Atlanta Hawks | |
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Position | Assistant Coach |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Sioux City, Iowa | April 7, 1993
Career information | |
High school | Sioux City North High School |
College | Northern Iowa (2011–2015) |
Position | Point Guard / Shooting Guard |
Coaching career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2019–2021 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
2021 | Raptors 905 (assistant) |
2022 | Hamilton Honey Badgers (assistant) |
2022–2023 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
2023–present | Atlanta Hawks (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Brittni Donaldson (born April 7, 1993 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an Assistant Coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. She previously served as an Assistant Coach / Director of Coaching Analytics for the Detroit Pistons during the 2022-2023 season [1] and was an Assistant Coach for the Toronto Raptors from 2019-2021. [2] Donaldson was the first female coaching hire in franchise history for all 3 NBA organizations.
Donaldson played basketball for the Northern Iowa Panthers and graduated in 2015 with a degree in Statistics and Actuarial Sciences. She still holds the school record for 3PT Makes in a single game (8). Post-graduation, she became a SportVU Data Analyst at STATS LLC, then was hired as a Data Analyst for the Toronto Raptors in 2017. After Toronto won the 2019 NBA Finals, she was promoted by team president Masai Ujiri to be the 10th active female assistant coach in the NBA. [2] At the time, she was the youngest active Assistant Coach in the NBA at the age of 26. [3]
During the shortened 2020–21 NBA G League season, Donaldson joined the Raptors 905 as a member of their coaching staff under head coach Patrick Mutombo. In May 2022, Donaldson joined the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the CEBL as an Assistant Coach / Director of Coaching Development. Shortly after helping the Honey Badgers win their first CEBL Championship, she was hired by the Detroit Pistons under head coach Dwane Casey in September 2022. In May 2023, she was hired by the Atlanta Hawks under head coach Quin Snyder.
Source [4]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2011-12 | University of Northern Iowa | 30 | 133 | 34.8% | 29.1% | 52.2% | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
2012-13 | University of Northern Iowa | 34 | 209 | 32.8% | 32.2% | 74.0% | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | - | 6.1 |
2013-14 | University of Northern Iowa | 30 | 221 | 36.8% | 34.8% | 87.2% | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
2014-15 | University of Northern Iowa | 22 | 65 | 36.8% | 33.3% | 80.0% | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | - | 3.0 |
Career | 116 | 628 | 34.9% | 32.6% | 75.4% | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
Donaldson is the daughter of Jeff and Carmen Donaldson. Jeff is a former basketball star at Briar Cliff College and a member of the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame. [2] Carmen played softball and volleyball. Both parents grew up in Iowa.
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