Former WNBA coach Boucek added to Mavericks coaching staff

HOUSTON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Dallas Mavericks have added Jenny Boucek to their coaching staff as an assistant to the team's basketball staff and special projects, the NBA franchise said Wednesday.

Boucek spent last season as a player development coach with the Sacramento Kings. She was an assistant with the WNBA's Seattle Storm when they won WNBA championships in 2004 and 2010 and was their head coach from 2015-17. She was the head coach of the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs from 2007-09.

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who had her help with Dallas' training camp in 2014, said she "will be involved in wide-ranging basketball assignments."