In this week’s news, some well-known names in the women’s hoops world are making big moves:
The Sky scoop up Spoon
On Thursday, the Chicago Sky officially named Teresa Weatherspoon the organization’s next head coach. The leading candidate for the job since late August, the Hall of Famer and New York Liberty legend most recently served as an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans (2020-23). The Sky will hold a press conference announcing the hiring on Oct. 24.
‘ ‘ @WNBA legend and Hall of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon has been named the next Head Coach for the Chicago Sky.
Welcome to Skytown, Coach @Finisher_11!
— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) October 12, 2023
Weatherspoon’s hiring extends the trend of WNBA franchises naming former players as head coaches, with Weatherspoon joining the Liberty’s Sandy Brondello, the Storm’s Noelle Quinn, the Aces’ Becky Hammon, the Dream’s Tanisha Wright and the Sun’s Stephanie White. For ESPN, Kevin Pelton considers the implications of the NBA-assistant-coach-to-WNBA-head-coach pathway, taken first by Hammon and now Weatherspoon. Are WNBA decision makers increasingly valuing NBA experience when hiring head coaches? Will this result in former players who desire to become a head coach prioritizing an…
