Atlanta Dreams big, hires Florida Gulf Coast head coach Karl Smesko
In a surprise move, the Dream looked to the college rank and plucked one of the best women's basketball coaches in NCAA mid-major history.
The Atlanta Dream announced Tuesday morning that they had hired Florida Gulf Coast head coach Karl Smesko. After 22 years in Fort Myers, where he turned the Eagles into one of the most prolific mid-major programs in America, Smesko takes his first WNBA head coaching. It’s his first professional coaching gig in his career.
It’s hard to overstate just how…
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