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ALL RIGHT. FEVER FANS SHOULD LIKE THAT. THEY SHOULD ALSO LIKE THEIR NEW HEAD COACH, STEPHANIE WHITE, WHO IS COMING BACK TO THE TEAM. THIS ADDITION SERVES AS A HOMECOMING FOR THE INDIANA NATIVE. LIKE CAITLIN CLARK IS TO IOWA. I MEAN, I JUST LOVE TO COMPETE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, STEPHANIE WHITE IS TO INDIANA. I LOVE BASKETBALL LIKE THIS IS WHAT I DO. IF I COULD BE IN A GYM EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, THAT’S WHAT I WOULD DO. WHITE PLAYED ON THE INAUGURAL 2000 INDIANA FEVER TEAM. SHE HUNG IT UP IN 2004 AND DOVE HEADFIRST INTO COLLEGE COACHING. AFTER FOUR D1 SEASONS, SHE LEVELED UP TO THE WNBA AND CONTINUED HER ASSISTANT COACHING ROLE. WHITE LANDED A JOB WITH THE FEVER IN 2011, WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2012, AND NAMED HEAD COACH IN 2015, WHITE LED INDIANA TO THE PLAYOFFS IN BACK TO BACK YEARS BEFORE SHE TOOK THE HEAD COACHING JOB AT VANDERBILT. MOST RECENTLY, SHE COACHED THE 2023 AND 2024 CONNECTICUT SUN TEAMS. SHE GOT THE CALL TO COME HOME NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024. YOU KNOW, THIS FRANCHISE HAS BEEN A PART OF MY DNA FROM DAY ONE. THIS IS COMING HOME FOR ME. IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN EXPERIENCE WITH THIS FRANCHISE FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. FROM DAY ONE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HOME AND TO LEAD THIS YOUNG, EXCITING, TALENTED TEAM, A TEAM THAT SHE IS BUILDING AROUND CAITLIN CLARK. AND IT’S STEPHANIE’S JOB TO DEFEND THAT STRUCTURE. I’VE SEEN THE CAITLIN CLARK STUFF FROM THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN AND BEING ON THE TELEVISION SIDE AND CERTAINLY BEING AN OPPONENT, BUT I HAVE A JOB TO DO, AND MY JOB IS TO BE THE BEST I CAN FOR FOR THESE PLAYERS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I HAVE TO INSULATE MYSELF. SO, YOU KNOW, STAYING OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA, MAKING SURE THAT I’M ABLE TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT I CAN GIVE THEM EVERY DAY. STEPH IS BIG INTO NUMBERS AND ANALYTICS, SO SHE’S CHARTING EVERYTHING. SHE’S GOING TO SEE WHAT LINEUPS WERE GREAT, WHAT LINEUPS WEREN’T GREAT, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO GO WITH LATE IN THE FOURTH. YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS OUT. IT IS STEPHANIE WHITE’S SECOND ACT WITH THE INDIANA FEVER, AND IT FEELS LIKE HOME. AND THAT’S BECAUSE IT IS. AND I AM SO INCREDIBLY HONORED TO LEAD THIS FRANCHISE AND TAKING IT