Speaker Profile

A highly decorated coaching veteran, Sonia Raman is currently an assistant coach for the New York Liberty where she is entering her first season with the original WNBA franchise and reigning Champions.

Raman enters the WNBA with a robust resume that includes four NBA seasons as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies from 2020-2024, including three postseason appearances. A trailblazer in the sport, Sonia was the league’s 14th woman to hold an assistant coaching role, and the first of Indian descent.

Previously, Sonia spent 12 seasons (2008-20) as the head women’s basketball coach at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she led the Engineers to the program’s first two NEWMAC conference championships (2018, 2019) and the 2020 championship game. MIT experienced sustained success under Raman, whose tenure produced two NCAA Tournament berths and a 91-45 record (.669) over her final five seasons. Prior to MIT, she served six seasons (2002-08) as the top assistant coach at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

Sonia began her illustrious coaching career at her alma mater, Tufts University. A former four-year student-athlete and team captain at Tufts, Raman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations, followed by a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School.