Noelle Quinn

Noelle Quinn
Quinn coaching the Seattle Storm, June 2023
Seattle Storm
PositionHead coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1985-01-03) January 3, 1985 (age 39)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High schoolBishop Montgomery
(Torrance, California)
CollegeUCLA (2003–2007)
WNBA draft2007: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2007–2018
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Number45
Coaching career2019–present
Career history
As player:
2007–2008Minnesota Lynx
2009–2011Los Angeles Sparks
2012Washington Mystics
2013–2014Seattle Storm
2015–2016Phoenix Mercury
2016–2018Seattle Storm
As coach:
2019Seattle Storm (assistant)
2020–2021Seattle Storm (associate HC)
2021–presentSeattle Storm
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As associate head coach:

As head coach

Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Quinn played in the WNBA for Minnesota Lynx, Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury, and the Storm. She won the WNBA Championship with the Storm in 2018. She also played for Botaş SK in the Turkish Women's Basketball League.[2]

Early life

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Born in Los Angeles, California, Quinn played for Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eleven points.[3] She led the Lady Knights to four California state championships, three regional championships, and three division championships.[4]

College career

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Quinn attended UCLA and graduated in 2007. She was the first Bruin — men's or women's player — to total 1,700 points, 700 rebounds, and 400 assists in her collegiate career.[5] Quinn was twice named honorable mention All-American, earned first-team All-Pac-10 player honors three times, and was twice named a Pac-10 All-Tournament honoree.[5] She was named Pac-10 Player of the Week eight times (a conference record).[5] In 2006, she led the team to its first Pac-10 Tournament title and recorded 22 points in the championship game.[5]

Quinn was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 2020.[5]

College statistics

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Source[6]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 UCLA 27 430 42.3 26.1 71.6 7.7 3.1 2.2 0.4 15.9
2004–05 UCLA 16 270 41.7 30.0 75.0 7.1 3.6 3.3 0.5 16.9
2005–06 UCLA 32 580 47.4 37.3 74.4 8.2 3.8 1.5 0.8 18.1
2006–07 UCLA 32 549 40.8 38.1 80.5 6.6 5.8 1.2 0.3 17.2
Career UCLA 107 1829 43.2 33.8 75.6 7.4 4.2 1.8 0.5 17.1

Professional career

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Quinn was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2007 WNBA draft.[7] As a rookie she got off to a slow start before stepping into the point guard role when Lindsey Harding was injured in July, 2007. Quinn finished strong, setting a franchise record with 14 assists on August 19, the season finale. She finished the season averaging 2.8 points and 4.4 assists per game. Her 148 assists for the 2007 season, tied a club record that was held by Teresa Edwards.

In the 2009-10 WNBA off-season, Quinn played in Israel for Elitzur Ramla.

During a 12-year WNBA career, Quinn played for the Minnesota Lynx, Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury, and Seattle Storm. She was a 6'0" combo guard who averaged 4.8 points per game and 2.3 assists per game for her career.[7] With the Storm, she won the 2018 WNBA Championship.[8]

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
† Denotes seasons in which Quinn won a WNBA championship

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2007 Minnesota 34 19 19.7 .298 .184 .625 2.6 4.4 0.9 0.4 2.0 2.8
2008 Minnesota 32 25 16.7 .398 .313 .667 2.2 2.5 0.7 0.1 1.4 3.6
2009 Los Angeles 34 9 27.3 .471 .312 .811 3.6 3.5 1.2 0.3 1.5 8.4
2010 Los Angeles 34 34 32.5 .443 .402 .776 4.0 2.8 1.0 0.3 1.4 10.2
2011 Los Angeles 33 23 20.6 .390 .397 .818 1.8 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.7 5.1
2012 Washington 30 18 22.2 .396 .403 .731 2.9 1.8 0.7 0.2 1.0 6.5
2013 Seattle 34 15 25.6 .354 .232 .842 4.9 1.6 0.8 0.2 1.2 5.4
2014 Seattle 32 5 15.1 .380 .258 .880 2.5 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.6 3.8
2015 Phoenix 34 1 18.6 .422 .324 .792 2.6 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.9 4.1
2016 Phoenix 13 0 9.9 .241 .100 .857 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.6
2016 Seattle 20 0 13.9 .288 .083 1.000 1.8 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.8
2017 Seattle 32 4 15.8 .403 .385 .952 1.6 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.9 2.7
2018† Seattle 20 1 9.1 .302 .235 .000 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.5
Career 12 years, 5 teams 382 154 20.1 .396 .322 .797 2.6 2.3 0.7 0.2 1.1 4.8

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2009 Los Angeles 6 4 26.3 .263 .100 1.000 3.2 3.8 1.2 0.5 3.2 4.8
2010 Los Angeles 2 2 34.0 .368 .500 1.000 4.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 1.5 9.5
2013 Seattle 2 0 26.5 .429 .333 .000 3.5 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 3.5
2015 Phoenix 4 0 20.3 .778 1.000 .000 2.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.8 4.3
2016 Seattle 1 0 11.0 .333 .000 .000 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
2017 Seattle 1 0 12.0 1.000 .000 .000 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
2018† Seattle 2 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 7 years, 3 teams 18 6 21.7 .372 .348 1.000 2.9 1.8 0.7 0.2 1.5 4.2

International career

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Quinn became a naturalized Bulgarian citizen in 2007 and played with the Bulgaria women's national basketball team.[9]

Coaching career

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Beginning in 2016, Quinn coached the girls basketball team at her high school alma mater, Bishop Montgomery High School, for four seasons. In her first season, the Lady Knights won a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section championship.[4]

In February 2019, after retiring from the WNBA, Quinn was hired as an assistant coach by her last team, the Seattle Storm.[10]

For the 2020 season, Storm head coach Dan Hughes was forced to sit out the season for medical reasons. Gary Kloppenburg became head coach for the season, and Quinn was promoted to associate head coach, where she concentrated on the offense, while Kloppenburg focused on the defense.[11] Seattle won the 2020 WNBA championship.

On May 30, 2021, Quinn was named Storm head coach upon Hughes' retirement from the WNBA.[12]

Coaching record

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WNBA

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
SEA 2021 26 16 10 .615 3rd in West 1 0 1 .000 Lost in Second round
SEA 2022 36 22 14 .611 2nd in West 6 3 3 .500 Lost in Conf. Semi-Finals
SEA 2023 40 11 29 .275 5th in West – – – – Missed Playoffs
SEA 2024 40 25 15 .625 3rd in West 2 0 2 .000 Lost in First Round
Career 142 74 68 .521 9 3 6 .333

Personal

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On September 23, 2009, Quinn returned to her college basketball court at Pauley Pavilion to play game one of the WNBA Conference finals between Phoenix Mercury and her Los Angeles Sparks, which the Sparks lost 94–103.[13]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Dan Hughes To Miss 2020 Storm Season In Florida". Seattle Storm. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Noelle Quinn Botaş'ta(Turkish)". Haberler.com.
  3. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  4. ^ a b David Yapkowitz. "Seattle Storm's Noelle Quinn talks to High Post Hoops about coaching transition". HighPostHoops.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Hall of Fame: Noelle Quinn". UCLA. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Noelle Quinn". wnba.com.
  8. ^ "Noelle Quinn, a legend at Bishop Montgomery and WNBA". Los Angeles Times. December 16, 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ Allen, Percy (May 31, 2021). "Noelle Quinn knows the history, and the honor, to be a Black female head coach taking over the Storm". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  10. ^ Percy Allen. "Veteran Storm guard Noelle Quinn calls it quits and joins Seattle's coaching staff". SeattleTimes.com.
  11. ^ Percy Allen. "As the Storm dominates the WNBA, coach Dan Hughes can only watch from afar". SeattleTimes.com.
  12. ^ "Dan Hughes announces retirement from the WNBA".
  13. ^ Bruin Alumnae Return To Pauley Pavilion For LA Sparks Playoff Game Wednesday Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, UCLABruins.com, September 22, 2009
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