Stephanie White on Building Trust with Caitlin Clark & the CBA Offseason

We're back this week with another episode with a WNBA coach: Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White!

Stephanie and Sue dive into so much, including Steph's current approach to the offseason with the CBA still in negotiations and her thoughts on the league's expansion. They also discuss Steph's playing career, from achieving Miss Indiana to competing in the early WNBA years. Then, they talk through how Steph became a coach, and each step of her coaching career leading to building trust and relationships with Fever stars Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston, and Kelsey Mitchell. So much great stuff in this episode, you don't want to miss it!

00:00 Intro
1:57 Sue’s View
5:52 Stephanie White joins!
7:30 Steph’s approach to the CBA offseason
15:20 Steph’s thoughts on WNBA expansion
19:30 The WNBA coaching hires and pipeline
25:10 Advice to former players looking to coach
27:20 Steph entering the WNBA as a player
33:00 Players from Steph’s career who’d be great now
35:00 Full circle Indiana moment
39:40 What Steph was like as a player
43:00 Did Steph always want to coach?
47:40 Vanderbilt decision
50:00 Coaching the Connecticut Sun
53:00 Coaching the Indiana Fever
56:20 Forming a relationship with Caitlin Clark
58:30 What Steph learned about CC, AB, and Kelsey
1:02:30 How the Fever handled noise last season
1:05:30 The Fever’s playoff run

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