Congratulations to the Connecticut Sun’s Stephanie White, winner of the 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year Award.
After leading the Sun to a 27-13 record and No. 3 seed in her first season in Connecticut, White received 36 of 60 first-place votes from a panel of media members. The Dallas Wings’ Latricia Trammell finished second with 11 first-place votes, while the New York Liberty’s Sandy Brondello was third with six votes. Others receiving votes were: Becky Hammon of the Las Vegas Aces (three), Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx (two) and Tanisha Wright of the Atlanta Dream (two).
White is the fourth former player and third former Sun coach to win the award, joining Hammon (2022), Brondello (2014) and Suzie McConnell-Serio (2004) in the former category and Mike Thibault (2006, 2008) and Curt Miller (2017, 2021) in the latter.
White has sustained the Sun’s success
Out of the WNBA coaching ranks since 2016, when she led the Indiana Fever to the franchise’s last playoff appearance, Stephanie White arrived in Uncasville, Connecticut expected to do…
