Dawn Staley
Sign in to saveDawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. Widely considered to be one of the greatest players and coaches in the history of the sport, she is the only person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach.
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- 1970-05-04
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- 4 May 1970
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- human
- Given name
- Dawn
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- University of Virginia
- Employer
- USA Basketball
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- FIBA Hall of Fame
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