Danny Dahm pulled up to Phoenix’s Footprint Center in a white van with the words “HOPE COACH” stickered onto its hood. In the summer of 2017, he was tasked with picking up Mercury star Brittney Griner from the city’s downtown arena so that she could take part in a Phoenix Rescue Mission program delivering shoes, hygiene kits and socks to people in the area who were experiencing homelessness. Dahm assumed Griner would have an aura of arrogance about her, considering her stature within the world of basketball. But when the 6-foot-9 Griner folded into the front right passenger seat of the vehicle, he was struck by her friendly presence.
Brittney Griner’s Off-the-Court Impact Remains in Phoenix
