The Chicago Sky has named Tyler Marsh because the franchise’s new head coach, the crew introduced Sunday.
Marsh, an assistant coach and head of participant growth with the Las Vegas Aces, and the Sky got here to phrases on a multiyear deal, agent Andy Miller of Klutch Sports activities advised ESPN.
“Coach Marsh is broadly revered for the event of elite gamers and shares our aim of being a playoff and championship contender yearly,” the Sky mentioned in an announcement.
Marsh takes over a promising Sky crew that features Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso, each first-round draft picks earlier this 12 months.
The Sky additionally will take part within the upcoming draft lottery, however due to a choose swap with Dallas, they won’t find yourself with the No. 1 choose.
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Winners of the 2021 WNBA title, Chicago fired Teresa Weatherspoon on Sept. 26 following 11 months on the helm. The crew completed 13-27, narrowly lacking the playoffs with Reese, Cardoso and star Chennedy Carter all injured to shut the season.
The Sky have a bunch of free brokers getting into 2025, together with Carter, however with Marsh on the helm, they are going to look to construct round Reese and Cardoso.
“I am trying ahead to constructing relationships with our gamers and all through our total group as we work in direction of establishing a championship tradition on and off the court docket,” Marsh mentioned in an announcement.
Marsh joined the Aces workers upon Becky Hammon’s arrival in 2022, serving to information Las Vegas to back-to-back WNBA championships in 2022 and ’23. Previous to that he labored within the NBA, spending two years as an assistant coach/participant growth with the Indiana Pacers after serving as assistant video coordinator and participant growth coach for the Toronto Raptors.
He additionally spent three seasons as an assistant within the G League.
Marsh’s departure marks the second assistant-coaching emptiness on Hammon’s workers. Natalie Nakase, Hammon’s first assistant coach, took the head-coaching job for the growth Golden State Valkyries final month.
The Aces, whose three-peat title bid fell brief with a loss to the New York Liberty within the semifinals, are set to return their core of A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Grey and Jackie Younger, however Kelsey Plum is about to enter free company.
There have been seven head-coach openings within the WNBA this offseason. Marsh’s hiring leaves 5 of these job nonetheless unfilled: Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington, Atlanta and Connecticut.
In line with Elias Sports activities Bureau, subsequent 12 months would be the first time in WNBA historical past (not together with the league’s inaugural 12 months) the place there have been seven new head coaches to begin the season.