WASHINGTON — Washington Mystics general manager Mike Thibault has a new seat for home games this season. After 55 years spent in coaching, the last 20 of which came in the WNBA, he stepped aside as the Mystics’ head coach in the offseason. So, instead of patrolling the sideline in front of his team’s bench, he sits with his wife Nanci on the opposite sideline at center court. Sometimes he can even have a midgame snack as he watches his team and his son Eric, who succeeded him as head coach.
During the Mystics’ season opener at home on May 19, Eric glanced over in Mike’s direction just once, he told reporters afterward. “[Mike] was yelling, and I think I was yelling the same thing,” Eric said. “So some things don’t change.”
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