You know Dawn Staley the American basketball coach and former player who is now the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team. She played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the women’s basketball association (WNBA). She has played many games and in today’s article we will provide all the information about her early Life , education , career and rewards. So stay connected till the very end.
Dawn Staley Early Life
Dawn’s parents moved to North Philadelphia from Orangeburg County , South Carolina in the 1950s, when they were teenagers. Her parents’ married at a very young age and then in 1967 they moved to a three bedroom , single bath row house in the Raymond Rosen Homes Housing Project. Her parents raised her very well. She was very scared of her mother as her mother was very disciplinarian. Dawn knew to “abide by her rules , stay clean. And if you are good , you will live a happy life”.
Educational Background
Dawn Staley did her high schooling at Dobbins Tech , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. After that she went to the college of Virginia (1988-1992).
How old is Dawn Staley?
Dawn Staley was born on May 4 , 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. Currently she is 54 years old as of 2024.
Dawn Staley Physical Appearance
A height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68m). Her weight is around 61 kg. Her eyes are of Brown color and she has a black and Curly hair.
Dawn Staley Family
Father named Clarence is a part time carpenter and her mother Estelle Staley is a homemaker. They follow the religion of Christianity. She has 3 brothers named Lawrence, Anthony and Eric and 1 sister named Tracey.
Dawn Staley Siblings
Yeah she has 4 siblings in which 3 of them are her brother’s and one is her sister. Her brother’s name is Lawrence, Anthony and Eric and her sister’s name is Tracey.
Dawn Staley Professional Career
High school years
During her high school she was named as a national high school Player of the year during the final season at Murrell Dobbins Vocational High school in Philadelphia.
College Years
For her Higher studies she went to University of Virginia in Charlottesville , Virginia from which she got the degree in rhetoric and communication studies. During the 4 seasons in her college , she made her team to the four NCAA tournaments , 3 final fours and one national championship game.
In 1991 and 1992 she was named as an ACC female athlete of the year and the national player. After finishing her college with 2135 points and setting the NCAA record of NCAA . She finished her career in Virginia by making all time scoring leader and aa the ACC all time leader in the assists at 729. But these records were broken by the former UVA stars Monica Wright and Sharnee Zoll.
Overseas Pro Career
In 1994-1995 after completing graduation Staley played as a professional basketball player in France in trabes , Italy , Spain and Brazil before joining the ABL and then the WNBA.
ABL
In 1996 she joined the Richmond range of the American basketball league and took her teams to the ABL finals in 1997. In 1996-1997 she was named to the all ABL first team and the all ABL second team.
WNBA
In 1999 the dawn was selected with the ninth overall pick by Charlotte Sting. In 2001 she led Charlotte to the championship game of the WNBA playoffs.
2005 August 1 she was traded to the Houston comets. She has announced that she would retire after the comets season is over before the start of WNBA season. The Comets reached the playoffs and faced the Sacramento Monarchs in the first round. The monarchs won the series by 2-0 and ending the career of dawn staley. In 2011, she was voted by the fans as one of the top 15 players in the 15 year history of the WNBA.
Dawn Staley Coaching Career
Temples Owls ( 2000-2008 )
In this she had 6 NCAA appearances and 4 Atlantic 10 titles.
South Carolina gamecocks (2008-present)
At South Carolina she has achieved 3 NCAA championships in the year 2017, 2022 and 2024. She also got 8 sec tournament titles and 8 sec regular session titles.
In 2024 she guided the team to the perfect 38-0 season and won her third national title. She also won the fourth Naismith coach of the year award.
USA Basketball
She has assisted as a coach for the 2008 Olympics and also been the head coach for 2020 Olympics and won the gold medals for both.
Dawn Staley Rewards and Honors
Here are the list of Staley honors and rewards:
- 1991 – Winner of honda sports award for basketball
- 1991 – wbca player of the year
- 1991 – Naismith college player of the year
- 1991 – usbwa women’s National player of the year.
- 1991 – The honda Broderick Cup winner for all sports
- 1992 – Winner of Honda sports award for basketball
- 1992 – wbca player of the year
- 1992 – Naismith College Player of the year
- 1992 – usbwa women’s National player of the year
- 2008 – Virginia sports hall of fame
- 2012 – Inducted into women Basketball hall of fame
- 2013 – Order of the palmetto
- 2014 – sec coach of the year
- 2015 – Sec co coach of the year
- 2015 – USA Basketball co national coach of the year
- 2016 – Sec coach of the year
- 2017 – Omicron Delta Kappa faculty/ staff at the University of South Carolina
- 2020 – Sec coach of the year
- 2020 – Naismith College coach of the year
- 2020 – USBWA national coach of the year
- 2020 – AP National coach of the year
- 2020 – wbca national coach of the year
- 2021 – USA Basketball co national coach of the year
- 2022 – Sec coach of the year
- 2022 – usbwa women’s National coach of the year
- 2022 – Naismith College coach of the year
- 2022 – wbca national coach of the year
- 2023 – SEC coach of the year
- 2023 – USA Today women of the year
- 2023 – USBWA women’s National coach of the year
- 2023 – Naismith College coach of the year
- 2023 – wbca national coach of the year
- 2024 – The Athletic coach of the year
- 2024 – USBWA women’s National coach of the year
- 2024 – The Sporting News National coach of the year
- 2024 – Naismith College coach of the year
- 2024 – AP National coach of the year
- 2024 – WBCA National coach of the year
Is Dawn Staley’s wife Lisa boyer?
The South Carolina women’s basketball coach is not married. And all the news about her marrying Lisa Boyer is fake.
Net Worth
The net worth of dawn staley is around $12 million.
Conclusion
In the end , dawn staley us not married to Lisa boyer. She is an incredible basketball player as well as a couch. She has won many awards and all of them are mentioned above. From childhood she has had a dream to become a basketball player and now she is the famous and most successful basketball coach.
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