Dawn Staley said if she'd been offered the New York Knicks head coaching job, she would have felt compelled to leave South Carolina — where she has won three national championships — to take the position.

Staley interviewed with the Knicks before they hired Mike Brown last month.

“I would have had to do it. Not just for me. For women. To break (that door) open,” Staley said on the “Post Moves” podcast with Aliyah Boston of the Indiana Fever and former WNBA star Candace Parker. “I would have had to. It’s the New York Knicks. I’m from Philly. But it’s the freaking New York Knicks.”

It's unclear how seriously the Knicks considered hiring Staley.

New York interviewed several other candidates for the position, including former Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, former Memphis Grizzlie

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