Oracene Price

Oracene Price is an American tennis coach. She is best known for being the mother of Venus and Serena Williams, regarded among the best American tennis players. She is the former wife of Richard Williams, whom she divorced in 2002. As a coach and parent, she has regularly been called unflappable and calm.

Price was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1952. Her father was an automotive worker. She graduated from Buena Vista High School in 1970 and from Western Michigan University. She has three daughters from a previous marriage with Yusef Rasheed Yetunde Price , who was a former beauty salon owner and registered nurse Lyndrea Price, a Web designer and Isha Price, a lawyer. After Rasheeds death, while working as a nurse, Oracene married Richard Williams and had two more daughters, Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Both Venus and Serena are highranked professional tennis players who have won numerous Grand Slam tournaments. She helped her husband as he began coaching Venus and Serena in tennis. The Williams family moved to Florida on the offer of Rick Macci to coach their daughters for free.

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