San Francisco Legacy
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San Francisco Legacy | |
Founded | 2001 |
Team History | Kansas City Legacy (2001-2002) Tennessee Fury (2003) Dallas Fury (2004-2005) San Francisco Legacy (2006-present) |
Arena | Ira Jenkins Center |
City | Oakland, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
Team Colors | Blue, Black |
Regular Season Championships | 0 |
NWBL Championships | 1 (2004) |
Owner | Charles Davis and Daryl Harrison |
Head Coach | Charles Davis |
The San Francisco Legacy the last original franchise of the National Women's Basketball League
National Women's Basketball League
The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States. The league was founded in 1997 and began play in the Fall of that year. The league used to have its own season during the off-season...
(NWBL). Originally established in 2001 as the Kansas City Legacy, the franchise moved in 2003 to Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and became the Tennessee Fury. Then in 2004 they moved to Dallas, and were known as the Dallas Fury, where they won the league championship that year. Today, the team looks back on their legacy, moving to Oakland and taking their original name in 2006.