She's won five EuroLeague Women titles. She’s coached Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, to name a few. She’s in the FIBA Hall of Fame. Meet the Pat Summitt of Europe: Natália Hejková. Supported by Google
, who has been with Praha for four years in the WNBA offseasons, struggled compared to some of her teammates. Guard Teja Oblak, whose brother, Jan, is the starting goalkeeper for Atlético Madrid, and guard María Conde, who grew up playing the sport in Spain before turning full-time to the hardwood, excelled.
Growing up in Žilina, Slovakia, an industrial city close to the Czech and Polish borders that housed a chemical factory, a carpet factory and a paper mill, Hejková had no intentions of becoming a coach. Her father, Vsevolod, was a civil engineer. Her mother, María, was a school teacher, instructing students ages 6 to 11. As a child, Hejková sampled numerous activities, from gymnastics and swimming, to track and field and ballet.
“And I started to think, she is right,” Hejková says. “Don’t try to comment on everything they are doing. You have to be one of them and give them a hand.’”
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