Chicago Sky Head Coach Joins Raptors Coaching Staff

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The Toronto Raptors have turned to the WNBA for their latest assistant coaching hire.

Chicago Sky head coach and general manager James Wade has stepped down and will join Toronto’s staff alongside Darko Rajaković, the Sky announced Saturday. Toronto is yet to confirm the hiring.

Wade has been involved in women’s basketball since 2013. He joined the Sky in 2019 and won the league’s Coach of the Year honors in his first season. In 2021, he led the Sky to a WNBA championship before earning the league’s Executive of the Year award the following season.

The 47-year-old from Memphis previously worked as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Stars of the WNBA from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, he spent over a decade playing basketball internationally around the world.

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