Jamie Carey

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Jamie Carey
Omaha Mavericks
PositionHead coach
League Summit League
Personal information
Born (1981-03-12) March 12, 1981 (age 44)
Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Career information
High school Horizon High School
(Brighton, Colorado)
College
WNBA draft 2005: 3rd round, 35th overall pick
Drafted by Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2005–2009
Position Guard
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As a player:
20052008 Connecticut Sun
As a coach:
2008–2010 Legacy HS
2011–2014 Sand Creek HS
2015–2017 Colorado (assoc. HC)
2017–2018 Texas (assoc. HC)
2018–2020Texas (asst. HC)
2020–2021 North Texas (asst. HC)
2021–2025 UTSA (asst. HC)
2025–present Omaha
Career highlights
  • 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2004, 2005)
  • Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (2000)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Jamie Leigh Carey (born March 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player and current women's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She played the point guard position for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 2005 to 2008. Carey recently served as the Assistant Director of the USA National Team. [1]

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Early life

Carey attended Horizon High School in Thornton, Colorado. She graduated as class valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA. She was named Colorado's Gatorade Player of the Year and a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 1999 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored three points. [2]

College career

In 1999, Carey attended Stanford University, where she earned the Pac-10 Conference "Freshman of the Year" honors and broke Stanford's single season record for three pointers made with 81. However, she suffered several serious ankle injuries and concussions and spent much of the season on the sidelines. She had surgery on her left ankle following the season and missed the following six months with rehab. She came back to practice in October 1999, but could not continue as continuing pain in her ankle left her sidelined shortly after the start of the season. She was forced to retire from the sport and sat out the next two seasons. She was seen on her crutches cheering on her team on the bench and became a fan favorite. She continued to attend classes at Stanford, and was seen on campus limping on her crutches with her left ankle wrapped in a soft cast. She reportedly said her crutches were her best friends because she could not go anywhere without her crutches. A picture of her leaning on her crutches with an ice pack on her left ankle became the cover page of the Stanford women's basketball media guide in 2000, under the title "Courage".

She transferred to The University of Texas at Austin in 2002 after the school's doctors determined they could clear her from her concussions and maintain any treatment she would need. She played three seasons there after successfully petitioning for a fifth and sixth year of NCAA eligibility. During her time at Texas, the team became a national championship contender with a Final Four appearance in 2003. She was a sociology major.

USA Basketball

Carey was named to the team representing the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an OT win against Brazil. Carey led the team with 18 points in the victory against Brazil. In their game against Canada, which they won by three points 56–53, Carey hit all six of her three-point attempts, setting a United States team record. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Carey scored 9.6 points per game, representing the second highest point total on the team, and led the team in assist with 16. [3]

Professional career

Carey was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in 2005 with the 31st overall pick and played for the Connecticut Sun until her retirement in April 2009.

Coaching

She was the head coach for girls basketball at Legacy High School in Broomfield, Colorado from 2008–2010. She was the head coach for Sand Creek High School girls basketball team in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 2011–2014. She joined Linda Lappe's staff as an assistant at Colorado for the 2014–15 season. She left at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season. She then returned to her the University of Texas to become an assistant coach for her first two years starting the 2016–17. She remained there and was advanced to associate head coach her final two years until the completion of 2019–20 season. For the 2020–21 season she was an associate head coach for North Texas. For the 2021–22 season she joined UTSA and was reunited with Karen Aston, becoming the team's associate head coach. [4]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

WNBA

Regular season

WNBA regular season statistics [5]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2005 Connecticut 1505.736.830.80.40.50.10.00.31.2
2006 Connecticut 24011.937.935.0100.00.71.30.30.00.72.6
2007 Connecticut 33012.736.645.175.00.90.90.10.00.53.4
2008 Connecticut 33315.142.341.090.01.21.40.20.00.74.2
Career4 years, 1 team105312.339.140.687.00.91.10.20.00.63.1

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2005 Connecticut 6011.822.216.70.31.20.20.00.70.8
2006 Connecticut 505.833.320.00.20.40.00.00.01.0
2007 Connecticut 3015.728.633.366.70.73.00.30.00.32.7
2008 Connecticut 102.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career4 years, 1 team1509.927.323.566.70.31.20.10.00.31.2

College

Source [6]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
1999–2000Stanford2941.9%45.5%76.9%2.173.03-1.3811.00
2000–01StanfordRedshirt due to injury
2001–02StanfordRedshirt due to injury
2002–03Texas3038.8%41.6%80.9%1.403.600.030.7010.77
2003–04Texas3542.3%40.7%79.7%1.972.770.111.3710.66
2004–05Texas3142.9%42.9%79.2%1.812.520.101.5812.19
Career12541.6%42.8%79.6%1.842.970.061.2611.14
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
1999–2000Stanford291042488117830396388-40319
2000–01StanfordRedshirt due to injury
2001-02StanfordRedshirt due to injury
2002–03Texas309524557137769442108121323
2003–04Texas351262986616255696997448373
2004–05Texas311333107016342535678349378
Career125458110127464020325523037181581393

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Omaha (Summit League)(2025–present)
2025–26Omaha
Omaha:(–)(–)
Total:(–)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion


Notes

  1. "JAMIE CAREY". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  2. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. "Fourteenth Pan American Games -- 2003". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. "UTSA Roadrunners coaches page" . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  5. "Jamie Carey WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  6. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved June 25, 2021.