{"id":332840,"date":"2025-12-05T22:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332840\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:41:08","slug":"fevers-stephanie-white-makes-psycho-caitlin-clark-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332840\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever’s Stephanie White makes ‘psycho’ Caitlin Clark revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fever’s Stephanie White makes ‘psycho’ Caitlin Clark revelation<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Fever<\/a> made a crucial decision to hire Stephanie White for a second stint as the franchise’s head coach.<\/p>\n

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In appointing White to replace Christie Sides, the Fever expected to usher in a new era of championship contention — and in White’s first season back in Indiana, the Fever reached Game 5 of the WNBA semifinals, only losing to the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Appearing Friday on Sue Bird’s “Bird’s Eye View<\/a>” podcast, White revealed that she placed a priority on forming a relationship with star point guard Caitlin Clark — who went on to have a season nobody expected.<\/p>\n

“She’s obviously the centerpiece of everything that we do,” White said. “Most importantly for me was just connecting and building trust.”<\/p>\n

After winning Rookie of the Year honors and ending the Fever’s eight-year playoff drought in 2024, Clark was limited to 13 games in 2025 and was shut down for the year in September.<\/p>\n

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Clark’s injury woes heightened the noise around her as arguably the WNBA’s most popular and well-known players. White admitted that she doesn’t know how the 23-year-old is able to block out the noise so effectively, but it helped coach and player form a mutual trust quickly.<\/p>\n

Not to mention, Clark and White both want to do everything possible to win at the highest level.<\/p>\n

“I’m a firm believer that you have to coach and challenge your best players, and for me to be able to do that, I needed to earn her trust,” White said. “I’m also the same kind of psycho that she is, in terms of competitiveness.”<\/p>\n

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