PHOENIX – The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury today named Vanessa Nygaard (NYE-guard) the 10th head coach in franchise history. Nygaard, born in Scottsdale, Ariz., has nearly two decades of coaching experience at the high school, college, WNBA and international level, following a six-year playing career in the WNBA and standout run at Stanford. Mercury General Manager Jim Pitman: “Over the last several weeks, we have spoken to and spent time with more than a dozen coaching candidates and conducted more than 20 interviews with a poo ...
CHICAGO (October 12, 2023) — The Chicago Sky have named WNBA legend and Hall of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon as the franchise’s new head coach, the team announced today. “We are thrilled to welcome Teresa Weatherspoon as the new head coach of the Chicago Sky,” Sky Co-Owner & Operating Chairman Nadia Rawlinson said. “A WNBA legend and five-time All-Star, Olympian, and college national champion, Teresa brings a wealth of NBA and college coaching experience to the Sky. Her standard of excellence and history of winning at all levels, coachin ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2024 – Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and President of Basketball Operations Cheryl Reeve has been named the WNBA Coach of the Year and the WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year for the 2024 season, the WNBA announced today. Reeve is the first coach to win the WNBA Coach of the Year Award four times, breaking a tie with three-time winners Van Chancellor (1997-99) and Mike Thibault (2006, 2008 and 2013). She previously earned the honor in 2011, 2016 and 2020. This is the second W...
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2016 – Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve, whose team finished with a league-leading 28-6 record, has been named the 2016 WNBA Coach of the Year, the WNBA announced today. This marks the second such honor for Reeve, who also won in 2011 with Minnesota. Reeve received 17 votes from a national panel of 39 sportswriters and broadcasters. Brian Agler of the Los Angeles Sparks finished second with 12 votes, while Jenny Boucek of the Seattle Storm and Bill Laimbeer of the New...
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2022 – Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon has been named the 2022 WNBA Coach of the Year, the WNBA announced today. Hammon becomes the third former WNBA player to win the award, joining Sandy Brondello (2014) and Suzie McConnell-Serio (2004). She is the first former player to earn the honor in her debut season as a WNBA head coach and the only one to win the award while coaching the franchise for which she previously played. Hammon received 27 votes from a national panel...
NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2019 – Chicago Sky head coach James Wade has been named the 2019 WNBA Coach of the Year, the WNBA announced today. Wade becomes the first Chicago coach to earn the honor in the franchise’s 14-year history. Wade received 27 votes from a national panel of 43 sportswriters and broadcasters. Mike Thibault of the Washington Mystics received 12 votes, Dan Hughes of the Seattle Storm received 2 votes and Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Sparks and Curt Miller of the Connecticut S...
With another WNBA week down, certain teams continue to build momentum ahead of the postseason by securing their position in the league standings. The Coach of the Year competition remains close, with candidates Cheryl Reeve and Sandy Brondello having a strong case for it. Each candidate still has a few more games to go before the regular season wraps up. In that span, how their teams perform will strongly indicate how their position stacks up. They can't afford to give up at this point, as they ...
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