Stacy Clinesmith

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Stacy Clinesmith
Gonzaga Bulldogs
Position Assistant coach
League West Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1978-04-22) April 22, 1978 (age 45)
Spokane, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Listed weight148 lb (67 kg)
Career information
High school Mead (Spokane, Washington)
College UC Santa Barbara (1996–2000)
WNBA draft 2000: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs
Playing career2000–2002
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Number24, 21
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As player:
2000–2001 Sacramento Monarchs
2002 Detroit Shock
As coach:
2008–2009 Oregon State (DBO)
2010–2011 Central Washington (assistant)
2011–2014 Santa Clara (assistant)
2014–present Gonzaga (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3x First-team All-Big West
  • Washington High School Player of the Year (1996)
  • 2x USA Today All-American

Stacy Marie Clinesmith (born April 22, 1978 in Spokane, Washington) [1] is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA and current college assistant coach for Gonzaga University. [2]

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College

Clinesmith attended University of California, Santa Barbara and played basketball for four seasons there. She helped the team win four Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments and won the Big West Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2000. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology.

UC Santa Barbara statistics

Source [3] [4] [5]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
1996–97UC Santa Barbara3044.2%41.3%60.3%3.404.530.001.7710.70
1997–98UC Santa Barbara3340.3%40.6%77.5%3.424.390.181.6713.97
1998–99UC Santa Barbara3044.1%36.7%81.5%2.805.670.101.5711.50
1999-00UC Santa Barbara3444.2%40.5%80.4%2.535.770.091.4412.88
Career12743.0%39.9%75.9%3.025.090.091.6112.32
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
1996–97UC Santa Barbara30111251521264778102136053321
1997–98UC Santa Barbara3314736567165100129113145655461
1998–99UC Santa Barbara3011325644120759283170347345
1999-00UC Santa Barbara34144326641588610786196349438
Career1275151198227569308406384647122041565

WNBA career

Clinesmith was picked in the second round, 30th overall by the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2000 WNBA Draft. Clinesmith only appeared in 56 career WNBA games for both the Monarchs and Detroit Shock. [6]

After WNBA

After leaving the WNBA, Clinesmith was Director of Sports, USA in 2004, which she oversaw all of basketball operations in Spokane, Washington. From 2005–2007, Clinesmith was Director of the Sports Performance Extreme Enhancement Development (SPEED) program at Whitworth Physical Therapy in Spokane. She was also the owner and manager of Clinesmith Basketball, where she developed, organized and instructed basketball camps for Spokane area middle and high school girls basketball players. [7]

Coaching career

Clinesmith received her first coaching job as Director of Basketball Operations for the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball program during the 2008–2009 season. [8] Clinesmith received her first assistant coaching job at Central Washington Wildcats women's basketball program during the 2010–2011 season. Clinesmith was promoted to interim head coach for the CWU Wildcats in March 2011, but she left to become assistant coach for the Santa Clara Broncos in June of that year. [9] [10] Clinesmith remained as assistant coach for the Broncos until the end of the 2013–2014 season. In May 2014, Clinesmith was hired as an assistant coach for the Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball program. [11]

Personal life

Clinesmith has/had hobbies in other sports, such as mountain biking and wakeboarding.

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