From the University of Oregon's Daily Emerald: "The next step forward: The world of women's basketball coaching is becoming increasingly populated by former professional players."

The last college basketball season has seen Coquese Washington take over at Penn State, Tia Jackson at Washington and Cindy Blodgett at Maine. Already, the college basketball landscape is dotted with former pros, with Dawn Staley at Temple (Staley is now at South Carolina), Jennifer Rizzotti at Hartford, Suzie McConnell-Serio at Duquesne and more.

With the current WNBA season underway, there are likely future coaches just waiting to be discovered.

"I think it is something that will be more prevalent in the future because I think you get a taste of basketball as a profession just playing-wise and I think you get a different appreciation for it once you're a maturing adult and you find yourself loving the game and wanting to be around it," Staley said.