Last season, Staley started handing out pieces of the first championship nets won in 2017, and she plans to hand out the 2022 winning nets to Black sports journalists.
On Wednesday night, she'll be on the receiving end of more accolades. Staley will accept the Billie Jean King Leadership Award at the Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute to Women in Sports.
She recently guided the U.S. women's basketball team to its seventh straight gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. A 5-foot-6 floor general at Virginia and six-time WNBA All-Star--Staley won three Olympic golds during her playing career.
The Philadelphia native turned around struggling programs at Temple and South Carolina, and the latter now boasts some of the highest attendance in the nation. She watched her former South Carolina star A'ja Wilson win the WNBA title with the Las Vegas Aces and earn MVP honors last month.
Now among the highest-paid coaches in women's basketball, the 52-year-old Staley enters her 15th season at the helm.
The Naismith Hall of Famer talked to The Associated Press about role models, supporting the community and her 5-year-old Havanese dog named "Champ." Comments have been edited for brevity.
AP: Why was it important to hand out pieces of the NCAA title net to coaches of color?
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