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2011 Los Angeles Sparks Season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. Transactions WNBA draft The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft. Transaction log *February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft. *February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn. *February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore. *February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango. *March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea. *May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango. *May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore. *June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 draft. *June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris. *July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom (born June 13, 1964) is an American former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002, before finishing her playing career with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2003. Gillom is also a former Sparks head coach, also coached the Minnesota Lynx, and was, until 2015, an assistant coach of the Connecticut Sun. Born in Abbeville, Mississippi, Gillom played college basketball at 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 is the head coach of the Xavier College Preparatory High School basketball team in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004. Starting in the 2008 season, Gillom served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx. In June 2009, she was named head coach of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |