The Times' girls' basketball coach of the year: Vanessa Nygaard of Windward
Vanessa Nygaard used to be a WNBA player.
“Toward the end, I knew I wanted to be a coach,” she said. “I didn’t think I would be a high school coach, but I love it.”
Nygaard is thriving after six seasons as head coach at L.A. Windward.
“The longer I coach, hopefully I’m getting better,” she said.
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