Michelle Smith April 27, 2021
For the fourth time since she was drafted into the WNBA back in 2006, Candice Dupree is transitioning – to a new team, a new culture, a new role, to new expectations.
At 36 years old, one of the league’s steadiest veteran players – a seven-time All-Star who won a title in Phoenix in 2014 – is starting fresh with the defending league champions. Dupree is looking to find her place on a team that doesn’t need her to be the only veteran voice – not with Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd on the roster.
It is a much different place to be than where she was in her previous stop in Indiana, which was a roster full of young players and it was Dupree’s role to teach and mentor and model.
Mohegan Jennifer Rizzotti felt like she needed a break after George Washington fired her as head coach of the women s basketball team back on March 15.
Rizzotti had been a college head coach for the past 22 seasons, the first 17 at the University of Hartford. The former UConn great led legislative meetings for the Women s Basketball Coaches Association and has been part of USA Basketball, too.
Rizzotti began having second thoughts about taking a breather when the Mohegan Sun came calling for her to be the president of the Connecticut Sun. I really didn t know what I wanted to do next, Rizzotti said at her introductory press conference on Tuesday at Mohegan Sun Arena. This opportunity came up pretty quickly, or at least the idea of it, and it became more of a reality as the weeks went on.
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In a statement on Thursday afternoon, General Manager and Head Coach Mike Thibault said the following:
Asjha has been an important part of our success the past several years. While I am sad to see her leave on both a professional and personal level, I am excited for her and the opportunity in front of her in Portland,” said Thibault. “She will be a tremendous asset to the Trail Blazers organization. I have known Asjha since I first began coaching her in Connecticut in 2004 and she is one of the best all-around pros, on and off the court, that I have had the pleasure to be associated with. All of us here wish her well in her new job.
Coaches Corner: Sue Phillips
Apr 22, 2021
Sue Phillips is a long-time girls basketball head coach at Archbishop Mitty High School in California and a program director and coach with the San Jose Cagers, an AAU program she founded.
Phillips led the 2013 USA U16 National Team to gold at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and the 2014 USA U17 World Cup Team to gold at the 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup in the following summer.
Entering her 23
rd year as the girls basketball coach and math teacher at Archbishop Mitty, she owns an amazing 638-124 career record and has won six California Interscholastic Federation state championships. In 1999, she led her team to a 31-0 record a state title and was named Student Sports Magazine National Coach of the Year.
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