MSR sports columnist Charles Hallman profiles Tonya Chavers, the first Black female girls’ high school basketball head coach at Minneapolis North and a Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Trailblazer, as she prepares to attend the 2026 WBHOF induction ceremony featuring Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve.
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Traditional ‘bigs’ give way to roaming centers
This season there are 25 WNBA players officially listed as centers, and seven others are listed as center-forwards. Williams, who has coached in the W for 15 seasons, says, “You need a big to alter shots or at least have [an] opportunity in the paint, a person with length who can move off screens and can play good defense. You got about five or six bigs who are top scorers in our league.”