The Washington Wizards are one of seven teams looking for a new head coach. One of the bigger questions around the search is whether they will be the first or among the first group of team(s) that hire(s) a female head coach. San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon, South Carolina and USA Basketball women’s team head coach Dawn Staley, Duke women’s team head coach Kara Lawson and New Orleans Pelicans assistant Teresa Weatherspoon are all among the female coaches linked to vacancies, though none are linked to the Wizards.
From looking at the comments alone in a post earlier this week, it seems that the consensus is that Denver Nuggets assistant Wes Unseld, Jr.