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Statement from Women's Basketball Coach Dawn Staley
University of South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley has released the following statement:
“I continue to stand by my position. After my personal research, I made a decision for the well-being of my team. I regret that my university, my athletics director Ray Tanner and others got drawn into the criticism of a choice that I made.”