Devoting her whole life to the sport, Dawn Stately has rarely ever addressed her love life. Notably, Staley has never been married to anyone.

She was romantically linked with her assistant over the last few years since she tweeted about the two acting like an old married couple. But the exact nature of their relationship remains private.

In 2018, Staley took to Twitter and wrote, “Boyer!! We are that old married couple who started young and will grow old together. You put the ride and die in the RIDE and DIE! Proud of you Boyer. Thanks for sacrificing your career to help to me serve our teams, program, university and state. What a ride?! ❤️❤️”

To which Lisa responded, “What Dawnnie?!?! 10 years!!! Went by in a blink. Laughs, tears, joys, disappointments, heartaches, and victories, BUT always shoulder to shoulder. Been a ton of fun so let’s get this next 10 started!!!#ualreadyknow #loyalisnameofgame.”

This tweet attracted a lot of attention from fans and was interpreted as Dawn being romantically involved with Lisa Boyer. However, neither Dawn nor Lisa ever confirmed it.

Lisa Boyer was born and raised in Ogdensburg, New York, United States. Boyer had a successful career playing at Ohio State. She was coaching in several institutions before she joined the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Dawn Staley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 4th May 1970. She started her career back in 1996. Before joining the WNBA and ABL, she played as a professional in Brazil, Italy, Spain, and France. In 1998, she was drafted into the WNBA. Stately’s transition from player to coach was seamless. She gathered her disappointment of not winning the NCAA National Championship as a college player and turned her destiny around as the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks in 2008. She was inducted into The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of as part of the Class of 2013.

Staley and Boyer’s professional collaboration has been remarkable as Boyer is Staley’s trusted collaborator on the coaching staff. The Head and Associate Coach duo has led the Gamecocks to outstanding achievements, including national championships.

The dynamic duo coached the Gamecocks to success

Lisa Boyer and Dawn Staley have worked together as coaches for 16 years to help South Carolina succeed. Over the last 15 seasons with Gamecocks, Staley has been named National Coach of the Year four times (2014, 2020, 2022, 2023) with her 2020 unanimous selection making her the first former Naismith Player of the Year to earn the Naismith Coach of the Year award.

The Gamecock’s achievements with Staley and Boyer, include:

Two National Championships (2017, 2022)
Five NCAA Final Fours in the last eight tournaments (2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Ranking in the AP Top 25 every week since Dec. 10, 2012, the third-longest active streak in the nation (206)
38 straight weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll, just the third program to go wire-to-wire in that poll in back-to-back seasons
Six 30-win seasons, including a program-record 36 wins in 2022-23
Seven SEC regular-season championships (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Seven SEC Tournament titles (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Three top-two recruiting classes (#1 in 2021, #1 in 2019, #2 in 2014)
Nine NCAA Attendance titles (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Notably, Lisa’s dedication, strategic insights, and coaching acumen have best befitted Dawn’s leadership like two pieces of a puzzle. Talking about the present day, Staley and Boyer revamped the coaching staff, and recruited talented players, instilling in them discipline and work ethic as best traits. As a result, South Carolina consistently ranked among the top teams across the United States, competing fiercely in the SEC.

As a result, their relationship may not be romantically inclined, but going through those years, working side by side makes them no less than each other’s family.