The Chicago Sky have fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season, according to Annie Costabile. Weatherspoon, who was hired less than a year ago, went 13-27 in her first year in charge, as the Sky missed the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
Weatherspoon had spent multiple seasons as an assistant coach with the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans before being hired to lead the Sky. A Hall of Famer and two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, she was hailed for her player development skills and hard-nosed style, but it was clear throughout the season that she was learning on the job and there was disconnect at times between the coaching staff and the players.
Still, she had the support of the team’s biggest star, rookie forward Angel Reese, who issued a statement on social media in the wake of the news:
“I’m heartbroken,” Reese wrote. “I’m literally lost for words knowing what this woman meant to me in such a pivotal point in my life. She was the only person that believed in me. The one that trusted me. Many don’t even know what it’s like to be a black women in sports when nobody believes in you.
“You had a tough job. All the crazy circumstances that we went through this year &…
