Brooke Wyckoff

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Brooke Wyckoff
Brooke Wyckoff at FSU-Clemson game - cropped.jpg
Florida State Seminoles
Position Head Coach
League Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 (age 44)
Lake Forest, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school Lakota (West Chester, Ohio)
College Florida State (1997–2001)
WNBA draft 2001: 2nd round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the Orlando Miracle
Playing career2001–2009
Position Forward
Number21
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
2001–2002 Orlando Miracle
2003–2005 Connecticut Sun
2006–2009 Chicago Sky
As coach:
2011–2018 Florida State (assistant)
2018–2020Florida State (associate)
2020–2021Florida State (interim)
2021–2022Florida State (associate)
2022–presentFlorida State
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World University Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Palma de Mallorca Team Competition
Jones Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Taipei Team Competition

Brooke Wyckoff (born March 30, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team.

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A 6'1" forward from Florida State, Wyckoff played in the WNBA from 2001 to 2009, competing for the Orlando Miracle, the Connecticut Sun, and the Chicago Sky.

Brooke played 132 games for the Sun, where she is remembered for the clutch three-pointer she hit in the final seconds of Game 2 of the 2005 WNBA Finals against the Sacramento Monarchs at Mohegan Sun Arena. That shot sent the game to overtime. [1]

She played for CB Estudiantes in Spain during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. [2]

She tore her ACL and decided to retire following the 2009 season. She spent two years as an assistant girls’ basketball coach at Lakota East High in Cincinnati before joining the Florida State women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in June 2011. She became head coach in 2022. [1]

USA Basketball

Wyckoff played on the team presenting the USA at the 1999 World University Games held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Wyckoff averaged 7.0 points per game and led the team in rebounding, with 7.0 per game. [3]

She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei. [4]

Coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Florida State Seminoles (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2020–2021)
2020–21 Florida State 10–99–7T–4th NCAA First Round
Florida State Seminoles (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23 Florida State 23–1012–6T–4th NCAA First Round
2023–24 Florida State 23–1112–6T–5th NCAA First Round
Florida State:56–30 (.651)33–19 (.635)
Total:56–30 (.651)

      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

Florida State Statistics

Source: [5] [6]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
1997-98Florida State2747.1%24.0%61.9%8.001.962.961.939.93
1998-99Florida State2743.3%27.8%66.4%7.901.482.372.0713.70
1999-00Florida State2440.9%29.6%74.7%7.082.541.421.8810.79
2000-01Florida State3144.5%33.0%78.4%6.602.401.001.2014.60
Career10943.9%30.5%70.0%7.382.101.921.7312.39
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
1997-98Florida State279620462570113216538052268
1998-99Florida State2713631451893140214406456370
1999-00Florida State249222516545979170613445259
2000-01Florida State311613623310098125204753136453
Career1094851105601973204578042292091891350

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References

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  2. Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster
  3. "Nineteenth World University Games -- 1999". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
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