The Dallas Wings have parted ways with head coach Latricia Trammell.
On Friday, Howard Megdal of The Next Hoops broke the news that Trammell was out after a 9-31 year and a 31-49 tenure during two seasons. According to Megdal, the Wings let go of Trammell to restructure the front office and hire a general manager, who will presumably want to hire their own coach.
This season, the Wings were decimated by injuries, including a months-long absence from star Satou Sabally. Ultimately, Dallas could not build on a 22-18 season in 2023, during which the team made a deeper run into the playoffs, ultimately falling just shy of the Finals.
Trammell’s departure is the fourth since the regular season ended on September 19. The former Wings coach joins Tanisha Wright in Atlanta (three seasons), Curt Miller in Los Angeles (two seasons) and Teresa Weatherspoon in Chicago (one season) as coaches who were with their respective teams for three seasons or less.
With Trammell gone, Dallas will also look for its sixth coach in 10 years. Other than previous coach Fred Williams, who lasted five seasons, no other coach in the last decade has lasted more than two years with the organization.
Trammell’s short stint is not particularly alarming — the average tenure for a WNBA coach is two and a half years — but it’s not great for establishing consistency. It also restarts the clock for the franchise to return to the WNBA Finals, which it hasn’t done since 2008 when it was the Detroit Shock.
