Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||
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Position | Assistant coach | |||||||||||
League | WNBA | |||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | December 11, 1981|||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||
High school | Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Maryland) | |||||||||||
College | Georgetown (2000–2004) | |||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2004: 1st round, 10th overall pick | |||||||||||
Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–2018 | |||||||||||
Coaching career | 2020–present | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||
2004–2009 | Sacramento Monarchs | |||||||||||
2004–2006 | Dexia Namur | |||||||||||
2006–2007 | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Taranto Cras Basket | |||||||||||
2010–2011 | Ros Casares Valencia | |||||||||||
2011–2012 | Nadezhda Orenburg | |||||||||||
2012–2013 | USK Praha | |||||||||||
2013–2016 | Dynamo Kursk | |||||||||||
2010–2018 | Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||
2020–present | Minnesota Lynx (assistant) | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
As assistant coach: | ||||||||||||
Stats at WNBA.com | ||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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Rebekkah Brunson (born December 11, 1981) is an American basketball coach and broadcast analyst. She is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Brunson is a former forward for the Lynx and is the only player to win five WNBA championships. She held the WNBA record for rebounding,[2] which she ceded to Lynx center Sylvia Fowles in 2020.[3]
Brunson was born in Washington, D.C., and attended Oxon Hill High School in Maryland. Brunson graduated from Georgetown University in 2004 as its women's basketball program's all-time leading rebounder. She also played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Pan American Games.[4]