Stephanie White was introduced as coach of the Indiana Fever on Monday, and she was flanked by Fever general manager Amber Cox and team president Kelly Krauskopf. The dais alone is an indication the Fever are serious about not just replicating their 2012 championship season,

There's a palpable buzz surrounding the Indiana Fever of late now that they've confirmed Stephanie White, the 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year, as the team's new head coach .

The 47-year-old White returns to Indiana as a far more experienced coach than the one who left in 2016 just two seasons into her head coaching career with a record of 37-31. She spent the next four-plus seasons as Vanderbilt's head coach, compiling a 46-83 mark before taking a year off and eventually returning to the WNBA with the Connecticut Sun.