New Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White has famous partner who is ESPN star

The Indiana Fever’s new returning head coach Stephanie White’s partner is a famous sideline reporter for ESPN’s Monday Night Football who has featured on the show for over a deacde

The Indiana Fever’s new head coach Stephanie White’s partner is ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters.

White was named as the Fever’s new head coach on a two-year deal on Friday as the team moved quickly to replace Christie Sides, who held the position in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. White is the former head coach of the Connecticut Sun and will look forward to leading the likes of Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston next season.

And White’s connection with sport exceeds beyond her own role within the WNBA, with her partner, Salters, a veteran sideline reporter for ESPN’s Monday Night Football. Despite their relationship not being majorly in the public eye, a quick glance through White’s Instagram page shows the couple’s relationship.

White and Salters met after the basketball coach had split with her husband Brent McCarty in 2002 after four years of marriage. White found love again with Salters and the pair live together raising four young boys.

Salters has featured on MNF since 2012 but missed her assignment for a second consecutive week last month due to an undisclosed issue away from the field. Commentator Joe Buck sent his regards to Salters as he also addressed her absence. “We miss the heck out of Lisa Salters who is tending to a family matter,” he said. “Hope to have her back next week, or whenever she gets things settled. We’re certainly thinking of her on this night, as we were a week ago.”

Lisa Salters is a sideline reporter for ESPN across multiple sports ( 
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White was unveiled as the Fever’s new head coach and spoke of her happiness returning back to Indiana. “I am incredibly proud and honored to return home to Indiana and lead the Fever during such a pivotal moment in this franchise’s history, as well as during such an important time throughout women’s athletics,” White said.

This franchise has and always will be committed to winning and I look forward to working every day to help deliver another WNBA title to the greatest basketball fans in the world.”

White and Salters met after the Fever coach divorced from her husband ( 
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The Fever will be looking to improve upon their 20-20 finish last campaign as they were knocked out at the first hurdle in the post-season. White will have an abundance of talent at her disposal with the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year Clark leading the league in assists and three-pointers, while veteran Kelsey Mitchell recorded a career-high of 19.2 points-per-game.

It appears that the Fever have also added a superstar coach to lead the franchise with White being named the league’s Coach of the Year in 2023 when she guided Connecticut to a 27-13 finish and a journey to the semi-finals. White previously held the role as Indiana’s head coach in 2015 and 2016, leading the team to successive playoff appearances and reaching the 2015 WNBA Finals.