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Dawn Staley

Dawn Staley is an American basketball coach and former player, renowned for her tenure as head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team since 2008, leading them to three national championships in 2017, 2022, and 2024. A three-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2000, 2004) and five-time WNBA All-Star, she previously coached at Temple University from 2000 to 2008 and played college basketball at the University of Virginia, where she was twice named Naismith National Player of the Year.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 4, 1970 Wikipedia
Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
2025