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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 12/03/20 1:24 pm ::: Trivia Time - NCAA/WNBA/Olympics |
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By my count -- pilght, correct me if I am wrong -- three NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches played in a NCAA Final Four, win an Olympic Gold Medal and win a WNBA Championship.
Who are they?
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PickledGinger
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Posted: 12/03/20 2:03 pm ::: |
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Lindsay Whalen for sure. Not sure on the other 2. Are we talking current coaches? Just head coaches or do assistants count? Kara Lawson has 2/3 but was never an Olympian (she played for team USA at the World Champioships). Tina Thompson likewise never made the Final Four in her time at USC. Neither Dawn Staley or Nikki McCray ever won a WNBA championship.
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PickledGinger
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Posted: 12/03/20 2:08 pm ::: Re: Trivia Time - NCAA/WNBA/Olympics |
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pilight
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Posted: 12/03/20 3:17 pm ::: |
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Whalen, as mentioned
Pretty sure Lawson was on the 2008 Olympic squad, which makes her qualify
Cynthia Cooper is at Texas Southern and accomplished all three
Sheryl Swoopes has done all that and is currently an assistant at Texas Tech if you want to count assistants
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PickledGinger
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Posted: 12/03/20 5:43 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
Whalen, as mentioned
Pretty sure Lawson was on the 2008 Olympic squad, which makes her qualify
Cynthia Cooper is at Texas Southern and accomplished all three
Sheryl Swoopes has done all that and is currently an assistant at Texas Tech if you want to count assistants |
Oh, derp. You're right about Lawson. I remembered her being on a World Championship team. I guess with Cooper thay makes 3.
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ucbart
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Posted: 12/03/20 5:48 pm ::: |
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PickledGinger wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
Whalen, as mentioned
Pretty sure Lawson was on the 2008 Olympic squad, which makes her qualify
Cynthia Cooper is at Texas Southern and accomplished all three
Sheryl Swoopes has done all that and is currently an assistant at Texas Tech if you want to count assistants |
Oh, derp. You're right about Lawson. I remembered her being on a World Championship team. I guess with Cooper thay makes 3. |
Lawson scored 15 in the gold medal game at the 2008 Olympics and didn't miss a shot, IIRC.
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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 12/03/20 7:31 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
Whalen, as mentioned
Pretty sure Lawson was on the 2008 Olympic squad, which makes her qualify
Cynthia Cooper is at Texas Southern and accomplished all three
Sheryl Swoopes has done all that and is currently an assistant at Texas Tech if you want to count assistants |
Swoopes is not currently an assistant coach at Texas Tech, though she has accomplished the feat as a former head coach at Loyola-Chicago.
https://texastech.com/sports/womens-basketball/coaches
But yes, the current ones are Whalen, Lawson, and Cooper.
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ClayK
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Posted: 12/03/20 7:52 pm ::: |
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And Cooper won a California high school title as well.
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pilight
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Posted: 12/03/20 8:08 pm ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
And Cooper won a California high school title as well. |
Lawson won a pair of Virginia state high school titles
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 12/03/20 8:30 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
ClayK wrote: |
And Cooper won a California high school title as well. |
Lawson won a pair of Virginia state high school titles |
And been an NBA asst and top analyst.
She needs an NCAA title as a coach and I think she'll have run the table.
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ClayK
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Posted: 12/04/20 10:48 am ::: |
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FrozenLVFan wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
ClayK wrote: |
And Cooper won a California high school title as well. |
Lawson won a pair of Virginia state high school titles |
And been an NBA asst and top analyst.
She needs an NCAA title as a coach and I think she'll have run the table. |
That will likely be the most difficult of all ...
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pilight
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Posted: 12/04/20 10:59 am ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
FrozenLVFan wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
ClayK wrote: |
And Cooper won a California high school title as well. |
Lawson won a pair of Virginia state high school titles |
And been an NBA asst and top analyst.
She needs an NCAA title as a coach and I think she'll have run the table. |
That will likely be the most difficult of all ... |
She's better situated for it than Cooper or Whalen. That having been said, only one former WNBA player has coached a team to the F4.
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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 12/04/20 11:17 am ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
That having been said, only one former WNBA player has coached a team to the F4. |
Dawn Staley.
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