Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach who is currently the head coach for the reigning champion South Carolina Gamecocks women's team. Staley won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA as a player and later was head coach of another U.S. gold-medal winning team. Staley was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. After playing point guard for the University of Virginia under Debbie Ryan, and winning the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she played professionally in the American Basketball League and WNBA. In 2011, fans named Staley one of the top 15 players in WNBA history. Staley was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Full Court Press (2024)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: The Moment (May 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Fearless (May 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Down to Business (May 11, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Dream Chasers (May 11, 2024)
CBS Saturday Morning (2021)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
- Episode 1x23: Dawn Staley, Doug E. Fresh (Apr 2, 2022)
Today 3rd Hour (2018)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
- Episode 2025-05-23: Shaquille O'Neal, Dawn Staley, David Hyde Pierce (May 23, 2025)
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (2018)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
- Episode 6x04: Life of a Cornstar (Feb 16, 2023)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
- Episode 2025-05-21: Natalie Portman, Dawn Staley, Wednesday, Buddy Guy (May 21, 2025)
SEC Now (2014)
Guest starring as Head Coach of South Carolina Women's Basketball
- Episode 2025-01-22: Episode 21 (Jan 22, 2025)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
- Episode 28x167: Angela Bassett, Dawn Staley (May 20, 2025)
College GameDay (1987)
Guest starring as Guest Picker
- Episode 40x06: From Columbia, SC (Sep 14, 2024)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Dawn Staley
- Episode 2025-05-20: Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Nicole Kidman, Murray Bartlett, Henry Golding, Dawn Staley (May 20, 2025)