Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former ABL MVP has died. Nikki McCray-Penson according to a Daily Mail report. He was 51 years old.

McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season, and the school on Friday confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013.

He joined Dawn Staley as an assistant coach at South Carolina from 2008-17. He was part of the Gamecocks’ first national championship in 2017.

McCray-Penson won gold medals with the USA women’s basketball team at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

The 1996 team sparked the formation of the WNBA and the now-defunct American Basketball League. She played in the ABL and earned MVP honors in 1997 while leading the Columbus Quest to a championship before heading to the WNBA.

McCray-Penson was a three-time All-Star in that league while playing for the Washington Mystics.

She played until 2006 when she retired, with a stop in San Antonio along the way.

He was an assistant coach at Western Kentucky for three seasons.

McCray-Penson then became the head coach at Old Dominion for three seasons, going 24-6 in 2020.

He spent one year at Mississippi State before stepping down for health reasons and returning to coaching at Rutgers last season.

McCray-Penson played at Tennessee from 1991-95 under Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt.

The guard was a two-time SEC Player of the Year and two-time Kodak All-America standout during her junior and senior seasons for the Lady Vols.

She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.