After main Solar to Finals, Curt Miller leaving to teach Sparks – newsdubai

Coming off a WNBA Finals look, Curt Miller is leaving the Connecticut Solar and would be the subsequent coach of the Sparks, Los Angeles introduced Friday.

A former Sparks assistant coach, Miller had been with the Solar since 2016 and led them to the WNBA Finals in 2019 and 2022, after they misplaced to the Las Vegas Aces. Connecticut had made the playoffs the previous six years of Miller’s seven-year tenure.

“I’m able to work alongside our house owners, gamers, and full group to assist construct a crew that can compete for WNBA championships and make our followers and companions proud,” Miller mentioned in an announcement. “It’s a privilege to carry this place, and I’m dedicated to including to the unimaginable basketball legacy of this metropolis and franchise.”

Miller, 54, was a collegiate coach from 1991 to 2014, together with as a head coach at Bowling Inexperienced and Indiana. He moved to the WNBA as an assistant with Los Angeles in 2015 earlier than taking up in Connecticut the next 12 months.

The Sparks fired coach Derek Fisher after 12 video games in 2022, and he was changed on an interim foundation by Fred Williams. The Sparks went 13-23 and missed the playoffs for the second straight season.

The Solar will be part of the Dallas Wings and Indiana Fever in in search of a brand new head coach.