She is going to be a great addition to our current coaching staff. “She has a high basketball IQ and a tremendous ability to teach the game, as well as a strong passion for the game. “We are beyond excited to welcome Sonia to the Memphis Grizzlies,” Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said. She began her intercollegiate coaching career at Tufts University from where she had graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations in 1996.įollowing a two-year stint with her alma mater, she spent six years as the top assistant coach at Wellesley College before joining MIT. She'll make an enormous leap from Division III basketball, where she was the head coach of MIT's. “I must also give a truly special thank you to MIT and the women I’ve had the honor of coaching for the past 12 years. Early on Friday morning, the team announced that they've added Sonia Raman as an assistant coach. I can’t wait to get to Memphis and get started with Taylor, his staff and the team’s emerging young core,” Raman said. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to be part of the Memphis Grizzlies coaching staff. During her final five seasons, the Engineers compiled a 91-45 record. There are 6 professionals named 'Sonia Raman', who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Raman is the second female assistant coach in Grizzlies’ history after Niele Ivey, who served on the Memphis staff last season before taking the head coaching job of the University of Notre Dame. Follow Grizzly Bear Blues on Twitter and Instagram. View the profiles of professionals named 'Sonia Raman' on LinkedIn. Raman and the Alliance of Women Coaches is dedicated to leading the field of women coaches, at all levels, by providing support, resources, events and programs which address the needs and interests of its women, according to Grizzlies PR.įor more Grizzlies talk, subscribe to the Grizzly Bear Blues podcast network on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and IHeart. Raman has excelled off the court as well where she served a two-year term on the Coaches Council for the Alliance of Women Coaches beginning in September 2017. It transpired that Sonias husband Tariq had thrown her out of their marital home, suspicious that she didnt love him any more. The girls’s basketball staff on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology knew one thing was up when Sonia Raman, the coach with probably the most wins in this system’s historical past, organized a video assembly on brief discover in September. Sonia turned up on the Nazirs doorstep in August 2016 while Sharif and his wife Yasmeen were holding 45th wedding anniversary celebrations. Of those accolades, Raman has had 18 players earn NEWMAC All-Conference accolades, including four Rookie of the Year awards. Sonia Rahman was an old friend of the Nazir family, who embarked on a seven-year affair with Sharif Nazir. Raman leaves a historical career at MIT with her name attached to many other records in the MIT Record Book. Following her first season in 2008-2009, the Engineers improved each of the next five seasons. Raman went 152-155 in her 12-year career coaching the Engineers, going 8-7 in the postseason.
Raman took the Engineers to their first two NCAA Tournament berths riding a 91-45 record in her final five seasons. The three-peat failed as they lost in the championship in 2020. Raman is MIT’s all-time winningest coach and led the Engineers to their first two New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Championships in 2018 & 2019.
Raman has spent the past 12 seasons as the head women’s coach at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Raman replaces Niele Ivey who left the Grizzlies to become the head coach at her alma mater, Notre Dame. The Memphis Grizzlies announced today the hiring of Sonia Raman as an assistant coach on Taylor Jenkins’ staff.