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Vatansever spent seven years at
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Vatansever earned his first head-coaching role in 2022 when Çukurova BK in Turkey hired him to be their head coach. His roster includes five current WNBA players:
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Vatansever spent two years at Yakın Doğu Üniversites, where he was an assistant coach for the squad.
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Vatansever’s first coaching job in the WNBA was as a coaching intern on
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206:. He got his start in the WNBA serving as a coaching intern for the
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