This was Miller’s second head coaching job in the WNBA. After helming the Connecticut Sun for seven years and getting the Sun to the postseason in the last six years, Miller brought instant credibility to the Sparks when he made the move in 2023. However, L.A. suffered an injury-riddled season in his first year and missed the playoffs by one game.

With a franchise low in wins, rookie phenom Cameron Brink tearing her ACL and head coach Curt Miller being let go, not much went right for the Sparks in 2024.

While Los Angeles Sparks parted ways with Curt Miller on Tuesday, Sparks owner Magic Johnson may have had this change forecasted for some time.

Curt Miller is leaving as coach of the Los Angeles Sparks after the WNBA franchise missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and second under him.

Curt Miller, former Indiana women’s basketball head coach from 2012-2014, and the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks agreed to part ways Tuesday according to a release. Miller served as the Sparks’ head coach over the past two seasons and ended his tenure with a 25-55 overall record. The Sparks’ season ended Sept. 19, finishing with an 8-32 record.

The Los Angeles Sparks fired head coach Curt Miller on Tuesday night, throwing open a job unexpectedly less than a week after the end of the 2024 regular season for a team seemingly on the cusp of exiting its rebuilding phase. The team announced it as a mutual parting of the ways, but multiple sources tell The Next it was the team’s decision.

The Los Angeles Sparks and coach Curt Miller have mutually parted ways after two seasons. The team released a statement on Tuesday.

Magic Johnson has claimed that Los Angeles Sparks fans have a right to be mad and has called out senior member Eric Holoman days before the WNBA team fired head coach Curt Miller

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