Cheryl Reeve

Cheryl Reeve
Minnesota Lynx
Reeve coaching at the 2013 All Star Game
Position	Head coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1966-09-20) September 20, 1966
Nationality	American
Career information
High school	Washington Township (Sewell, New Jersey)
College	La Salle (1984–1988)
Coaching career	1988–present
Career history
1988–1990	La Salle (assistant)
1990–1995	George Washington (assistant)
1995–2000	Indiana State
2001–2002	Charlotte Sting (assistant)
2003	Cleveland Rockers (assistant)
2004–2005	Charlotte Sting (assistant)
2006–2009	Detroit Shock (assistant)
2010–present	Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 2x Coach of the Year (2011, 2016) 3x WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015) WNBA All-Star Game coach (2013, 2014) As assistant coach: 2x WNBA champion (2006, 2008)

Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently coaching the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. She is by percentage the winningest coach in WNBA history and has won the most postseason games of any coach in WNBA history. Reeve was named the WNBA Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2016.

Career

Reeve got her start in the WNBA with the Charlotte Sting in 2001 when she joined Anne Donovan’s staff as an assistant. After posting an 8-24 record the year previous, Charlotte turned things around in Reeve’s first year by going 18-14 and advancing to the WNBA Finals. They followed in 2002, with another 18-14 mark and their second straight appearance in the postseason.

Following the 2002 campaign, Donovan left to become the head coach of the Seattle Storm, and Dan Hughes and the Cleveland Rockers hired Reeve away from Charlotte. The Rockers advanced to the playoffs that year, but in the offseason ownership decided to cease operation of the team making Reeve a coaching free agent. She rejoined the Sting staff for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Reeve then spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Detroit Shock, also serving as the team's last general manager before they moved to Tulsa.

Prior to joining the WNBA, Reeve served as head coach at Indiana State in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1995-1999. She improved the team’s record each season, and led the squad to its first postseason berth in 20 years following the 1998-1999 campaign. Reeve also spent five seasons as an assistant coach at George Washington. The Colonials posted five 20-win seasons, captured three Atlantic 10 Conference Championships and appeared in four NCAA tournaments during Reeve’s stint at GW.

Cheryl Reeve coached at Indiana State from 1995 - mid season 2000 finally being replaced by her assistant coach Jim Wiedie.

Minnesota Lynx

Reeve coaching the Lynx in 2011

Reeve was named the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx on December 8, 2009. In her first season, the Lynx went 13-21, missing the playoffs. The team was hampered by injuries to Candice Wiggins and Seimone Augustus. At one point, a frustrated Reeve said bluntly, "We are a bad basketball team. It starts at the top. I have not been able to get them to understand defensively what we need to get done and, clearly, our offense is one of the worst in the league."^[1]

The Lynx improved dramatically in 2011. With Wiggins and Augustus back healthy, and with the addition of rookie Maya Moore, the team got off to a quick start and did not falter throughout the regular season, finishing with a league-best 27-7 record. The dramatic turnaround earned Reeve the WNBA Coach of the Year Award in just her second year as a head coach at the professional level.^[2]^[3] The Lynx finished what they started, losing only one game in the playoffs en route to their first WNBA championship.

Reeve and Rebekkah Brunson speaking during the 2016 WNBA semifinals

Reeve took her team back to the playoffs in her third year. The team qualified for the playoffs after just 21 games, the fastest in franchise history. Reeve became the winningest coach in Lynx franchise history on August 26, 2012, with a win over the Atlanta Dream.^[4] The Lynx went on to lose to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Finals.

In 2013, Reeve and her staff coached the WNBA Western Conference All-Star Team, as the Lynx had won the conference championship the previous year. Reeve's squad included four Lynx players -- Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, and Lindsay Whalen. Reeve's team ended up winning the game, 102-98.^[5] Reeve's team then swept through the playoffs, going 7-0 en route to their second championship under her leadership.

Reeve is currently the winningest coach in franchise history, both in terms of victories and winning percentage, and by percentage the winningest coach in WNBA history. She won her 100th regular season game on June 2, 2014, in a victory over the San Antonio Stars. She won her 31st postseason game on September 30, 2016, in a semi-final victory over the Phoenix Mercury, to move into first place in WNBA history in playoff wins.

Reeve was named the WNBA coach of the year by a panel of media representatives in 2016.^[6]

Coaching record

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
MIN	2010	34	13	21	.382	5th in West	-	-	-	-	Missed Playoffs
MIN	2011	34	27	7	.794	1st in West	8	7	1	.875	Won WNBA Finals
MIN	2012	34	27	7	.794	1st in West	9	5	4	.555	Lost WNBA Finals
MIN	2013	34	26	8	.765	1st in West	7	7	0	1.000	Won WNBA Finals
MIN	2014	34	25	9	.735	2nd in West	5	3	2	.600	Lost in Western Conference Finals
MIN	2015	34	22	12	.647	1st in West	10	7	3	.700	Won WNBA Finals
MIN	2016	34	28	6	.824	1st in West	3	3	0	1.000	Lost in WNBA Finals
Career		238	168	70	.706		42	32	10	.762

