Two Black women are on the verge of NCAA history. Dawn Staley, coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team and Adia Barnes, coach of the Arizona Wildcats women’s basketball team, have coached their teams to the NCAA final four. Their participation is historic as it will be the first time in NCAA history that the final four features two teams with Black women as head coaches. Dawn Staley joined Start Your Day to talk about the historic achievement. Staley is a Hall of Fame player and coach with three Olympic gold medals. “What this moment means is representation matters,” she said. Staley said it’s all about giving Black people opportunities. The basketball legend said defeating the other teams to face off against Barnes would allow them to rewrite the narrative centered around Black coaches. “History hasn’t been on the side of Black coaches. We are in a position to change history,” she said.
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