Sonia Raman

Sonia Raman ( ; born February 11, 1974) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was the head coach of the MIT Engineers women's basketball team from 2008 to 2020, and had the most wins in the team's history. She served as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2020 to 2024. She enrolled at Tufts University in 1992 and joined the basketball team as a walk-on. Raman played off the bench as a guard until she was sidelined with a broken leg after she was hit by a car in her junior year.

After graduating from law school, Raman worked for the United States Department of Labor. She then worked for Fidelity Investments as a lawyer on their risk and compliance team. Raman left her job at Fidelity in 2008 to concentrate on her coaching career. Raman was named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Basketball Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017.

On September 11, 2020, the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced Raman was hired as an assistant coach.

In 2025, Raman joined the coaching staff of the defending WNBA champion, the New York Liberty.

On October 28, 2025, Raman was announced as the head coach for the Seattle Storm. She became the first person of Indian descent to be a head coach in the WNBA.

Head coaching record College

Personal life Raman was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. Her parents were born in India and moved to the United States after they graduated from college; her mother is from Nagpur and her father is from Chennai.

Raman is married to Milena Flores who played in the WNBA.