Jennifer Gillom

Coach Jennifer Gillom
Born	June 13, 1964 (1964-06-13) Abbeville, Mississippi
Nationality	American
College	Mississippi
WNBA career	2009–2011
Regular season	31–47 (.397)
Postseason	0–2 (.000)
Profile	WNBA Info Page
WNBA Head Coach of
Minnesota Lynx (2009) Los Angeles Sparks (2010–2011)
WNBA Assistant Coach of
Minnesota Lynx (2008) Washington Mystics (2012–present)

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

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. Gillom was formerly the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.

Gillom played college basketball in 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, along with Doug Bruno, as an assistant coach to the 2010 USA Basketball Women's World Championship Team She will continue as an assistant at the 2012 Olympic games.

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