Shanele Stires

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Shanele Stires
Cal Poly Mustangs
PositionHead coach
League Big West Conference
Personal information
Born (1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 (age 52)
Junction City, Kansas
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Salina Central
(Salina, Kansas)
College
WNBA draft 2000: 4th round, 56th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career1996–2002
Position Forward
Number3
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1999 Columbus Quest
20002002 Minnesota Lynx
As coach:
2003–2006 Ohio (assistant)
2006–2008 San Francisco (assistant)
2008–2010 San Diego State (assistant)
2010–2011 Stetson (assistant)
2011–2012 Nebraska–Omaha (assistant)
2012–2014San Francisco (assistant)
2014–2016San Francisco (associate HC)
2016–2022 Cal State East Bay
2022–present Cal Poly
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big 8 (1995)
Career WNBA statistics
Points 92 (1.9 ppg)
Rebounds 47 (1.0 rpg)
Assists 22 (0.5 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Shanele Marie Stires (born May 21, 1972) is an American retired professional women's basketball player and current college basketball coach.

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Career

She is the head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball team since April 2022. [1]

Stires attended Cloud County Community College during her freshman year before transferring to Kansas State University, [2] where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in Social Science. With Kansas State, Stires scored 1,344 career points, and as a senior was selected for Kodak All-America honorable mention and All-Big 8 First Team accolades. [3]

She started her American professional career playing for the Columbus Quest in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL). After the ABL ceased operations, she joined the Women's National Basketball Association and played for the Minnesota Lynx for three seasons after being drafted with the 56th overall pick in 2000. [4]

After her playing career she served three years as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Ohio University. In August 2006, she was named as an assistant coach at University of San Francisco. Stires also pursued a Master's Degree in Coaching Education from Ohio University.

Stires served as head coach for Cal State East Bay, coaching the Pioneers to their first-ever Division II NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2022.

Her brother, Sean Stires, is a play-by-play radio announcer for the University of Notre Dame's women's basketball team.

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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2000 Minnesota 2105.6.448.500.6670.70.30.30.00.71.7
2001 Minnesota 18511.2.377.240.7141.50.80.40.21.12.8
2002 Minnesota 902.4.500.500.5000.70.10.00.10.20.7
Career3 years, 1 team4857.1.407.324.6671.00.50.30.10.71.9
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

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1992–93 Kansas State 27--41.324.166.79.02.22.00.3-13.4
1993–94 Kansas State 27--47.333.075.48.72.42.20.0-17.1
1994–95 Kansas State 27--47.834.368.88.31.92.00.1-19.3
Career81--45.732.470.38.72.22.10.1-16.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [5]

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References

  1. Wilson, Nick (April 15, 2022). "Cal Poly hires women's basketball coach with WNBA experience". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. pp. 3B.
  2. Johnson, Trey (October 24, 1994). "Stires helps Cats strive: Senior is leader of women's team". The Kansas City Star. pp. C5.
  3. K-State Women's Basketball 2023-24 Media Guide. Kansas State University. 2023. p. 108.
  4. Minnesota Lynx 2019 Media Guide. Minnesota Lynx. 2019. p. 129.
  5. "Shanele Stires College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved July 7, 2024.