Dawn Staley, the former Olympian, WNBA All-Star and most successful coach in Temple women’s basketball history, is leaving for a job at South Carolina, as reported by Owlscoop.com.

The news had been rumored by the Philadelphia Inquirer and other media outlets, but it’s been broken as official.

This from the Inquirer’s Mel Greenberg, the Godfather of women’s basketball.

 Two other known candidates are longtime Tennessee assistant coach Holly Warlick and North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell.

South Carolina, however, is believed to want to make a minority hire.

Staley, who turned 38 on Sunday, visited the campus in Columbia last week, the source confirmed, and school officials have been in touch with the former point guard since then.

The three-time Olympic gold medalist and former WNBA all-star has been a prime attraction when vacancies occur because of her success transforming Temple from a doormat into a program of national respectability.

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