Fever coach Stephanie White to miss game vs. Valkyries

Field Level Media|published: Thu 19th June, 18:17 2025

Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White cheers for her team Saturday, June 14, 2025, during a game between the Indiana Fever and the New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty, 102-88.

Indiana coach Stephanie White will miss her second game this season for personal reasons when the Fever visit the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday night in San Francisco.

The Fever (6-5) said White is tending to a personal matter, with assistant coach Austin Kelly serving as acting head coach for Indiana's first game against the expansion Golden State franchise (5-6).

Kelly also served as head coach on June 7, when the Fever beat the host Chicago Sky 79-52 on June 7. White, 47, was attending to a family matter.

"It's going to be the same," Kelly said after Thursday's shootaround, according to an ESPN report. "I think we are an extension of each other.

"The message is still the same that we talk about in the locker room: playing for each other, getting it done on the defensive end and then having that help fuel us on the offensive end. But the vibes are good."

It is the first season of White's second stint as Indiana's head coach. She led the Fever from 2015-16 and returned after spending the past two seasons coaching the Connecticut Sun.

--Field Level Media