First Woman Coach in NBA: Leader First, Woman Second

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Nancy Lieberman

is proving she can be successful in a man's world -- the world of the NBA. She's been named the first female coach in the National Basketball Association for the NBA Development League expansion team, the Texas Legends.

But to talk to her, you'd never know that she's especially different. She's been doing things the same way since she was first inspired as a 9-year-old by boxing great Muhammad Ali.

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