Shanele Marie Stires (born ) is an American retired professional

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player and current college basketball coach.

Career

She is the head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball team since April 2022. Stires attended Cloud County Community College during her

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year before transferring to

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, where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in Social Science. With Kansas State, Stires scored 1,344 career points, and as a senior was selected for Kodak All-America honorable mention and All- Big 8 First Team accolades. She started her American professional career playing for the Columbus Quest in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL). After the ABL ceased operations, she joined the Women's National Basketball Association and played for the

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for three seasons after being drafted with the 56th overall pick in

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. After her playing career she served three years as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Ohio University. In August 2006, she was named as an assistant coach at University of San Francisco. Stires also pursued a Master's Degree in Coaching Education from Ohio University. Stires served as head coach for

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, coaching the Pioneers to their first-ever Division II NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2022. Her brother, Sean Stires, is a play-by-play radio announcer for the University of Notre Dame's women's basketball team.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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1972 births Living people American women's basketball coaches Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball coaches from Kansas Basketball players from Kansas Cal State East Bay Pioneers coaches Columbus Quest players Cloud County Thunderbirds women's basketball Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball players Minnesota Lynx draft picks Minnesota Lynx players Ohio University alumni People from Cloud County, Kansas Small forwards {{US-women-basketball-bio-stub

Career

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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