Wings coach Latricia Trammell has been fired after two seasons

Another coaching position opened up in the WNBA on Friday as the Dallas Wings announced the firing of Latricia Trammell after two seasons with the team.

Trammell is the fourth coach to be let go since the conclusion of the 2024 WNBA regular season, along with Los Angeles’ Kurt Miller, Atlanta’s Tanesha Wright and Chicago’s Teresa Witherspoon. The Dream Team was the only team to reach the playoffs this year.

Trammell led Dallas to a 22-18 regular season mark in 2023, the franchise’s best record since 2008, when it was still based in Detroit as the Shock. The Wings advanced to the WNBA semifinals, where they lost to the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces.

But this year, with star player Sato Sabally missing 25 of 40 games with a shoulder injury and committed to the German national team for the Olympics, Dallas went 9-31.

Amber Cox left the Wings’ chief operating officer position after the season to become COO and general manager of the Indiana Fever. With Cox’s departure, Wings president and CEO Greg Babe said he would hire a general manager along with a new coach.

“As part of the year-end review process, and in conjunction with our long-term organizational strategic planning, I have decided to expand and strengthen our basketball operations by appointing a general manager who will assume his duties,” Pep said in a statement. The search for this individual to oversee the day-to-day operations of our basketball group has already begun, and I hope to have more news on this appointment soon. “

The Wings will be in the 2025 WNBA draft lottery, scheduled for Nov. 17 on ESPN, and should also prepare for the Golden State Valkyries expansion draft on Dec. 6, where all current teams can protect six players. The Valkyries hired former Aces assistant Natalie Nakase as their head coach on October 10.

The Wings started in Detroit in 1998 and won three WNBA championships there before moving to Tulsa in 2010. After six seasons in Oklahoma, the team moved to Dallas in 2016 and became the Wings.

They will now hire a fifth coach since their move to Dallas. The Wings also briefly had an interim coach at the end of the 2018 season.

The Wings play at Texas-Arlington’s arena, College Park Center, but plan to move to downtown Dallas in the coming years.

“The investment in human capital in our basketball group is consistent with other long-term strategic investments we are making in our organization,” Pape said. “Including our move to Dallas, highlighted by a new practice facility and renovated Dallas Memorial Stadium. These investments will put the Dallas Wings in the best position to remain a leader on and off the court as the team pursues WNBA championships in the making.” A consistent positive impact on our community.”