SALT LAKE CITY -- After less than a year at the helm of the Utah Starzz, coach Frank Layden announced his resignation Monday.Layden took over the team July 27, 1998, replacing Denise Taylor, and won only two of 11 games last season. This year, the revamped Starzz had posted a 2-2 record, including a win over the Sacramento Monarchs on Saturday.
Layden, former coach of the NBA's Utah Jazz, did not give a reason for his decision.
"I think I have succeeded in doing all that I feel I possibly could and can do," Layden said in a statement Monday. "I'm passing the reins on. We're changing the face of the team. We've changed the attitude of the team and I think we're headed in the right direction."
Former assistant Fred Williams will take over as coach of the team. Williams has been with the team since the beginning of the 1998 season. He was the head coach of the University of Southern California between 1995 to 1997.
When Layden took the position as coach last season he insisted the position was not temporary. "This is a position I plan to hold for a long time to come," he said.