Dallas Wings

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Dallas Wings
2016 Dallas Wings season
Conference	Western
Leagues	WNBA
Founded	1998 (as Detroit)
History	Detroit Shock 1998–2009 Tulsa Shock 2010–2015 Dallas Wings 2016–present
Arena	College Park Center
Location	Arlington, Texas
Team colors	Navy, green, cyan, white[1]
Main sponsor	Baylor, Scott and White
President	Mary O'Connor
General manager	Greg Bibb
Head coach	Fred Williams
Assistant(s)	Ed Baldwin Bridget Pettis
Ownership	Bill Cameron, Chris Christian
Championships	3 (2003, 2006, 2008)
Conference titles	4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Website	wings.wnba.com

The Dallas Wings are a professional basketball team based in Arlington, Texas. The Wings play in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; the team moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma before the 2010 season; then moved to Dallas prior to the start of the 2016 season. The team is owned by an ownership group which is led by Bill Cameron. Bill Cameron is Chairman, Chris Christian is Vice Chairman, and Mary O'Connor is President. On July 20, 2015, Cameron announced that the franchise would move to Arlington, Texas^[2] for the 2016 WNBA season.
The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as athletic shooting guard Deanna Nolan, one of women's basketball's all-time leading scorers Katie Smith, former NBA great Karl Malone's daughter Cheryl Ford, Skylar Diggins, Odyssey Sims, and young Australian center Liz Cambage.