BASKETBALL PLAYER

Dawn Staley

1970 - Today

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Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dawn Staley has received more than 5,074,820 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Dawn Staley is the 1,378th most popular basketball player (down from 1,202nd in 2019), the 18,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,938th in 2019) and the 748th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dawn Staley ranks 1,378 out of 1,757Before her are Terry Rozier, Trevor Booker, Evan Turner, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Evgeny Voronov, and Ben McLemore. After her are Stromile Swift, Acie Law, Bobby Portis, Duncan Robinson, Doug McDermott, and Jimmer Fredette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Dawn Staley ranks 1,069Before her are Stephen Malcolm, Tim Farron, Hironari Iwamoto, Riki Takasaki, Satoshi Taira, and Tamotsu Komatsuzaki. After her are Nelson Diebel, Chely Wright, Jonathan Coulton, Geoffrey S. Fletcher, David May, and Jimmy Pedro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dawn Staley ranks 18,850 out of 20,380Before her are Trevor Stines (1996), Conor Casey (1981), April Ross (1982), Greg Walden (1957), Mike Sorber (1971), and Ben McLemore (1993). After her are Ivar (1984), Stromile Swift (1979), Kiely Williams (1986), Brandon Jones (1988), Tay Zonday (1982), and Kurt Busch (1978).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dawn Staley ranks 748Before her are Desmond Bane (1998), James White (1982), Terry Rozier (1994), Trevor Booker (1987), Evan Turner (1988), and Ben McLemore (1993). After her are Stromile Swift (1979), Acie Law (1985), Bobby Portis (1995), Duncan Robinson (1994), Doug McDermott (1992), and Jimmer Fredette (1989).