BREAKING: Indiana Fever hire Stephanie White as head coach to lead Caitlin Clark

The Indiana Fever hired Stephanie White as coach on Friday, putting her in charge of a team led by WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark.

White spent the past two seasons as head coach of the Connecticut Sun before parting ways with the team earlier this week.

staff from 2011-16, including as head coach for the final two of those seasons.

White replaces Christie Sides, who led the Fever to a 20-20 record last season and the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2016. The organization announced it was moving on from Sides, who was the head coach for two seasons before being let go last Sunday.

Indiana is the first of seven head-coaching vacancies in the league to be filled.

With the 2025 Fever, White will inherit one of the most exciting athletes in all of sports in 2024 Rookie of the Year Clark. Clark, along with 2023 rookie of the year Aliyah Boston, is a dynamic scorer and passer who has helped lift the WNBA to an unprecedented level of popularity. The Fever return a strong core with Clark and Boston, and re-signing Kelsey Mitchell — who is now an unrestricted free agent — will be a top priority this offseason.

I am incredibly proud and honored to return home to Indiana and lead the Fever during such a pivotal moment in this franchise’s history, as well as during such an important time throughout women’s athletics,” White said in a release. “This franchise has and always will be committed to winning and I look forward to working every day to help deliver another WNBA title to the greatest basketball fans in the world.”