Stephanie White

For the neuroscientist, see Stephanie A. White.
Stephanie White
White in 2013
Connecticut Sun
PositionHead coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1977-06-20) June 20, 1977 (age 47)
Danville, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolSeeger (West Lebanon, Indiana)
CollegePurdue (1995–1999)
WNBA draft1999: 2nd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career1999–2003
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Number22
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
1999Charlotte Sting
2000–2004Indiana Fever
As coach:
2003–2004Ball State (assistant)
2004–2005Kansas State (assistant)
2005–2007Toledo (assistant)
2007–2010Chicago Sky (assistant)
2011–2014Indiana Fever (assistant)
2015–2016Indiana Fever
2016–2021Vanderbilt
2023–presentConnecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

As player:

Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
Jones Cup
Silver medal – second place 1997 Taipei Team Competition

Stephanie Joanne White (formerly Stephanie White-McCarty; born June 20, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player and the head coach of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was previously head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team from 2016 to 2021.[1] Prior to Vanderbilt, she was the head coach of the Indiana Fever of the WNBA for the 2015 and 2016 season.[2] As an intercollegiate athlete, she was named the winner of the Wade Trophy in 1999, which recognizes the top female basketball player in the nation.[3]

White was the 1995 Indiana Miss Basketball and was also named 1995 Gatorade National Player of the Year and the USA Today National Player of the Year. White attended Seeger High School in West Lebanon, Indiana, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring seventeen points, and earning MVP honors.[4][5] She led Purdue University to the 1999 NCAA Women's National Championship in basketball. She played five years in the WNBA, one with the Charlotte Sting and four with the Indiana Fever. She retired in 2004.

White joined the Chicago Sky as an assistant coach in 2007,[6] spending four seasons there until she joined her college coach, Lin Dunn, as the first former WNBA player to serve as an assistant coach on the Fever staff. She was named head coach on September 23, 2014, making her the youngest active coach in the league.[7]

  1. ^ "Vanderbilt confirms hiring of coach Stephanie White". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  2. ^ "Stephanie White and Fever Issue Statement on Indiana Coaching Position". Indiana Fever. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wade Trophy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WBCA Box Scores was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference WBCA HS MVP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Chicago Sky Names Stephanie White Assistant Coach". OurSports Central. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  7. ^ "Stephanie White Introduced As Fever Head Coach". WNBA. 2014-09-13. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.