Jennifer Gillom

Coach Jennifer Gillom

WNBA's Washington Mystics
Coach
Born	(1964-06-13) June 13, 1964 Abbeville, Mississippi
Nationality	American
College	Mississippi
WNBA career	1997–2003
Profile	WNBA coach profile
WNBA Head Coach of
Minnesota Lynx (2009) Los Angeles Sparks (2010–2011)
WNBA Assistant Coach of
Minnesota Lynx (2008) Washington Mystics (2012–present)
Coaching Record
Regular season	31–47 (.397)
Postseason	0–2 (.000)

Jennifer Gillom

Medal record
Women's Basketball
Pan American Games
Gold	1987 Indiana USA	Team Competition
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	Basketball

Jennifer Gillom

Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Assistant Coach for United States
Olympic Games
Gold	2012 London, England	Team Competition
Assistant Coach for United States
FIBA World Championship for Women
Gold	2010 Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Brazil	Team Competition

Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom (born June 13, 1964 in Abbeville, Mississippi) is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002, before finishing her playing career with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2003. Gillom was is also a former Sparks head coach, and also coached the Minnesota Lynx; she was most recently hired as an assistant coach of the Connecticut Sun for the 2013 season.

Gillom played college basketball at the University of Mississippi and helped the United States Basketball Team to a gold medal in women's basketball in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Gillom signed with the Mercury in 1996 where she was All-WNBA in 1998 and won the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in her final season.

Gillom was the head coach of the Xavier College Preparatory High School basketball team in Phoenix, Arizona in 2006. Starting in the 2008 season, Gillom served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx. In June 2009, she was named head coach of the team. She succeeded Don Zierden, who resigned to accept an assistant coaching job under Flip Saunders of the Washington Wizards.

In 2009, Gillom was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

USA Basketball

Gillom was named assistant coach of the USA National team in preparation for competition in the 2010 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Even with limited practice, the team managed to win their first game against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia—the USA jumped out to a 24 point lead, but the Australian team cut the lead back to single digits late in the game. The USA prevailed 83–75. The USA won their next two games by over thirty points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. The USA team had only a five point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer, and went on to win the championship and gold medal.

She continued as an assistant at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Career statistics

WNBA Career Totals

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PTM	3PTA	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
1997	PHX	28	28	874	163	376	94	121	20	65	151	21	37	58	15	440
1998	PHX	30	30	962	228	492	137	195	31	82	219	42	50	89	10	624
1999	PHX	32	32	1,095	163	428	141	177	18	72	184	54	37	87	7	485
2000	PHX	30	30	826	139	316	79	106	19	69	116	45	21	59	29	376
2001	PHX	32	32	858	150	355	71	96	24	70	127	35	31	71	19	395
2002	PHX	31	31	874	166	400	105	131	36	93	116	37	29	61	21	473
2003	LA	33	10	397	40	97	16	21	7	26	55	21	16	9	3	103
Totals		216	193	5,886	1,049	2,464	643	847	155	477	968	255	221	434	104	2,896

WNBA Career Averages

Year	Team	MIN	FG%	FT%	3PT%	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
1997	PHX	31.2	.434	.777	.308	5.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.5	15.7
1998	PHX	32.1	.463	.703	.378	7.3	1.4	1.7	3.0	0.3	20.8
1999	PHX	34.2	.381	.797	.250	5.8	1.7	1.2	2.7	0.2	15.2
2000	PHX	27.5	.440	.745	.275	3.9	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.0	12.5
2001	PHX	26.8	.423	.740	.343	4.0	1.1	1.0	2.2	0.6	12.3
2002	PHX	28.2	.415	.802	.387	3.7	1.2	0.9	2.0	0.7	15.3
2003	LA	12.0	.412	.762	.269	1.7	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	3.1
Totals		27.3	.426	.759	.325	4.5	1.2	1.0	2.0	0.5	13.4

External links

• Jennifer Gillom bio
• Gillom hired as Lynx assistant coach
• Gillom hired as head coach of the Minnesota Lynx

Notes

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Cooper	Los Angeles Sparks head coach 2010-2011	Succeeded by Joe Bryant
Preceded by Don Zierden	Minnesota Lynx Head Coach 2009	Succeeded by Cheryl Reeve