Another WNBA team announced a coaching change on Sunday as the Indiana Fever said they had “parted ways” with head coach Christie Sides.

The Fever, led by No. 1 pick and 2024 Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark, have fallen short of the franchise's first playoff berth since 2016.

Under Sides, who spent two years as head coach, Indiana was 33-47, including 20-20 in 2024. The Fever season ended with a two-game first-round playoff win over the Connecticut Sun.

Sides was hired after the 2022 campaign to replace Marianne Stanley and her interim replacement, Carlos Knox. Sides had two seasons left on a four-year contract. Since Lin Dunn (2008-2014), no Fever head coach has been in office longer than three seasons.

“We are incredibly grateful to Coach Sides for taking on the challenge of leading us through a comprehensive transition period over the past two seasons while positioning us well for future growth,” Fever president of basketball operations Kelly Krauskopf said in a statement Explanation. “While decisions like these are never easy, it is also imperative that we remain bold and confident in the pursuit of our goals, which include maximizing our talent and bringing another WNBA Championship back to Indiana. Coach Sides has been an incredible representative of the Fever and our community and we wish her nothing but success in the future.”

Earlier this month, Krauskopf — a former Indiana Pacers executive who announced she was returning to the Fever after a long career with the franchise — appeared to express her confidence in Sides.

“It takes time,” Krauskopf said in her introductory conference. “The teams I had to put together took a long time to come together, I mean years. This won't happen in four months. It takes a few years. I've been really impressed with the progress that they've made and how Christie is a resilient leader, you know, she's a culture builder, you know, she has that kind of tenacity to stick to her plan and she's a good person a great leader. I was impressed with the way they finished.

The Fever, which returns 2023 Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston along with Clark and hopes to re-sign All-Star Kelsey Mitchell in free agency, will go into 2025 with a new head coach, general manager (the recently hired Amber Cox) and A new general manager begins president in Krauskopf.

Indiana is now the sixth WNBA team to have a head coach position, joining the Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky, Atlanta Dream, Dallas Wings and Washington Mystics. Six of the seven bottom teams are all looking for a new coach.