Players older than their head coach

Karlie Samuelson and Teja Oblak are older than Fire head coach Alex Sarama. There have been 11 previous occasions when a player was older than her head coach...


|Coach|Player|year|team| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |Cheryl Miller|Nancy Lieberman|1997|Phoenix| |Heidi Vanderveer|Pam McGee|1997|Sacramento| |Julie Rousseau|Pam McGee|1998|Los Angeles| |Dee Brown|Carla McGhee|2002|Orlando| |Suzie McConnell-Serio|Teresa Edwards|2003-04|Minnesota| |Dee Brown|Adrienne Goodson|2004|San Antonio| |Karleen Thompson|Teresa Weatherspoon|2004|Los Angeles| |Jenny Boucek|Yolanda Griffith|2007|Sacramento| |Noelle Quinn|Sue Bird|2021-22|Seattle| |Noelle Quinn|Candice Dupree|2021|Seattle| |Nikki Blue|Diana Taurasi|2023|Phoenix|