DeLisha Milton-Jones

Delisha Milton-Jones
Milton-Jones at the 2007 WNBA All-Star game.
Old Dominion Monarchs
PositionHead coach
LeagueSun Belt Conference
Personal information
Born (1974-09-11) September 11, 1974 (age 50)
Riceboro, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolBradwell Institute
(Hinesville, Georgia)
CollegeFlorida (1993–1997)
WNBA draft1999: Supplemental round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career1999–2015
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number8, 3, 1
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1998Portland Power
1999–2004Los Angeles Sparks
2002–2003UMMC Ekaterinburg
2005–2007Washington Mystics
2005–2006Gambrinus Brno
2006–2008Ros Casares Valencia
2008–2009Ros Casares Valencia
2008–2012Los Angeles Sparks
2013San Antonio Silver Stars
2013–2014New York Liberty
2014–2015Atlanta Dream
As coach:
2016–2017Pepperdine (assistant)
2017–2019Pepperdine
2019–2020Syracuse (assistant)
2020–presentOld Dominion
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Career statistics
Field goals completed.440
Free throws completed.790
Points scored5,571
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team competition
FIBA World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Germany Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2002 China Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Brazil Team competition
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1997 Sicily Team competition

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player and head coach of Old Dominion. Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. She was a first-team All-American and SEC Player of the Year her senior season.

Milton-Jones began her professional career in 1997 with the Portland Power, who drafted her second overall in the American Basketball League (ABL). After the dissolution of the ABL in 1998, Milton-Jones entered into the 1999 WNBA draft and was selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks. In her seventeen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the Washington Mystics (2005–07), the San Antonio Stars (2013), and the New York Liberty (2013–14).

Milton-Jones is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2008) and a two-time WNBA champion (2001, 2002) and has been selected to the WNBA All-Star Game three times (2000, 2004, 2007).