# Rachel Banham's Next Chapter

> Sky guard Rachel Banham plans WNBA coaching career after basketball.
- Title: Rachel Banham's Next Chapter · Chicago Sun-Times | Shortify
- Summary: Sky guard Rachel Banham plans WNBA coaching career after basketball. Rachel Banham, a Sky guard, wants to coach in the WNBA after her basketball career ends.
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- Source: Chicago Sun-Times — https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky/2026/09/22/sky-veteran-rachel-banham-is-starting-to-think-about-life-after-basketball
- Published: 2026-09-22T23:58:56.259+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: rachel banham, sky, wnba, coaching, basketball, free agency, news, local
## Rachel Banham
Sky guard Rachel Banham is starting to think about life after basketball.

> Every year you can feel it get a little closer
## Playing Career
She thinks she has another year or two of playing left in her.
## Coaching Goals
After that, she wants to coach in the wnba.
## Coaching Experience
She got her feet wet as an assistant coach at her alma mater from 2022-2024.
## Film Interest
Film has always fascinated her, she loves watching basketball like a gross amount.
## Career Path
She was drafted no. 4 to the sun in 2016, played for the lynx from 2020-23 and returned to the sun.
## Coaching Mentors
She has seen great coaches like curt miller in connecticut, cheryl reeve in minnesota and stephanie white with the sun.
## Accountability
She wants to be kind of annoying, relentlessly pushing teams to their potential.
## Current Role
Last season she stepped into largest role after courtney vandersloot went down with acl tear.
## This Season
This season she started in a shooting slump and played fewer than 15 minutes per game.
## Next Steps
She wants to coach in the wnba after her basketball career ends.
## Key takeaway

Rachel Banham, a Sky guard, wants to coach in the WNBA after her basketball career ends.