Nancy Darsch, Former Ohio State and WNBA Coach, Dies at 68

Nancy Darsch, Former Ohio State and WNBA Coach, Dies at 68
Washington Mystics head coach Nancy Darsch (L) speaks with guard Nikki McCray at the MCI center in Washington, on June 7, 1999. Doug Mills/AP photo
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Nancy Darsch, who guided the Ohio State women’s basketball team to the 1993 title game and went on to coach in the WNBA, has died. She was 68.

She had Parkinson’s disease and died Monday in her hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Brian Agler, who coached with her at Seattle in the WNBA, said Darsch’s family informed him of her death.