Staley named Finalist for Naismith Coach of the Year

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South Carolina coach Dawn Staley along with North Carolina State’s Wes Moore, Geno Auriemma of Connecticut and the award’s most recent recipient, Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw, headline the four finalists vying for the 2014 Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.

The four finalists were selected by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s National Voting Academy, which based its criteria on the coaches’ performances to this point in the 2013-14 women’s college basketball season.

The Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year Award will be announced during the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Nashville.

“These four finalists have turned in some of the most impressive coaching jobs in college basketball this season, especially considering the challenges each has had to overcome. They set the standard of exemplary leadership, and we commend them for the tremendous seasons thus far,” said Eric Oberman, executive director of the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

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