There's nothing inherently surprising about the New York Knicks interviewing South Carolina's Dawn Staley for their vacant head coach opening.

Despite some interaction between the two sides, University of South Carolina head women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is reportedly not in the running to be the next head coach of the New York Knicks.

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley was reported as a candidate for another head coaching gig. Per reporting from KnicksFanTV, the New York Knicks had contacted the long-time Gamecock boss about replacing the outgoing Tom Thibodeau,