Report: Sky Fire HC Teresa Weatherspoon; Coached Angel Reese in WNBA rookie season | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

According to The Chicago Sky, head coach Teresa Weatherspoon has been fired after just one season at the helm Chicago Sun-Times’ Annie Costabile.

The Sky finished the season 13-27 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2018.

According to Costabile, players “outwardly supported” the first-year head coach throughout the season, but exit interviews revealed a “distance.”

“Several players noted the changing style of play throughout the year and mentioned the learning curve as a first-year coach,” Cosabile wrote.

The Sky were in a playoff position for most of the season and had a chance to clinch a postseason berth at the end of the year, but Chicago lost 12 of their final 14 games, sealing their fate.

While the players noted the discrepancy between Weatherspoon and their squad, Sky also had to deal with circumstances beyond their control, namely the many different injuries throughout the season. Chicago played just two games with a fully healthy roster, and star rookie Angel Reese suffered a season-ending injury in early September.

Reese was outspoken on social media following Weatherspoon’s firing.

“You had a hard job. All the crazy circumstances we’ve been through this year and when your back was against the wall you always believed,” Reese wrote on X. “I came to Chicago because of YOU. “You were an unsung hero in my life.”