Overview

• Staley confirmed on the Post Moves podcast that she interviewed with the Knicks this summer and said she would have accepted an offer.
• She said she felt she “shot [herself] in the foot” after asking how hiring the NBA’s first female head coach would affect the organization’s day-to-day, noting an energy shift in the interview.
• New York conducted a broad search and ultimately hired veteran coach Mike Brown to replace Tom Thibodeau.
• League reporting says Staley impressed team president Leon Rose and others but was not advanced to the finalist stage.
• Staley remains at South Carolina on a high-value contract through 2030 and says she favors future ownership roles over coaching in the WNBA as the NBA still awaits its first full-time woman head coach.