Knicks coaching rumors: South Carolina AD says New York reached out to women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley
The search for a coach of the New York Knicks led them to Dawn Staley, the longtime female coach in South Carolina and one of the most accomplished players and coaches that the female game has ever seen.
South Carolina sports director Jeremiah Donati recently confirmed that the Knicks had in fact contacted Staley.
“If I were them, I would also have called her,” Donati told On3Sports.
Since her arrival in South Carolina in 2008, Staley, 55, has led Gamecocks to three national titles which includes an undefeated season in 2024. She also guided South Carolina to seven regional titles (including five consecutive games), nine regular season and nine tournament titles.
Member of the female basketball and the reproductive temple of Naismith’s Memorial Basketball, Staley’s coach career also includes the driving of the United States women’s team to a gold medal at the 2021 Olympic Games.
One of the most impressive things on the Staley career bonafid list is the fact that she has led to the Temple women’s team during the majority of her WNBA eight years. She prospered in the two roles, winning six consecutive stars selections while simultaneously leading the OWLS six places in the NCAA tournament, three regular seasonal titles and four conference tournament titles.
The Knicks – who need a new coach after having separated with Tom Thibodeau shortly after falling to the Pacers of Indiana in the Eastern Conference final – also spoken With Mike Brown, Taylor Jenkins, the Pelicans assistant James Borrego and the assistant of Timberwolves Micah Nori. Brown received a second interview with the team, according to Stefan Bondy from New York Post, and is one of the two main candidates with Jenkins.
Regarding Staley, this is not the first time that the NBA team has contacted it concerning a job as a head coach. She carried out an interview Zoom with the Portland Trailblazers in 2021 before the team finally engaged in Chauncey Billups, which went only 117-211 during its first four years of work.
