'His talent evaluation and player development acumen are unmatched from selecting Natasha Cloud and Emma Meesseman in the second round to adding Ariel Atkins and Shakira Austin to the Mystics roster. Mike was able to bring a once-in-a-generation talent in Elena Delle Donne to our team. “We have had some of the best players in the world wear the Mystics uniform. In the last decade, we won a championship and have been a perennial playoff team while appearing in back-to-back WNBA Finals,” Monumental Sports & Entertainment Founder and CEO Ted Leonsis said in a release. “When we first hired Mike 10 years ago, we assigned him a large task: to make the Washington Mystics relevant in the WNBA, and he more than delivered. That finally came together in 2019 with a historic championship squad. The one accomplishment, despiting winning 56.7% of his games, that eluded Thibault for over 15 years was a championship. 2019 WNBA Champion- Tyler Byrum November 15, 2022 Most wins as a Sun coach (206) and Mystics coach (173)
