WNBA: Washington Mystics dismiss Thibaults from GM, head coach roles

The Washington Mystics’ season ended over one month ago, when, after starting the season 0-12, the team just missed out on the playoffs following a 6-4 finishing stretch.

On Tuesday, the leadership of Monumental Basketball decided the team’s in-season progress was not enough to secure the futures of general manager Mike Thibault or head coach Eric Thibault, as the organization announced it had “agreed to mutually part ways” with the father-son tandem.

On the decision, Monumental Basketball president Michael Winger said:

After extensive reflection and conversation, we have decided we are at a point in our competitive and evolutionary cycle to turn the team over to new leadership with a renewed vision to carve our path into the future of WNBA basketball.

He then offered words of appreciation for both Thibaults, sharing:

Coach Mike elevated the Mystics program to its proud status as a league leader in innovation, the standard bearer in player care, and a model franchise. He built and coached the Championship team, developed high performing players, and pioneered many of the processes teams use today in building rosters and organizations. His fingerprints are all over this franchise and will be for years to come. We are grateful for Mike’s commitment, passion, and…