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Indiana Pacers assistant GM Kelly Krauskopf leaving team for role with Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever
Indiana Pacers assistant general manager Kelly Krauskopf is leaving the team after a nearly six-year stint in the front office.
Krauskopf isn’t going far, though. In fact, she can work in the same building. She will become the President of both Basketball and Business Operations for the Indiana Fever once the 2024 WNBA season is over. The 2024 WNBA postseason, which includes the Fever, started on Sunday.
The Fever and Women’s Basketball are in a historic moment, and Krauskopf is returning to the franchise to be a leader. She was the Fever’s President from 2000-2018 before becoming the first woman to hold an executive basketball management role for an NBA team with the Pacers.
“The WNBA and the Fever have always been a part of me, and it is truly a privilege to be asked to return to lead this team at this unprecedented time of the growth in women’s basketball,” Krauskopf said in a release. “I want to thank (President of Basketball Operations) Kevin Pritchard for asking me to join his management staff six years ago. There’s no doubt that experience will serve me well as I enter this next chapter.”
Krauskopf drafted Tamika Catchings, the best player in Fever franchise history, and hired Lin Dunn to be the head coach in the 2000s. Together, those moves made it possible for Indiana to win the 2012 WNBA title. They made the Finals three times under Krauskopf’s leadership.
Now, she’s coming back. And she will work with Dunn, who is presently the GM of the franchise. Current Fever head coach Christie Sides was an assistant coach with the Fever during
Krauskopf’s first tenure as President, and Krauskopf told The Next about her role in helping Dunn hire Sides back in 2022.
“She’s just the right fit at the right time,” Krauskopf said.
The new Fever President spent six seasons with the Pacers. They made the playoffs three times with Krauskopf in the front office, including a trip to the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals.
“Kelly has long been a trend-setter and trailblazer, and we could not be more excited for her as she returns to lead the Fever into a very bright future,” Pritchard said. “During her time with us, she was a key part of our front office and was integral in helping build the roster that reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season. As she leaves to write a new chapter in her already successful career, we are grateful for her contributions to the Pacers and wish her the best!”
The Pacers upcoming season starts next week. The Fever are down 0-1 in their best-of-three first-round playoff series.
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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