NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Vanderbilt Commodores want Stephanie White of the WNBA's Indiana Fever as their new women's basketball coach so much that they're willing to wait.
And White will lean on her old Purdue coach, Carolyn Peck, to run the Commodores while she finishes out the WNBA season.
Vanderbilt announced Tuesday that White will be the program's fifth head coach, and Peck will be the interim head coach while White works the rest of the WNBA season. When Indiana's season ends, Peck then will be associate coach.
White called the combination a "win-win."
"Carolyn is someone who can really hit the ground running.