Karen_Stack_Umlauf

Karen Stack Umlauf

Karen Stack Umlauf

American basketball coach

Karen Stack Umlauf is a former executive and assistant coach of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.

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Stack Umlauf was a standout basketball player for the Northwestern Wildcats in the early 1980s.[1] After a year of playing basketball overseas, she joined the Bulls in 1985, starting with a role of selling tickets.[2] Over the next decades, she rose to become director of basketball operations for 20 years and later senior director of basketball administration.[3]

In 2017, she lobbied Bulls head of basketball operations John Paxson to let her coach. She was first assigned to the summer league.[4] In so doing, she became the Bulls' first female assistant coach, combining that role with the role of director of team operations.[5]

On October 12, 2020, the organization announced Stack Umlauf would not return to the coaching staff under newly-hired head coach Billy Donovan.[6]

Personal life

Stack Umlauf is the sister of Jim Stack, a former scout and assistant general manager for the Bulls and later general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves.[4] She is also the aunt of NBA player Frank Kaminsky.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    O'Donnell, Jim (1996-12-29). "Wait and see: Karen Stack was one of the greatest women basketball players in Northwestern University history". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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    Kenney, Madeline (2019-11-02). "Karen Stack Umlauf shares unusual path to becoming Bulls' first female assistant coach". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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    Bremen High School District 228 (2012-09-21). "Oak Forest Hs Welcomes Two New Members to the Hall of Fame". Patch. Retrieved 2020-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. [4]
    Johnson, K.C. (2018-07-04). "Bulls Make Karen Stack Umlauf Their First Female Coach with Promotion to Summer-League Associate". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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    Mawicke, Megan (2019-03-11). "Bulls' First Female Coach Stacks Up Just Fine In The NBA". CBS. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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    Johnson, K.C. (12 October 2020). "Donovan begins staff overhaul, lets go of multiple assistants". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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    Johnson, K.C. (2019-02-02). "Lisle's Frank Kaminsky enjoys the family affair of Bulls-Hornets". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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