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New Orleans Pride
LeagueWBL (1979–1981)
Founded1979
Dissolved1981
HistoryNew Orleans Pride (1979–1981)
ArenaLouisiana Superdome
UNO Field House
LocationNew Orleans (1979–1981)
Team colorsRed, White & Blue
     
OwnershipJohn W. Simpson and Claudette Simpson

The New Orleans Pride was a women's professional basketball team located in New Orleans, United States,[1] that competed in the Women's Professional Basketball League, the first women's pro league in the United States, from 1979[2] to the leagues folding following the 1980-81 WBL season.[3] For both seasons, the team was coached by former NBA player and coach Butch Van Breda Kolff.[4][5]

  1. ^ Ruth Laney (20 November 1979). "No Jazz, but lots of Razzmataz". The Town Talk. p. 10. Retrieved 29 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ Caryl Edwards (5 August 1979). "Women's cage games 'saner'". Daily Press. p. D6. Retrieved 29 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Women's league dying?". The State. Associated Press. 29 October 1981. p. 10D. Retrieved 29 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ Porter, Karra (2006). Mad seasons : the story of the first Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 40. ISBN 0803287895. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ Jim McLain (10 October 1979). "Pride impresses Van Breda Kolff". The Times. p. 4C. Retrieved 29 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon

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