D’Tigress Coach Rena Wakama Appointed Head Coach of Hive BC in U.S. Unrivaled League

The head coach of Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, has been appointed head coach of Hive BC in the Unrivaled Basketball League 2025–26 season.

Unrivaled is an eight-team women’s basketball league in the United States, co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier in 2023, and made its debut in January 2025 with six teams.

The league announced its head coaching lineup for the second season on its website, confirming Wakama’s appointment alongside seven others across the league’s eight clubs.

Wakama led D’Tigress to back-to-back FIBA Women’s AfroBasket titles in 2023 and 2025 and guided the team to a historic quarter-final berth at the Paris Olympic Games.