The Indiana Fever fired Christie Sides on Sunday, leaving six of the WNBA’s 12 teams from the 2024 season without a head coach. It has been that kind of fast-moving, news-making stretch for the WNBA, which has been in a brighter spotlight this year than ever before.
Sides went 20-20 this season as the Fever returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2016 behind the play of Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, the past two Rookie of the Year winners. Now with Kelly Krauskopf returning as Fever president and Amber Cox joining as general manager, the organization is also getting a new head coach, parting with Sides after two seasons.
Sides’ departure is the latest coaching domino to fall since the Los Angeles Sparks fired Curt Miller on Sept. 24. Two days later, Teresa Weatherspoon was let go after one season with the Chicago Sky. On Oct. 2, the Atlanta Dream fired Tanisha Wright, and the Dallas Wings fired Latricia Trammell on Oct. 18. Then on Oct. 23, coach Eric Thibault and general manager Mike Thibault were let go by the Washington Mystics.
All four teams that missed the playoffs and are in the Nov. 17 draft lottery are looking for new head coaches. And when the 2025 season tips off, there will be at least six new head coaches…
