Dawn Staley is the essence of female empowerment, with her unprecedented achievements in her fearless basketball career. However, the same cannot be said for her personal life, particularly her relationship status and attitude toward marriage.
The American basketball coach has always kept her personal life private, never mentioning her lovers or allowing fans to speculate about her sexuality.
Wiki and Facts
- Date of Birth May 04, 1970
- Age51 Years, 0 Months
- Nationality American
- Birth Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Birth Name Dawn Michelle Staley
- Profession Basketball Player
- Career 1996-present
- Relationship Status Single
- Salary $300 Thousand
- Net Worth $1 Million
- Ethnicity/Race Mixed
- Father Clarence Staley
- Mother Estelle Staley
- Siblings 4
- College University of Virginia
- Height/ How Tall? 5’6″
- Weight 61 kg (135 lbs)
- Hair Color Black
- Eye Color Dark Brown
- Awards Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award (1993)
- Sister/s Tracey Staley Underwood
- Official Site http://dawnstaley.com
Are Dawn Staley and Lisa Boyer both Lesbians?
While Staley has never stated her relationship status or who her boyfriend is, she has allowed her followers to speculate about her sexuality and relationship.
Her uncompromising, outspoken personality has led many fans to believe she is a lesbian. And the rumors have been around for quite some time. “I think Dawn Staley is gay,” a Twitterati named Zaria commented in 2014.
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Then, in March 2021, another Twitter user assumed she was a lesbian, though she clarified that she didn’t know for sure. “Dawn Staley a different type of elderly fine.. gay self.. ion even know if she is gay, but she looks like it,” she wrote on Twitter.
Surprisingly, lesbian stereotypes did not appear anywhere. Lisa Boyer, South Carolina’s assistant basketball coach, has long been tied to Staley.
In a now-deleted post, the three-time Olympic gold medallist added fuel to the dating rumors by referring to herself and Boyer as a married couple. She even praised Boyer for putting his career on hold to let her pursue her aspirations.
There is no other proof that Staley is married to Lisa Boyer outside the tweet. Neither of them has verified their relationship or used the term “partner” to describe each other.
Her Parents’ Tragic Death
On May 4, 1970, Clarence Staley and Estelle Staley welcomed their first child, Staley. Her parents married and moved to South Carolina from North Philadelphia in the 1950s when she was a teenager. Lawrence Staley, Anthony Staley, Eric Staley, Tracey Staley Underwood, and Dawn Staley are their five children, three boys, and two females.
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Staley, the youngest of her siblings, tragically lost her father in 2006 due to sickness. Her mother, who encouraged her to focus on her schooling while playing basketball, had Alzheimer’s.
Staley relocated to South Carolina to care for her mother. Her mother, who had been thriving for years, died in August 2017 at 74.
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Pleaded Help for Sister’s Cancer
Staley requested well wishes from her followers for her sister’s early recovery from leukemia, which she expected to happen in May 2020.
Tracey Staley Underwood, the head coach of the University of South Carolina, announced on Twitter that she had been diagnosed with leukemia, a kind of blood cancer. She then begged that her followers send Tracey cards and letters to cheer her up.
Her sister healed following the plea, thanks to five chemotherapies and a bone marrow transplant in August 2020. Lawrence, their brother, provided the required stem cells as a 10/10 match for the donation.
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