WNBA has just 1 Black head coach but more could come from a pool of strong assistants in the league

The WNBA has been praised in the past as a leader for its diversity hiring practices.

That hasn’t changed, but some things have.

At the end of the 2022 season, half of the 12 head coaches in the league were Black. Two years later, Seattle’s Noelle Quinn is the only one left after Tanisha Wright was let go in Atlanta and Teresa Weatherspoon was fired in Chicago in the past few weeks. Los Angeles also parted ways with Curt Miller during the same time frame.

“We have three open coaching spots.