SAN FRANCISCO — Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White will not be with the staff because it faces the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday night time as she tends to a private matter, the staff mentioned.
It wasn’t specified how lengthy White might be away from the staff. Assistant coach Austin Kelly will function performing head coach.
Kelly, who has labored with White since their days with the Connecticut Solar, additionally assumed head teaching duties on June 7.
“It’ll be the identical. I feel we’re an extension of one another,” Kelly mentioned after Thursday’s shootaround. “The message continues to be the identical that we discuss within the locker room: taking part in for one another, getting it accomplished on the defensive finish after which having that assist gasoline us on the offensive finish. However the vibes are good.”
In her first season with the Fever, White led Indiana to a 6-5 begin and to the Commissioner’s Cup finals.
The Fever are within the midst of a stretch of 5 video games in eight days, together with a three-game West Coast journey, a home-and-away back-to-back towards the Los Angeles Sparks after which on the Dallas Wings.
Kelly mentioned the precedence throughout this stretch is to handle everybody’s minutes.
“We’re simply attempting to handle all the pieces throughout the sport after which we’ll put so much on them to get therapy in between video games,” Kelly advised ESPN. “We’re right here, Vegas, Seattle, then again house. It is about us caring for enterprise on the ground, firstly, and searching for alternatives all through the sport to handle these minutes.”
