman had developed a relationship with Rich Cho, the Grizzlies' vice president of basketball strategy, who she first encountered when Cho was looking for student intern recommendations.
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Grizzlies head coach, Taylor Jenkins, was "blown away" by Sonia Raman and had no qualms in hiring her despite her relative unknown status.
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Sonia Raman worked in scouting, player development and analytics for the Grizzlies.
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Sonia Raman was replaced on the Grizzlies coaching staff in 2024.
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In 2025, Sonia Raman joined the coaching staff of the defending WNBA champion, the New York Liberty.
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Sonia Raman's parents were born in India and moved to the United States after they graduated from college; her mother is from Nagpur and her father is from Chennai.