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Teresa Weatherspoon Among Coaches Tabbed for 'Unrivaled' Women's Basketball League

The new circuit's six head coaches were announced Friday.

Patrick Andres

Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon during Chicago's 87–79 loss to the Wings on May 15, 2024.
Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon during Chicago's 87–79 loss to the Wings on May 15, 2024. / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

Unrivaled—a new three-on-three women's basketball league set to tip off in January—has announced its inaugural class of six coaches.

Among them is ex-Chicago Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon, the circuit announced Friday morning. Weatherspoon, 58, served as the Sky's coach in 2024; her firing on Sept. 26 surprised many across the WNBA world, including Chicago forward Angel Reese.

Joining Weatherspoon in Unrivaled are Phil Handy, Adam Harrington, Nola Henry, DJ Sackmann and Andrew Wade. Handy and Harrington have NBA coaching experience while Henry and Wade have WNBA coaching experience; Sackmann is a renowned skills coach.

Unrivaled, the brainchild of Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier and New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart, is scheduled to begin play on Jan. 17.

The new league will offer WNBA stars a chance to compete domestically where many might have gone overseas to play in the offseason. Its guaranteed six-figure salary will be the highest of any North American women's professional sports league.

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Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .

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