Dallas Wings | |
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Position | Head Coach |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S. | February 20, 1968
Career information | |
High school | Seminole (Seminole, Oklahoma) |
College | |
Coaching career | 1994–present |
Career history | |
1994–1997 | Midwest City High School (assistant) |
1997–1999 | Midwest City High School |
1999-2002 | Billy Ryan High School |
2003–2005 | Texas Woman's University (assistant) |
2005–2007 | Oklahoma City University (assistant) |
2007–2012 | Western State |
2012–2015 | Oklahoma City University |
2015-2017 | Georgia State (assistant) |
2017 | San Antonio Stars (assistant) |
2019–2022 | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
2023–Present | Dallas Wings |
Latricia Trammell (born February 20, 1968) is an American basketball head coach for the Dallas Wings of the WNBA. [1] Trammell has previously been an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks and the San Antonio Stars in the league. She has also coached at the collegiate level.
Trammell grew up in Oklahoma and was a prep star at Seminole High School. She scored a single game state record of 46 points. [2] Following her high school years, Trammell attended Seminole State College and East Central University, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in biology in 1992 from ECU. [3]
Trammell began her coaching career at the high school level. She coached in both Texas and Oklahoma and recorded a 105-45 record before she left for the collegiate ranks. [4]
Trammell moved to Western State in Colorado and helped turn the program around and she ranks third all-time in program wins. She coached three years at Oklahoma City University where she helped guide that team to back-to-back NAIA National Championships. She was also named the NAIA Coach of the Year in both seasons that they won the title. [5] Trammell moved onto Georgia State University where she was an assistant coach for two years.
Trammell moved up the professional ranks and joined the coaching staff for the San Antonio Stars of the WNBA in 2017. [6] 2017 was the final year for the Stars in San Antonio and Trammell was not retained when the team relocated to the Las Vegas.
Trammell joined the Los Angeles Sparks staff in 2019 under head coach Derek Fisher. During her time in LA, Trammell was a part of playoff seasons with the Sparks and was known for her defensive focus. She was in charge of a Sparks defense that put four players on WNBA All-Defensive teams, including 2020 Defensive Player of the Year Candace Parker. [7]
Trammell got her first head coaching job in the WNBA for the 2023 season, when she joined the Dallas Wings organization.
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | 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 |
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DAL | 2023 | 40 | 22 | 18 | .550 | 2nd in West | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost in Semifinals |
Career | 40 | 22 | 18 | .550 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 |
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Western State Mountaineers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2007–2012) | |||||||||
2007–08 | Western State | 13–14 | 7–12 | 5th (West) | |||||
2008–09 | Western State | 14–14 | 10–9 | T–3rd (West) | |||||
2009–10 | Western State | 11–17 | 9–10 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2010–11 | Western State | 11–16 | 9–13 | T–8th | |||||
2011–12 | Western State | 16–15 | 13–9 | 4th | |||||
Western State: | 65–76 (.461) | ||||||||
Oklahoma City Stars (Sooner Athletic Conference)(2012–2015) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Oklahoma City | 28–4 | 16–0 | 1st | NAIA Elite Eight | ||||
2013–14 | Oklahoma City | 27–4 | 18–2 | 1st | NAIA champions | ||||
2014–15 | Oklahoma City | 30–2 | 17–1 | 1st | NAIA champions | ||||
Oklahoma City: | 85–10 (.895) | ||||||||
Total: | 150–86 (.636) |
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