FILE - In this July 13, 2021, file photo, head coach Dawn Staley, center, coaches during practice for the United States women's basketball team in preparation for the Olympics in Las Vegas. Jennifer Gillom says everything is a process. Dawn Staley becoming the first Black female head coach of the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team is no different. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

FILE - In this June 28, 2011, file photo, Los Angeles Sparks coach Jennifer Gillom gestures during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Gillom says everything is a process. Dawn Staley becoming the first Black female head coach of the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team is no different. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

FILE - In this March 10, 2003, file photo, Kansas head coach Marian Washington talks to her players during a practice session for the Women's Big 12 basketball tournament in Dallas. The five Black women, including Washington, who have been national team assistants helped pave the way for Dawn Staley's historic debut at the Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2018, file photo, Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer talks to players during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in College Park, Md. The five Black women, including Stringer, who have been national team assistants helped pave the way for Dawn Staley's historic debut at the Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)