Dallas Wings: Meet the 2023 coaching staff

DALLAS — The Dallas Wings are full! Head coach Latricia Trammell introduced the the rest of the coaching staff, together with two WNBA standouts and faculty stars, that can be part of her on the quest to a WNBA championship in DFW this upcoming season. 

First up, meet the latest assistant coaches: April Schilling and Courtney Paris. They’ll be part of beforehand introduced Assistant Coach Brandi Poole.

Schilling has had stops at each stage of basketball, lately serving as each the head coach with Bella Vista College Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz. and a complicated scout for WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.

“It’s a blessing to unite with Coach Trammell. It’s my hope to be a contributing member to this group as we strive for excellence. I can’t wait to get started,” Schilling stated about becoming a member of the Wings.

Schilling was part of the Nigerian Women’s Basketball Olympic Team staff in 2021 and made her WNBA coaching debut in 2020 when she joined the Indiana Fever as an assistant coach. Prior to her coaching profession, she performed at the collegiate stage for the legendary Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee, serving to the workforce advance to a few Sweet 16s and two Final Fours.

Schilling then transferred to the UCSB the place she assist lead the program to its first Sweet 16 look in program historical past.

As knowledgeable participant in the WNBA, Schilling frolicked with three groups, the New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx and Washington Mystics.

“I have long admired April’s relentless pursuit of coaching and teaching the game of basketball,” Trammell stated. “She has experience at all levels of basketball and is an elite instructor when it comes to the Xs and Os of the game. She will provide tremendous insights to our team and I am thrilled to welcome her to Dallas.”

If Paris sounds acquainted, it’s as a result of she was a star at the University of Oklahoma and the workforce’s all-time chief in factors and rebounds. She turned the first NCAA participant – no matter gender or division – to build up 2,500 profession factors and a couple of,000 profession rebounds.

Paris was the first ever four-time Associated Press and USBWA All-American and USBWA All-American in girls’s faculty basketball historical past.

In 2009 WNBA draft, Paris was chosen seventh by the Sacramento Monarchs. Over her 10-year profession she had stints with the Tulsa Shock and the Dallas Wings, earlier than ending her profession with the Seattle Storm the place she gained a championship in 2018.

When she retired from the league in 2020, she went again to her alma mater OU, the place she spent the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach.

“I’m incredibly fortunate that we have someone like Courtney joining the staff, as she brings a wealth of experience from the collegiate and professional ranks that will benefit our players tremendously,” Trammell stated. “Her resume as a player speaks for itself and I cannot wait to watch her grow as a coach and teacher here in Dallas. I know our team will view her as an invaluable resource.”

Paris shared in the sentiment and is worked up to be part of her former workforce.

“I’m thrilled to be coming back to the Dallas Wings. This team keeps getting more exciting… I’m truly looking forward to this summer and help this team reach its full potential,” she stated.

Trammell introduced Tuesday that Zak Buncik is returning as the Wings’ participant improvement coach.

This shall be Buncik’s second season with the workforce.

“We are excited Zak is returning to the Wings family,” Trammell stated. “He brings a fresh perspective to our staff and I know our players trust and respect his training and developmental regimens. I look forward to working with Zak to help our team take that next step in becoming a championship team.”

Before becoming a member of the Wings, Buncik ran a abilities improvement enterprise the place he labored with all ranges of basketball gamers, together with NBA and WNBA stars. He additionally was on the males’s coaching staff at UT-Arlington, the place the workforce had their winningest stretch in program historical past from 2008-2018.

Another Wings staff member returning for a second season: Strength and Conditioning Coach Preston Smith.

“I am looking forward to working alongside Preston and having him continue his great work with our players, ensuring that they always are able to compete at their most optimal level on and off the court,” stated Trammell.

The Dallas Wings will open their 2023 season towards the Atlanta Dream on May 20 at College Park Center in Arlington. Season tickets and single recreation tickets will be bought here.