Laimbeer’s other WNBA Coach of the Year honor came in his first full season guiding the Shock, which went a league-best 25-9 in 2003 after finishing 9-23 the previous season.

After five successful seasons in New York, helping to bring the Liberty back to the upper echelon of the WNBA, Bill Laimbeer is headed to the desert to rejuvenate another franchise.