Chicago Sky star Angel Reese wrote an emotional farewell to Chicago Sky head coach Teresa Weatherspoon, who was reportedly fired after less than a year as the club’s head coach.
“I am heartbroken. I am literally at a loss for words to know what this woman meant to me at such a pivotal point in my life. She was the only person who believed in me,” Reese said in part in a post on X, previously known as Twitter.
Reese was one of the bright spots on a Sky team that finished 13-27 and narrowly missed a postseason berth. Reese set the WNBA single-season rebounding record in 2024, her rookie season.
Weatherspoon, who played in the WNBA from 1997-2004, was hired as the team’s head coach in October 2023 after three seasons as an assistant coach with the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Sky were coached under James Wade to begin the 2023 season, although he resigned in July 2023 to take an assistant coaching position with the Toronto Raptors.
The Sky finished 2023 under interim head coach Emre Vatansever, with the team 11-13 under his leadership.