Sun have much to accomplish during shortened camp.

In past training camps, Mike Thibault would teach as much as he would coach in certain sets or drills. Then he’d have to do it again. And again. “I always felt like I taught the same thing three times because they (the players) came in three stages,” the Connecticut Sun coach said. There’s no need [...]

Long offseason nearly over for Sun’s Thibault.

“Seven months,” the Connecticut Sun coach said, counting the time off his fingers to remind himself. “That’s a long time. It’s almost double your season.” But come Sunday, when Thibault holds his first official team meeting, and then Monday, when training camp opens with the team’s annual media day, the 2009 WNBA season will be [...]

Thibault, Auriemma Olympic Candidates?

When the new executive advisory committee serving USA Basketball’s women’s national team is selected this year, it will have to choose the successor to Anne Donovan as Olympic coach for the 2012 Summer Games in London. It is an elite job, one many college and professional coaches desire, though it requires a three-year commitment and [...]

Thibault Finds His Niche In WNBA.

Although he was as confounded as anybody late Saturday night by a playoff game — heck, an entire season — that almost slipped away, Sun coach Mike Thibault knows his X’s and O’s as well as anybody on either side of the gender fence. That’s why Jerry West recommended him for his job. That’s why [...]

Sun’s playoff run starts, ends with Thibault.

“I think we’re a bit surprised how well and how quickly it all happened,” Sun general manager Chris Sienko said. “But Mike has really good control of what he wants to do. He’s very, very tactical. The Coach of the Year thing, which is good, I think people do that based on results instead of [...]

Coach T Begins Shifting Into Olympic Mode.

”It’s a pretty big task ahead for us,” Thibault said. “You’re going to have a lot of players coming in the first week that are tired from our season. We need to get good practice out there, but we also need to rejuvenate a little bit. One of the things we have to do [...]

Sun’s Thibault not panicking yet.

“If we don’t hold up our end of the bargain over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be concerned,” said Thibault, whose team next plays Sunday at Washington. “But we have some winnable road games if we play well the next couple weeks, and we have to take care of business at home.” [...]

For Thibault, it’s home, sweet home.

Mike Thibault has received job offers since he’s been the head coach of the Connecticut Sun, whether it’s joining an NBA staff or being a women’s college basketball coach. Thibault keeps turning them down, though, as he’s already got a job he likes. Connecticut likes Thibault, too. The team announced Wednesday that it extended the [...]