UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Stephanie White and the Connecticut Sun have parted ways after leading the team to the WNBA semifinals in both seasons as head coaches, the actress announced Monday.

The Sun finished the regular season in third place with a 28-12 record, defeated Indiana in the first round of the playoffs, and lost a five-game semifinal series to Minnesota.

“We want to thank Stephanie for her time in Connecticut and her dedication to our organization over the past two seasons,” Sun president Jen Rizzotti said. “We wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

The Sun become the seventh WNBA team to make a coaching change, and the announcement comes one day after the coaching change. Indiana Fever fires Christie Sides.

White said about something Zoom with reporters He said two weeks ago that he was dealing with a family emergency and wasn’t thinking about his coaching future.

White led the Sun to a franchise-best 27-13 record in her first season and was named the 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year and Associated Press Coach of the Year.

White previously served as an assistant and head coach with the Indiana Fever. She was a member of the Fever’s 2012 WNBA championship team and led the team to the finals in 2015 as head coach. He served as head coach at Vanderbilt from 2016-21.

Following her college career at Purdue, White played five seasons in the WNBA. The Indiana native played the last four of five WNBA seasons with the Fever.

White has also worked on television as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and the Big Ten Network.

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