coaching

New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello stands with her arms crossed as she watches her team from the sideline.

Inside the empathy that powers Sandy Brondello and the New York Liberty

By Jackie Powell / September 13, 2025

Brondello: ‘Values that were set from my mum and dad, that’s what I still live with today’

Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase smiles as she coaches her team. She is shown from the front with a large crowd behind her.

How Natalie Nakase and her staff have driven the Golden State Valkyries’ unprecedented success

By Matthew Walter / September 8, 2025

The Valkyries are the first WNBA expansion team to make the playoffs in their first season

Columbia players are wearing white warmup shirts as they stand in a huddle. They each extend an arm up and toward the center of the circle.

Love, experience guide Columbia to first-ever NCAA Tournament win

By Jenn Hatfield / March 21, 2025

A win looked improbable at halftime, but composure and a speech rooted in love got the Lions there

Now-Washington University in St. Louis head coach Lisa Stone shouts and extends her arms on the sideline. The text "Lisa Stone's latest challenge" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked On Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Lisa Stone, champion at every level, takes on Division III

By The IX Basketball / December 5, 2024

Coaching at Washington University in St. Louis is ‘a dream come true’ for Stone

Monmouth director of player development and assistant coach Lola Mullaney stares straight ahead during warmups. She wears a black quarter-zip with a white block "M" logo on it.

How Lola Mullaney has made the leap from Harvard player to Monmouth assistant coach

By Jenn Hatfield / November 15, 2024

Carrie Moore: ‘[She] seems to have grown up overnight’

Seattle Storm head coach Noelle Quinn bends over in a wide stance, stat sheet in hand, and relays information to her players from the sideline.

Noelle Quinn leads Seattle Storm into playoffs with heart, experience and wisdom

By Bella Munson / September 21, 2024

Nneka Ogwumike: ‘It feels really good knowing that she knows what it feels like to be where we are’

Los Angeles Sparks guard Sydney Wiese dribbles the ball with her left hand, attacking the lane. A Connecticut Sun defender trails the play.

Sydney Wiese announces retirement from WNBA

By Sydney Wingfield / September 7, 2024

Wiese: ‘To have played and loved a game as deeply as this, for as long as this- it is a blessing’

Vivians talks with Caitlin Clark

Victoria Vivians joins Mississippi State coaching staff

By Rowan Schaberg / June 17, 2024

The Carthage, Miss., native called her new role ‘a dream come true’

Atlanta Dream head coach Tanisha Wright stands on the sideline and watches the game with her hands loosely clenched at chest level.

What’s wrong with the Atlanta Dream’s offense?

By Hunter Cruse / June 8, 2024

Is Atlanta’s system maximizing star Rhyne Howard’s talents?

Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins is shown from behind, pointing her right index finger.

How coaching at Michigan is helping Ariel Atkins lead the Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / May 4, 2024

‘When you become a coach, you have to find your voice’