Indiana Fever: History, roster, coach, ownership, iconic players, rivalries

The Indiana Fever became the most popular team in the WNBA as soon as they selected Caitlin Clark in the 2024 draft, but the franchise has a long and rather successful 25-year history.

Here, we'll take you through all you need to know about the Fever, from its season history, iconic players and rivalries, to its current roster, coach, and ownership.

Indiana Fever Season History

Season	Record	Playoffs	Coach
2024	20-20	Lost First Round	Christie Sides
2023	13-27	N/A	Christie Sides
2022	5-31	N/A	Marianne Stanley, Carlos Knox
2021	6-26	N/A	Marianne Stanley
2020	6-16	N/A	Marianne Stanley
2019	13-21	N/A	Pokey Chatman
2018	6-28	N/A	Pokey Chatman
2017	9-25	N/A	Pokey Chatman
2016	17-17	Lost First Round	Stephanie White
2015	20-14	Lost WNBA Finals	Stephanie White
2014	16-18	Lost Eastern Conference Finals	Lin Dunn
2013	16-18	Lost Eastern Conference Finals	Lin Dunn
2012	22-12	Won WNBA Finals	Lin Dunn
2011	21-13	Lost Eastern Conference Finals	Lin Dunn
2010	21-13	Lost Eastern Conference Finals	Lin Dunn
2009	22-12	Lost WNBA Finals	Lin Dunn
2008	17-17	Lost Eastern Conference Semis	Lin Dunn
2007	21-13	Lost Eastern Conference Finals	Brian Winters
2006	21-13	Lost Eastern Conference Semis	Brian Winters
2005	21-13	Lost Eastern Conference Finals	Brian Winters
2004	15-19	N/A	Brian Winters
2003	16-18	N/A	Nell Fortner
2002	16-16	Lost Eastern Conference Semis	Nell Fortner
2001	10-22	N/A	Nell Fortner
2000	9-23	N/A	Anne Donovan

Find out how to watch every Indiana Fever game in 2025 with our schedule and TV guide.

Indiana Fever WNBA Championship History

The Indiana Fever have won one WNBA Championship, in 2012 when Tamika Catchings was the team's franchise player.

Indy beat the Atlanta Dream in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and the Connecticut Sun in the Eastern Conference Finals before meeting the Minnesota Lynx in the Finals. Catchings averaged 22.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.2 blocks while shooting 43.0 percent overall in the four games against the Lynx.

The Fever made the Finals and lost on two other occasions: 2009 and 2015. Catchings was the star player on each of those teams, but Natasha Howard — who rejoined the Fever ahead of the 2025 campaign — was part of the 2015 Finals team as a second-year professional.

Indiana Fever 2025 Roster

Name	Position	Height	College	Years Pro
DeWanna Bonner	G/F	6-4	Auburn	15
Aliyah Boston	F/C	6-5	South Carolina	2
Jaelyn Brown	G/F	6-1	California	1
Caitlin Clark	G	6-0	Iowa	1
Sydney Colson	G	5-8	Texas A&M	10
Sophie Cunningham	G	6-1	Missouri	6
Damiris Dantas	F	6-3	N/A	9
Natasha Howard	F	6-2	Florida State	11
Lexie Hull	G	6-1	Stanford	3
Kelsey Mitchell	G	5-8	Ohio State	7
Makayla Timpson	F	6-2	Florida State	Rookie
Brianna Turner	F	6-3	Notre Dame	6

Indiana Fever Coach

Stephanie White was hired as the new Indiana Fever head coach ahead of the 2025 season, nine years after her previous stint as the team's head coach ended.

White went 37-31 in two seasons as the Fever head coach in 2015 and 2016. She presided over the last two seasons of the Tamika Catchings era, and the team went through a seven-year playoff drought that began the season after White left.

White, who grew up in Indiana and played basketball at Purdue University, also played for the Fever from 2000 to 2004. She started her coaching career as an assistant college coach from 2003 to 2007, served as a WNBA assistant from 2007 until getting the Fever job in 2015, and coached Vanderbilt University and the Connecticut Sun between her two stints leading the Fever.

Indiana Fever Ownership

The Indiana Fever are owned by Herbert Simon, who has owned the NBA's Indiana Pacers since 1983. Simon's net worth is $4.7 billion, most of which was made as the CEO of shopping mall developer Simon Property Group.

Indiana Fever Iconic Players

Tamika Catchings

Basketball Hall of Fame member Tamika Catchings spent her entire 15-year WNBA career with the Indiana Fever, and the one-time WNBA MVP, five-time Defensive Player of the Year, and 10-time All-Star is by far the best player in franchise history.

For her career, Catchings averaged 16.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.4 steals while shooting 41.5 percent overall, 35.6 percent from three-point range, and 84.0 percent from the free-throw line.

She also won the 2012 WNBA Finals MVP Award, averaging 22.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.0 steals, and 2.3 blocks in four games against the Minnesota Lynx.

Caitlin Clark

With just one WNBA season under her belt, Caitlin Clark comes nowhere near the list of on-court accomplishments that Catchings has, but she makes this list for the amount of attention she has brought to women's basketball.

Arguably the first superstar in the sport, Clark's arrival in the WNBA coincided with the league setting viewership records. A total of 22 games averaged at least 1 million viewers, and games featuring Clark and the Fever in 2024 were the most-watched WNBA games ever on ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, CBS Sports Network, and NBATV.

As a rookie in 2024, Clark averaged 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 1.3 steals, and 5.6 turnovers while shooting 41.7 percent overall and 34.4 percent from three-point range, playing 35.4 minutes per game. She led the WNBA in total assists, assists per game, total turnovers, and three-point attempts.

Indiana Fever Rivalries

As of 2024, the Indiana Fever’s biggest rival is the Chicago Sky. This rivalry is largely fueled by the emergence of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, who faced off numerous times in college and were both part of the 2024 WNBA Draft class.

The Fever will face off against the Sky as part of the first-ever WNBA Rivals Week on Saturday, August 9, with the game airing on CBS.

In college, Clark’s Iowa team lost to Reese and LSU in the 2023 national championship game. Reese famously made a “you can’t see me” hand gesture at Clark in the final moments of the game. The following year, Iowa eliminated LSU in the Elite 8, with Clark logging 41 points and 12 assists in the win.

When facing off in their rookie WNBA season, Sky guard Chennedy Carter knocked Clark to the ground during an inbounds play and received a flagrant 1 foul. Afterwards, Reese was pictured clapping from the Chicago bench and later failed to appear in front of the media, for which she was fined $1,000.

Historically, the Fever’s biggest rival is the Detroit Shock – now the Dallas Wings. Between 2006 and 2009, the Fever and Shock faced off in the playoffs four-straight years. The Shock won three of those series and two WNBA titles during that span, before the Fever eliminated them in 2009, their final year before becoming the Tulsa Shock.