Orlando Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Becomes Phoenix Mercury Head Coach- New Highest Paid!
There is more moving and shaking occurring in the WNBA. New coaches being named, along with new contracts. What is going down? Well, Orlando Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Becomes Phoenix Mercury Head Coach and is set to become the highest-paid coach in women’s professional basketball history.
Wild. Yet, the deal is soon to be done and final. ESPN’s senior NBA insider, Adrian Wojnarowski, quickly gathered vital information about this sudden story. Adrian reveals,
“ESPN Sources: Orlando Magic assistant Nate Tibbetts is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach of the Phoenix Mercury. Tibbetts — who’s also been an assistant with Portland and Cleveland — will become the highest paid coach in WNBA history.
Suns and Mercury owner Mat Ishbia hired new GM Nick U’Ren from the Warriors and set him out with CEO Josh Bartelstein on the coaching search that lands Tibbetts. The Mercury recently announced plans to build a modern, dedicated practice facility as part of a new $100M investment.”
Orlando Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Becomes Phoenix Mercury Head Coach- New Highest Paid!
So basically, Tibbetts is going to be smiling all the way to the bank just for switching from the NBA to the WNBA. Nevertheless, how much is he going to be making? Well, before today the Aces’ Becky Hammon was currently the league’s highest-paid coach with a salary of more than $1 million per season. Nate will surpass this figure.
Mercury and Suns owner, Mat Ishbia, believes this move will drastically help to improve his WNBA franchise. This season was not good for Mercury. The team finishes at 9-31 for the year; which puts them at the worst in all of women’s basketball.
Therefore, change is definitely needed and necessary. Plus, now is a good time to shore things up for the future. Viewership reports clearly show that the WNBA audience is in fact growing and enlarging.
In 2023, viewership was up a whopping 27 percent! This increase is causing major positive changes to the Women National Basketball Association. With more financial investments being poured into the sports market as well. Ishbia is apart of this investing frenzy. Regarding his teams he states,
“We want to have one of the greatest sports organizations in the world.”
“And to do that you have to invest in the people.”
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