Dawn Staley would have left South Carolina for New York Knicks head coaching job, she says

If the New York Knicks offered Dawn Staley their head coaching job, the South Carolina coach says she would have felt compelled to take it and become the NBA's first female head coach.

"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."

Staley, who has won three national championships with the South Carolina Gamecocks, interviewed with the Knicks after they lost the Eastern Conference finals and fired Tom Thibodeau .

It's unclear how seriously the Knicks considered hiring Staley, who in January signed a $25 million contract tha