References

Cheryl Reeve Biography from WNBA.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jennifer Gillom	Minnesota Lynx Head Coach 2010-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Bill Laimbeer	Detroit Shock General Manager 2009	Succeeded by Nolan Richardson

Minnesota Lynx current roster

3 Howard 4 McCarville 7 Perkins 13 Whalen 21 Montgomery 23 Moore 24 Hampton 32 Brunson 33 Augustus 34 Fowles 51 Cruz Head Coach C. Reeve Assistant Coaches S. Patterson J. Petersen

East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LA MIN PHO SA SEA

Current head coaches of the Women's National Basketball Association

Detroit Shock 2006 WNBA Champions

5 Elaine Powell 7 Sabrina Palie 8 Angelina Williams 11 Kedra Holland-Corn 14 Deanna Nolan (Finals MVP) 21 Jacqueline Batteast 23 Plenette Pierson 30 Katie Smith 32 Swin Cash 35 Cheryl Ford 45 Kara Braxton 00 Ruth Riley Head Coach Bill Laimbeer Assistant Coach Rick Mahorn Assistant Coach Cheryl Reeve

Detroit Shock 2008 WNBA Champions

3 Ashley Shields 5 Elaine Powell 11 Kelly Schumacher 14 Deanna Nolan 22 Alexis Hornbuckle 23 Plenette Pierson 24 Olayinka Sanni 30 Katie Smith (Finals MVP) 35 Cheryl Ford 44 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 45 Kara Braxton 55 Sheri Sam Head Coach Bill Laimbeer Assistant Coach Rick Mahorn Assistant Coach Cheryl Reeve

Minnesota Lynx 2011 WNBA Champions

1 Jessica Adair 6 Amber Harris 8 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 11 Candice Wiggins 13 Lindsay Whalen 14 Alexis Hornbuckle 22 Monica Wright 23 Maya Moore 24 Charde Houston 32 Rebekkah Brunson 33 Seimone Augustus (Finals MVP) Head Coach Cheryl Reeve Assistant Coaches Shelley Patterson Jim Petersen

Minnesota Lynx 2013 WNBA Champions

00 Lindsey Moore 4 Janel McCarville 11 Amber Harris 12 Rachel Jarry 13 Lindsay Whalen 14 Devereaux Peters 15 Sugar Rodgers 22 Monica Wright 23 Maya Moore (Finals MVP) 32 Rebekkah Brunson 33 Seimone Augustus Head Coach Cheryl Reeve Assistant Coaches Shelley Patterson Jim Petersen

Minnesota Lynx 2015 WNBA Champions

33 Seimone Augustus 32 Rebekkah Brunson 51 Anna Cruz 34 Sylvia Fowles (Finals MVP) 3 Kalana Greene 15 Asjha Jones 1 Shae Kelley 20 Tricia Liston 21 Renee Montgomery 23 Maya Moore 14 Devereaux Peters 13 Lindsay Whalen Head Coach: Cheryl Reeve Assistant Coaches: Shelley Patterson Jim Petersen

WNBA Coach of the Year Award

1997: Chancellor 1998: Chancellor 1999: Chancellor 2000: Cooper 2001: Hughes 2002: Stanley 2003: Laimbeer 2004: McConnell-Serio 2005: Whisenant 2006: Thibault 2007: Hughes 2008: Thibault 2009: Meadors 2010: Agler 2011: Reeve 2012: Ross 2013: Thibault 2014: Brondello 2015: Laimbeer 2016: Reeve

Minnesota Lynx

Founded in 1999 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Target Center

Head coaches	Brian Agler Heidi VanDerveer Suzie McConnell-Serio Carolyn Jenkins Don Zierden Jennifer Gillom Cheryl Reeve

General managers	Brian Agler Roger Griffith

Administration	Owner: Glen Taylor General Manager: Roger Griffith

All-Stars	Nicky Anosike Seimone Augustus Rebekkah Brunson Tonya Edwards Charde Houston Betty Lennox Maya Moore Katie Smith Lindsay Whalen

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Playoff appearances	2003 2004 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Conference Championships	2011 2012 2013 2015

WNBA Championships	2011 2013 2015

Culture and lore	"Apache" LosLynx Jesse Ventura

Rivals	Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks Indiana Fever Atlanta Dream

Media	TV: FS North (FS-N) Radio: KLCI (Bob 106) Announcers: Marney Gellner, Andrea Lloyd Curry, Alan Horton, Brian Siemen

Detroit Shock

Founded in 1998 Relocated in 2010 to Tulsa, Oklahoma Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise history	Detroit Shock Tulsa Shock Dallas Wings

Arenas	The Palace of Auburn Hills Joe Louis Arena Convocation Center

Head coaches	Nancy Lieberman Greg Williams Bill Laimbeer Rick Mahorn

Administration	Owner: Bill Davidson Karen Davidson General Manager: Nancy Lieberman Greg Williams Bill Laimbeer Cheryl Reeve

All-Stars	Kara Braxton Sandy Brondello Swin Cash Cheryl Ford Deanna Nolan Wendy Palmer Ruth Riley Katie Smith

Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Playoff Appearances	1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Conference Titles	2003 2006 2007 2008

WNBA Titles	2003 2006 2008

Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury

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