Rachid Meziane will be the new head coach of the Connecticut Sun, the organization announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Meziane will arrive in the WNBA with a wealth of women’s basketball head coaching experience in Europe, both at the national team and club levels. He’s been the head coach of the Belgium Women’s National Team since Nov. 2022, with the team establishing itself as one of the world’s best under his watch. In 2023, the Belgian Cats won EuroBasket Women. This past summer, Belgium just missed the podium at the Paris Olympics, finishing fourth with a squad that featured former WNBA standout Emma Meesseman and the Washington Mystics’ Julie Vanloo.
Prior to leading the Belgians, Meziane served as an assistant coach for the France Women’s National Team from 2014 to 2021, helping the team win hardware in numerous continental and international competitions, including a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The French native also has coached professionally in his home country, leading Villenueve d’Ascq LM, last season’s Ligue Feminine de Basketball champions and EuroLeague Women runners up, since 2019. This season, Villenueve d’Ascqu underperformed in EuroLeague Women, falling to advance to the competition’s second round. As our Eric Nemchock
