22 Facts About Stephanie White

Stephanie Joanne White is an American former professional basketball player and the head coach of the Indiana Fever of the WNBA.

Stephanie White was previously head coach of the WNBA Connecticut Sun in the 2023 and 2024 seasons and Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team from 2016 to 2021.

Stephanie White attended Seeger High School in West Lebanon, Indiana, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA.

Stephanie White participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring seventeen points, and earning MVP honors.

Stephanie White led Purdue University to the 1999 NCAA Women's National Championship in basketball.

Stephanie White played five years in the WNBA, one with the Charlotte Sting and four with the Indiana Fever.

Stephanie White began her coaching career with several assistant coaching positions at Ball State, Kansas State, and the University of Toledo before joining the Chicago Sky as an assistant coach in 2007.

Stephanie White then served as head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores from 2016 to 2021.

Stephanie White rejoined the Fever as head coach in 2024.

Stephanie White attended Purdue University, where she was named National College Player of the Year, Indiana NCAA Woman of the Year, and Big Ten Conference Player of the Year on the way to leading Purdue to the NCAA National Championship in 1999.

Stephanie White was acquired a year later in an expansion draft by the Indiana Fever to lead the team's inaugural season roster.

Stephanie White averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 assists per game.

Stephanie White competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1997 Jones Cup Team that won the silver medal in Taipei.

Stephanie White was the second leading scorer for the team, averaging 10.3 points per game.

Stephanie White retired from the WNBA after the 2004 season and went on to become the assistant coach at Ball State, Kansas State, and the University of Toledo, before going to the Chicago Sky as an assistant coach.

Since 2007, Stephanie White has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and the Big Ten Network, including studio work and co-hosting the network's coverage of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament.

Stephanie White has worked as an Indiana Pacers Reporter for FOX Sports Indiana.

Stephanie White returned to the Indiana Fever as an assistant coach in 2011.

When Lin Dunn retired as head coach of the Fever after the 2014 season, Stephanie White became head coach.

On May 23,2016, Stephanie White accepted the head coaching job for the Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team.

Stephanie White returned to coaching in the WNBA in 2023 as head coach of the Connecticut Sun.

Stephanie White earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue in 1999.