The Charlotte Hornets’ coaching search is a mess. The team fired James Borrego on April 22, got left at the altar by Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson last week and has now been rudderless for two months.
But there’s a solution to all of that, and she’s only 90 miles down the road in Columbia:
Dawn Staley.
Staley, who has won two NCAA women’s basketball championships at South Carolina and a bushel of gold medals in international play, would be an inspired choice to lead the Hornets as their head coach.
At 52, Staley is a leader, a former world-class point guard and a member of basketball’s hall of fame.