Nigeria reached the quarter-finals in Paris, the first African team to do it at an Olympics. Rena Wakama was born in Raleigh, played college basketball at Western Carolina and has been an assistant with the Chicago Sky since 2025 — the first woman to coach D'Tigress.
Head coach
Rena Wakama
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Nigerian parents; played four years of NCAA Division I at Western Carolina. Coached at Manhattan College, Stony Brook and Tulane, and has been an assistant coach with the WNBA's Chicago Sky since 2025. First female head coach of D'Tigress; won AfroBasket 2023 and 2025.