Lindsay Whalen officially named the first two members of her coaching staff: Kelly Roysland and Carly Thibault-DuDonis.
Roysland is a former player at the University of Minnesota who briefly overlapped with Whalen. After playing, she moved into coaching. She served as an assistant to Pam Borton at Minnesota from 2010-2014 before moving to take the head coach at Macalester College in St. Paul. While her record at Macalester is not particularly impressive, the Scots have been a garbage basketball program for a long time. Roysland 11-14 record last year was the highest since 2011. Roysland has head coaching experience as well as D1 assistant experience.