by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
New Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon will become the first WNBA coach to exceed $1 million in annual salary. Aces owner Mark Davis, who also owns the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, confirmed the news to Sam Gordon of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and discussed...
by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After the 2021 season, Breanna Stewart predicted the WNBA’s free-agency -period would be the most thrilling since the league and the players’ union agreed to a new collective-bargaining agreement in 2020. Stewart didn’t factor in the bombshell coaching hires that...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Lucas Seehafer: The first thing that I want to touch on is the promotion that you recently got. I was just wondering if you could kind of guide me through that process of how you and [Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve] met and came to the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Although her WNBA playing and coaching career took her around the country, new Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard is no stranger to Arizona. “Both of my parents are from Tucson,” said Nygaard, who was born in Scottsdale. “My dad went to UA and my mom went to Arizona State...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Vancouver Canucks named player agent Émilie Castonguay assistant general manager on Monday, making her the first female AGM in team history. “It is an honour to join the Vancouver Canucks and I am grateful to Jim and the Aquilini family for the...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
I have never considered myself as a role model. I have only been on tour for three years and I’m still at the very beginning of my career, so it is hard to think of myself that way. But I meet kids – particularly in Poland – that are really excited...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Longtime WNBA head coach Pokey Chatman is back in the league, this time as an assistant. Chatman was hired, along with former WNBA player Ebony Hoffman, by Seattle Storm head coach Noelle Quinn, it was announced Friday. “I’m very excited to add Pokey and...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer got word Friday afternoon that Vanessa Nygaard is expected to be named the Phoenix Mercury’s new head coach, she was elated. It’s been 24 years since the perpetually upbeat Nygaard played for the Cardinal, but VanDerveer...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Having a nuanced stance on an issue shouldn’t seem radical, though in the dominant “take culture” it often seems like it is. For example, this writer’s feelings on Becky Hammon recently leaving the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach to...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
New Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon and fellow former WNBA players DeLisha Milton-Jones and Penny Taylor are among 12 finalists for induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced Thursday. All three are being nominated as players. Read...
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