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Former Seattle Storm coach dies

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2005, file photo, Seattle Storm coach Anne Donovan, right, smiles as she is handed the game ball by team official Karen Bryant following the Storm's victory over the Minnesota Lyn in Seattle. The victory gave Donovan her 100th career WNBA victory as a coach, the first woman to reach that plateau. Donovan died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, of heart failure. She was 56. Donovan's family confirmed the death in a statement. Photo: Associated Press/Elaine Thompson

Former Seattle Storm coach, Anne Donovan died Wednesday due to heart failure. She led the Storm to a WNBA championship in 2004.

The 6-foot-8-inch Donovan was a former star player, winning a national championship at Old Dominion University, and earning two Olympic gold medals. Donovan also won a gold medal as a coach, and she was inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 1995.

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