Sun Hire Stephanie White As Next Head Coach

The Connecticut Sun officially announced Stephanie White as their new head coach Monday.<br> White -- who most recently coached at the college level at Vanderbilt -- replaces longtime Sun coach Curt Miller. He left the team earlier this offseason to take over as head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks.<br> "Stephanie White is the right coach at the right time for our organization," Sun president Jen Rizzotti said in a statement.<br><br>"She's a proven winner that understands the high expectations we have within the Connecticut Sun organization and our fan base. She has been a part of championships as both a player and a coach, and that is the mentality I was looking to add."<br> White, 45,  [http://cambioclimatico.umsa.bo/foro/index.php/community/profile/latishayeager34/ adalar araç kiralama] played in the WNBA for  [https://www.sektorlideri.com.tr/istanbul-arac-kiralama/ adalar araç kiralama] five seasons -- one with the now-defunct Charlotte Sting and four with the Indiana Fever. After her playing days were over, White spent a decade as an assistant coach in women's college basketball and the WNBA, with stops at Ball State, Kansas State and Toledo, and then with the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever.<br> The Fever won the WNBA championship with White on-staff in 2012.<br><br>When she became head coach in 2015, she took Indiana back to the Finals, but lost to the Minnesota Lynx in five games.<br> In 2016, White left the Fever to coach at Vanderbilt. The Commodores struggled to find sustained success under her, though. Vanderbilt never finished with a winning record in White's five seasons on the job and  kurtköy araç kiralama she was fired in 2021.<br> A [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/search?source=nav-desktop&q=national%20champion national champion] as a player at Purdue,  çekmeköy [https://www.sektorlideri.com.tr/istanbul-arac-kiralama/ adalar araç kiralama] kiralama White most recently worked as a television analyst for ESPN and the Big Ten Network.<br> For the Sun, White is the first head coach they've hired with playing experience in the WNBA.<br><br>Connecticut brings back a team that includes 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones.<br> Miller had been the coach of the Sun since 2016 and took the team to the Finals twice.<br> The Sun and Sparks are among the five WNBA teams that made coaching changes this offseason.<br> --Field Level Media<br>