Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) now as an assistant coach, and for Botaş SK in the Turkish Women's Basketball League.[1]
| Seattle Storm | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 3, 1985 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American / Bulgarian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, California) |
| College | UCLA (2003–2007) |
| WNBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall |
| Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |
| Playing career | 2007–2018 |
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| Number | 45 |
| Coaching career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2007–2008 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2009–2011 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2012 | Washington Mystics |
| 2013–2014 | Seattle Storm |
| 2015–2016 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2016–2018 | Seattle Storm |
| As coach: | |
| 2019–present | Seattle Storm (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
High school
Born in Los Angeles, California, Quinn played for Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eleven points.[2] She led the Lady Knights to four California state championships, three regional championships, and three division championships.[3]
College career
Quinn attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 4th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
College statistics
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | UCLA | 27 | 430 | 42.3 | 26.1 | 71.6 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 15.9 |
| 2004-05 | UCLA | 16 | 270 | 41.7 | 30.0 | 75.0 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 16.9 |
| 2005-06 | UCLA | 32 | 580 | 47.4 | 37.3 | 74.4 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 18.1 |
| 2006-07 | UCLA | 32 | 549 | 40.8 | 38.1 | 80.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 17.2 |
| Career | UCLA | 107 | 1829 | 43.2 | 33.8 | 75.6 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 17.1 |
Professional career
Quinn was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2007 WNBA draft.[5] As a rookie she got off to a slow start before stepping into the point guard role when Lindsey Harding was injured in July, 2007. Quinn finished strong, setting a franchise record with 14 assists on August 19, the season finale. She finished the season averaging 2.8 points and 4.4 assists per game. Her 148 assists for the 2007 season, tied a club record that was held by Teresa Edwards.
During a 12-year WNBA career, Quinn played for the Minnesota Lynx, Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury, and Seattle Storm. She was a 6'0" combo guard who averaged 4.8 points per game and 2.3 assists per game for her career.[6] In 2018, she won a WNBA championship with the Seattle Storm.
Coaching career
Beginning in 2016, Quinn coached the girls basketball team at her high-school alma mater, Bishop Montgomery High School, for four seasons. In her first season, the Lady Knights won a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section championship.[7]
In February 2019, after retiring from the WNBA, Quinn was hired as an assistant coach by her last team, the Seattle Storm.[8]
FOr the 2020 season, Storm head coach Dan Hughes was forced to sit out the season for medical reasons. Gary Kloppenburg became head coach for the season, and Quinn was promoted to associate head coach, where she concentrated on the offense, while Kloppenburg focused on the defense.[9] Seattle won the 2020 WNBA championship.
Personal
On September 23, 2009, Quinn returned to her college basketball court at Pauley Pavilion to play game one of the WNBA Conference Finals between Phoenix Mercury and her Los Angeles Sparks, which the Sparks lost 94–103.[10]
Notes
- "Noelle Quinn Botaş'ta(Turkish)". Haberler.com.
- "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
- David Yapkowitz. "Seattle Storm's Noelle Quinn talks to High Post Hoops about coaching transition". HighPostHoops.com.
- "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015.
- "Noelle Quinn". wnba.com.
- "Noelle Quinn". wnba.com.
- David Yapkowitz. "Seattle Storm's Noelle Quinn talks to High Post Hoops about coaching transition". HighPostHoops.com.
- Percy Allen. "Veteran Storm guard Noelle Quinn calls it quits and joins Seattle's coaching staff". SeattleTimes.com.
- Percy Allen. "As the Storm dominates the WNBA, coach Dan Hughes can only watch from afar". SeattleTimes.com.
- Bruin Alumnae Return To Pauley Pavilion For LA Sparks Playoff Game Wednesday Archived 2009-09-27 at WebCite, UCLABruins.com, September 22, 2009