Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

Cynthia Cooper

Cooper-Dyke in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1963-04-14) April 14, 1963 (age 61) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Locke (Los Angeles, California)
College	USC (1982–1986)
Playing career	1986–2003
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	14
Coaching career	2001–2022
Career history
As player:
1986–1987	Bétera - Valencian Region / Spain
1987–1994	Basket Parma
1994–1996	SC Alcamo
1997–2000, 2003	Houston Comets
As coach:
2001–2002	Phoenix Mercury
2005–2010	Prairie View A&M
2010–2012	UNC Wilmington
2012–2013	Texas Southern
2013–2017	USC
2019–2022	Texas Southern
Career highlights and awards
As player: 4× WNBA champion (1997–2000) 4× WNBA Finals MVP (1997–2000) 2× WNBA MVP (1997, 1998) 3× WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2003) 4× All-WNBA First Team (1997–2000) 3× WNBA scoring champion (1997–1999) WNBA 10th Anniversary Team (2006) WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011) WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016) WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021) 2× NCAA champion (1983, 1984) No. 14 retired by Houston Comets No. 44 retired by USC Trojans As coach: CAA Coach of the Year (2011)
Career WNBA statistics
Points	2,601 (21.0 ppg)
Rebounds	403 (3.3 rpg)
Assists	602 (4.9 apg)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition 1992 Barcelona Team competition Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team competition FIBA World Championship 1986 Moscow Team competition 1990 Malaysia Team competition Jones Cup 1981 Taipei Team competition Assistant coach for  United States FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2007 Bratislava Team competition

Cynthia Lynne Cooper-Dyke (born April 14, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who has won championships in college, in the Olympics, and in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is considered by many as one of the greatest female basketball players ever.^[1] In 2011, Cooper-Dyke was voted by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. Upon the league's formation, she played for the Houston Comets from 1997 to 2000, being named the Most Valuable Player of the WNBA Finals in all four seasons, and returned to play again in 2003. Cooper-Dyke still holds the record for most Finals MVPs with four. On April 30, 2019, she was introduced as the head coach for the Texas Southern Lady Tigers basketball team, a position she held in the 2012–13 season. She has also coached at USC, UNC Wilmington, Prairie View A&M, and, professionally, for the Phoenix Mercury. Cooper-Dyke was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.