{"id":121007,"date":"2024-11-02T00:03:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121007"},"modified":"2024-11-02T00:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:03:45","slug":"wnbas-fever-name-stephanie-white-as-new-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121007","title":{"rendered":"WNBA&#8217;s Fever name Stephanie White as new head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/philippou_alexa.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Alexa Philippou, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">Nov 1, 2024, 12:00 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Covers women&#8217;s college basketball and the WNBA<\/li>\n<li>Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant<\/li>\n<li>Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/ind\/indiana-fever\">Indiana Fever<\/a> have hired Stephanie White as their new head coach, the team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IndianaFever\/status\/1852383976540807341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>White, who spent the past two seasons as head coach of the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/conn\/connecticut-sun\">Connecticut Sun<\/a>, takes over a franchise led by WNBA star <a data-player-guid=\"5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/4433403\/caitlin-clark\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we enter this new era of Fever basketball, I am thrilled to welcome Stephanie back to the franchise,&#8221; president of basketball operations Kelly Krauskopf said in a statement. &#8220;Stephanie is a part of the fabric of this franchise, both as a former player and as a member of our championship coaching staff, so I&#8217;m quite familiar with her elite basketball IQ and leadership style. I am confident there is no one who better understands our culture or is more equipped to lead our group of players to the next level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Building around a promising young core in Clark and <a data-player-guid=\"bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/4432831\/aliyah-boston\">Aliyah Boston<\/a>, the past two No. 1 draft picks, White will look to propel Indiana to the organization&#8217;s first championship since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>White &#8212; an Indiana native and former star at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/2509\/purdue-boilermakers\">Purdue<\/a> &#8212; is plenty familiar with the Fever, having served on their coaching staff from 2011 to 2016, including as head coach for the last two years of that span. She was a member of the franchise&#8217;s inaugural roster in 2000 and played for the team for four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am incredibly proud and honored to return home to Indiana and lead the Fever during such a pivotal moment in this franchise&#8217;s history, as well as [during] such an important time throughout women&#8217;s athletics,&#8221; White added in the Fever&#8217;s statement. &#8220;This franchise has and always will be committed to winning and I look forward to working every day to help deliver another WNBA title to the greatest basketball fans in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White went 55-25 with consecutive semifinals appearances with the Sun, winning WNBA Coach of the Year in 2023. Before her return to the WNBA, she coached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/238\/vanderbilt-commodores\">Vanderbilt<\/a> for five seasons, and she has worked for years as a basketball analyst.<\/p>\n<p>She replaces Christie Sides, who led the Fever to a 20-20 record last season and their first playoff berth since 2016. The organization announced Sunday that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/42032368\/fever-fire-coach-christie-sides-two-seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving on from Sides<\/a>, who had just ended her second season at the helm. The Sun announced Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/42057067\/stephanie-white-sun-head-coach-two-seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White was out after two seasons with the team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White&#8217;s hiring is the latest major move for the Fever, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story?_slug_=kelly-krauskopf-returns-fever-president&amp;id=41400793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tabbed Krauskopf as their new president<\/a> in September and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story?_slug_=fever-hire-amber-cox-wings-coo-gm&amp;id=41605675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amber Cox as their new COO and GM<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Clark &#8212; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41589974\/caitlin-clark-wins-wnba-rookie-year-honors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Rookie of the Year<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/41834362\/fever-caitlin-clark-aces-aja-wilson-named-all-wnba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-team All-WNBA selection<\/a> &#8212; sent the Fever into another stratosphere of relevance: The franchise led the league in attendance this season, averaging over 17,000 fans per contest, and regularly garnered a million-plus viewers for games.<\/p>\n<p>Not including the league&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/40144462\/wnba-expansion-team-golden-state-announces-team-name-valkyries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newest expansion team in Golden State<\/a>, the WNBA is set to have seven new head coaches taking the helm for the 2025 season, which is a record, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/42131275\/sources-wnba-fever-hire-stephanie-white-new-head-coach\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexa Philippou, ESPNNov 1, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Covers women&#8217;s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121007\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}