Local observers tout the impact of the first Black/Asian American coach to reach the national champs. Coach Freeman points attention back to his team.
John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984, the first of four Black coaches to win it all. Carolyn Peck and her Purdue women did it in 1999 and Dawn Staley of South Carolina joined her ...
Time was ticking, and South Carolina women's basketball needed a spark. Trailing by nine with less seven minutes remaining in the second quarter Sunday against Mississippi State in Humphrey ...
Coach Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks are enjoying a great start to their SEC play this 2024-25 season. They dominated the Missouri Tigers 83-52 on Thursday for their first conference ...
This article was updated to include new information. For the third consecutive week, South Carolina women's basketball is No. 2 in the AP Top 25 and the USA TODAY coaches poll. The Gamecocks ...
Dawn Staley has coached some of the finest talents in women’s college basketball during her tenure at South Carolina. One name that immediately comes to mind is A'ja Wilson, who enjoyed a ...
A main reason for this is that Dawn Staley's roster is exceptionally deep, with 10 players consistently getting minutes (all of whom would likely be starters at just about every NCAA program).