WNBA coaching changes for 2025: Fever hire Stephanie White

The first of seven head-coaching changes expected in the WNBA this offseason was filled Friday, as the Indiana Fever hired Stephanie White as their head coach.

The coaching carousel started five days after the WNBA regular season ended, when theLos Angeles Sparksparted ways with coach Curt Miller on Sept. 24. Five more coaches were fired over the next 33 days. On Monday, theConnecticut Sunannounced they were parting ways with White -- leaving seven head-coaching positions open.

That means 58.3% of the teams in the league will start next season with a different head coach from the one they ended the 2024 season with. That is the highest percentage of teams making offseason head-coaching changes in league history, according to ESPN Research.

And that doesn't include the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's first expansion team since 2008. On Oct. 10, the Valkyriesnamed Natalie Nakasethe team'sfirst coach.

We're tracking all the coaching and general manager changes this offseason.

Last updated:Nov. 1, 2024

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Indiana Fever

Former coach: Christie Sides (fired Oct. 27)

New coach: Stephanie White (hired Nov. 1)

Four days after she parted ways with the Sun, White returns to Indiana, where she was head coach for two seasons in 2015 and 2016 and has a long tenure in the organization: four years as a player in the early 2000s and four more as an assistant (including the 2012 championship season) prior to her head-coaching stint.

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