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DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional
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player and head coach of
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. Milton-Jones played
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for the
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. She was a first-team All-American and
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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
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. In her seventeen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the
Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...
(2005–07), the San Antonio Stars (2013), and the
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(2013–14). Milton-Jones is a two-time
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ist (
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,
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) and a two-time WNBA champion (
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,
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) and has been selected to the
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three times (
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,
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,
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).


Early years

Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in
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in 1974. She attended
Bradwell Institute Bradwell Institute is a public high school located in Hinesville, Georgia, United States. It serves the western half of Hinesville, western Fort Stewart, Walthourville, Allenhurst, and Gumbranch. It is a part of the Liberty County School Dis ...
in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993.


College career

Milton-Jones accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's
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team from 1993 to 1997. She was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. As a senior in 1996–97, she was recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak and the ''Basketball Times''; she was also the winner of the
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and the
Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...
for basketball, recognizing the best women's basketball player in NCAA Division I. Milton-Jones was inducted into the
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame The University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence ...
as a "Gator Great" in 2007.


Florida statistics

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USA Basketball

Milton-Jones represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily,
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in August 1997. The USA team won all six games, earning the gold medal at the event. Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team. Milton-Jones was named to the U.S. national team in 1998. The national team traveled to
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in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The U.S. team won a close opening game against Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In the semifinal game against Brazil, the U.S. team was behind as much as ten points in the first half, but the U.S. team went on to win 93–79. The gold medal game was a rematch against Russia. In the first game, the Americans dominated almost from the beginning, but in the rematch, the Russian team took the early lead and led much of the way. With under two minutes remaining, the U.S. team was down by two points but the Americans responded, then held on to win the gold medal 71–65. Milton-Jones averaged 7.1 points per game. Milton-Jones is well known for the unusual length of her arms, which give her an eighty-four inch wingspan—typical of that of a seven-foot person. She was a member of the U.S. national women's basketball teams that won the gold medal at the
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in
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and the
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in
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, as well as the U.S. women's teams that won world championships in 1998 and 2002.


Professional career


ABL

Milton-Jones was drafted second overall by the Portland Power in the 1997 American Basketball League (ABL) Draft. During her rookie season, Milton-Jones played in all 44 games and started in 35 of them. She averaged 28.1 minutes per game, 8.5 points, 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 4.9
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. The ABL folded in December 1998. The Power played 13 games, all of which Milton-Jones started. She averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 11.9 points, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals and 9.8 rebounds.


WNBA

In 1999, Milton-Jones was drafted 4th overall by the
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. She would play the first six years of her career with the Sparks from 1999 to 2004, playing alongside
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. During her six-year tenure with the Sparks, Milton-Jones won two WNBA championships in 2001 and 2002. In 2005, she was traded to the
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in exchange for
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and a first-round draft pick in the 2004 off-season. On April 22, 2008, Milton-Jones was reacquired by the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade for Taj McWilliams-Franklin. In 2013, she signed with the
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before being released and then signed by the
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. On July 9, 2014, Milton-Jones was traded to the
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in exchange for
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In August 2015, Milton-Jones played in her 497th WNBA game, a then league-record for most WNBA games played (since been broken by Sue Bird). In 2016, Milton-Jones was released by the Dream. In September 2016, Miton-Jones officially announced her retirement.


Overseas

In 2003, she won the Euroleague Championship with team
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in
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. In the 2005–06 season, she won the Euroleague with Gambrinus Brno of the Czech Republic and for the season 2006–07 she signed a two-year contract with Ros Casares Valencia of Spain. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, Milton-Jones played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain. for whom she also played during the 2007-08 off-season.


Coaching career

She became the second woman (after
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) to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the ABA's
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. On March 29, 2017, she was named the head coach of
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replacing
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. In 2019, Milton-Jones resigned from Pepperdine to become an assistant at Syracuse. On April 17, 2020, she was named head coach at
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.


Head coaching record


Personal life

Milton-Jones appeared in the 2000 movie '' Love and Basketball'' as Delisha Milton. In 2003, Milton-Jones married Roland Jones.


Europe

* 2001-2002: Lavezzini Basket Parma (Italy) * 2002-2004: UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) * 2007-2009: Ros Casares Valencia (Spain)


Awards and honors

Milton-Jones has received numerous awards and honors, some of which are listed below.


WNBA

*2015
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award The Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season, to the player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court—ethical behavior, fair ...


Gold Medals

*2000 & 2008 Olympic Games *2007 Tournament of Americas *1998 & 2002 FIBA World Championship *2002 Opals World Challenge *1999 U.S. Olympic Cup *1997 World University Games *1994 U.S. Olympic Festival


Bronze Medal

*2006 FIBA World Championship


Collegiate honors

*1997 SEC Player of the Year *1997 State Farm Wade Trophy *1997 First-team All-American *1997 First-team All-Southeastern Conference *1996 First-team All-Southeastern Conference *1995 Second-team All-Southeastern Conference *1994 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team *SEC Player of the Week (February 27, 1995; December 15, 1996; January 5, 1997; January 26, 1997)


WNBA career statistics


Regular season

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Postseason

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
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See also

* List of Florida Gators in the WNBA *
List of multiple Olympic gold medalists This article lists the individuals who have won at least four gold medals at the Olympic Games or at least three gold medals in individual events. List of most Olympic gold medals over career This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalis ...
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List of Olympic medalists in basketball Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936. In the 1972 Olympics, the final game betwe ...
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List of University of Florida alumni This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree r ...
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List of University of Florida Olympians This List of University of Florida Olympians includes over 150 students and alumni of the University of Florida who have competed or coached in the Olympic Games, as well as current or former Florida Gators coaches who have coached in the Olym ...
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List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members The University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence d ...


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