Since the 2019-2020 season, South Carolina WBB is 167-9 and have won two national championships.
That includes the COVID-19 season in which NCAA Tournament was cancelled after the Gamecocks went 32-1.
Dawn Staley has won three National Championships at the helm of Gamecocks womenโs basketball. But what you may not know, is that she has won THREE Olympic gold medals with Team USA as a player and was also the head coach of another U.S. gold-medal winning team. She was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. After playing point guard for the University of Virginia under Debbie Ryan, and winning the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she played professionally in the American Basketball League and WNBA. In 2011, fans named Staley one of the top 15 players in WNBA history. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. And hereโs just a few more facts for you haters:
โข 3ร NCAA Division I Tournament champion (2017, 2022, 2024)
โข 6ร NCAA Regional โ Final Four
(2015, 2017, 2021โ2024)
โข 8ร SEC tournament champion
(2015โ2018, 2020โ2021, 2023, 2024)
โข 8ร SEC regular season champion
(2014โ2017, 2020, 2022โ2024)
โข 4ร Naismith Coach of the Year
(2020, 2022โ2024)
โข 4ร WBCA National Coach of the Year
(2020, 2022โ2024)
โข 2ร AP National Coach of the Year
(2020, 2024)
โข The Sporting News National Coach of the Year (2024)
โข 4ร USBWA National Coach of the Year (2020, 2022โ2024)
โข 7ร SEC Coach of the Year
(2014โ2016, 2020, 2022โ2024)
โข 4ร A-10 tournament champion
(2002, 2004โ2006)
And she still had the class to show appreciation for Caitlin Clark last night after winning the National Championship.
She has not only built a legacy in Cola, but has set the bar for womenโs basketball as a whole.
Forever to thee. โค๏ธ
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