Thompson and her 2020 staff won a combined eight WNBA titles. Former assistant coach Monica Wright played for the Minnesota Lynx and the Seattle Storm. Thompson has built a staff at Virginia filled with WNBA veterans, including associate head coach Karleen Thompson, a coaching veteran in the WNBA with the Houston Comets, Los Angeles Sparks and most recently with the Atlanta Dream. In 20, she played for Spartak Moscow Region (Euro league) and in 2010 for the MCM Targoviste in Romania, winning championships in Russia, Korea and Romania. Following the 2001 WNBA season, she played for Rovereto Basket in Italy and in 2003 she joined the Kumho Falcons of the Women’s Korea Basketball League (WKBL).
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She has also participated in other professional leagues overseas. On the international level, Thompson has won two Olympic Gold Medals as a member of Team USA in 2004 (Athens) and 2008 (Beijing). Thompson ended her professional career with the Seattle Storm in 2013 as the league’s all-time leading scorer with 7,488 points in 496 games played (15.1 ppg), a mark that stood until it was eclipsed by Diana Taurasi in 2017. She became the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer on August 8, 2010, scoring her 6,264th career point to pass Lisa Leslie. Throughout her 17-year professional playing career, Thompson was a four-time WNBA champion with the Houston Comets (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000), a member of the WNBA All-Decade team, an eight-time All-WNBA team selection, a nine-time WNBA All-Star and the WNBA All-Star MVP in 2000.Īfter 12 seasons in Houston, the Los Angeles native returned to her hometown in 2009 as a member of the Los Angeles Sparks.
She retired as the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a four-time WNBA champion and was the first player drafted in the history of the WNBA. Thompson’s background is one of the most impressive in the history of women’s basketball. Prior to entering the coaching profession, Thompson had a college and professional career that gained her entry into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2018 induction class as well as being enshrined in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Thompson came to Virginia after serving on the coaching staff at Texas for three seasons. On April 16, 2018, Tina Thompson was named the fifth head coach in Virginia women’s basketball program history. Show schedule list Open search Open Mobile Menu
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