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Dawn Staley

1970 - Today

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Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. She is the only person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Dawn Staley is the 1,445th most popular basketball player (down from 1,392nd in 2024), the 19,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 18,894th in 2019) and the 764th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dawn Staley ranks 1,445 out of 1,757. Before her are Arvin Slagter, Scott Burrell, Eric Bledsoe, Tyler Dorsey, Malik Beasley, and Vlatko Čančar. After her are Nathan Jawai, Alen Omić, George Hill, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Tina Thompson, and Alessandro Gentile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Dawn Staley ranks 1,308. Before her are Meredith Scott Lynn, Lisa Powell, Jim Jackson, Glenn McGrath, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Tonja Buford-Bailey. After her are Dean Kiely, Tony Amonte, Ayad Akhtar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Brad Will, and Johnny Vegas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dawn Staley ranks 19,737 out of 20,380. Before her are Kenny Bednarek (1998), Matt Tolmach (null), Kawika Shoji (1987), Amanda Gorman (1998), Kim Gallagher (1964), and Lisa Goldstein (1981). After her are Lauren Bush (1984), Ruben Gallego (1979), Maya Lawrence (1980), Tony Amonte (1970), Christian Coleman (1996), and Kirby Bliss Blanton (1990).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dawn Staley ranks 764. Before her are Payton Pritchard (1998), Evan Mobley (2001), Scott Burrell (1971), Eric Bledsoe (1989), Tyler Dorsey (1996), and Malik Beasley (1996). After her are George Hill (1986), DeLisha Milton-Jones (1974), Tina Thompson (1975), Cadillac Anderson (1964), Drew Gooden (1981), and James White (1982).

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