ABC Columbia
Mar 11, 2021 3:12 PM EST
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– One state lawmaker says the time is now to honor Gamecock women’s basketball Coach Dawn Staley. Wednesday, State Representative Marvin Pendarvis filed a resolution urging the university’s board of trustees to rename the court at Colonial Life Arena after Staley.
Pendarvis tweeted “We need to give her her flowers now.”
Today I'm filing a Resolution urging the @UofSC Board of Trustees to rename the basketball court in the Colonial Life Arena after Coach Dawn Staley. We need to give her her flowers now. pic.twitter.com/hnT19qX6Q6
Staley has won more than 300 games as Carolina’s head coach, including the 2017 National Championship.