The No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft and arguably the greatest player to ever suit up for the Kentucky women’s basketball program is starting her coaching career — and it won’t be in Lexington. Instead, Rhyne Howard has been named an assistant coach and the Director of Player Personnel at the University of Florida.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Howard, a star for the Atlanta Dream and an all-time great for the Wildcats, is now a Gator. She will be a member of the Florida women’s basketball staff under head coach Kelly Rae Finley during the WNBA offseason and will return to the floor for the Dream next spring when training camp begins.