Bridget Pettis was born on January 1,1971 and is an American former college and professional basketball player who was a guard in the WNBA for eight seasons during the 1990s and 2000s.
17 Facts About Bridget Pettis
1.
2.
Bridget Pettis attended East Chicago Central High School, and played high school basketball for the EC Central Cardinals.
3.
Bridget Pettis attended Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Arizona, and played junior college basketball for the Central Arizona Vaqueras.
4.
Bridget Pettis accepted an athletic scholarship to transfer to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1991 to 1993.
5.
Bridget Pettis graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 1993.
6.
Bridget Pettis remained on the Mercury for the 1999,2000 and 2001 seasons, but she would mostly come off the bench, only starting in 15 of her 96 games played for those 3 seasons.
7.
On March 4,2002 Bridget Pettis would be part of the first four-team deal in WNBA trade history when the Mercury traded her and a 2002 1st round pick to the Indiana Fever for Gordana Grubin.
Related searches
Skylar Diggins-Smith 8.
Bridget Pettis played for the Fever for two seasons, coming off the bench for every game and averaged 2.6 points, 0.4 assists and 0.9 rebounds in 8.3 minutes for the team.
9.
Bridget Pettis completely missed the 2004 and 2005 WNBA seasons, but on April 20,2006, she signed a contract with her former team Phoenix Mercury and played her final year with them.
10.
Bridget Pettis played in 11 of the team's first 12 games and averaged 1.3 points, 0.9 assists and 0.8 rebounds.
11.
Bridget Pettis instantly joined the Mercury coaching staff as an assistant in 2006, helping the team win their first 2 championships in 2007 and 2009.
12.
Bridget Pettis then served as the Mercury's director of basketball operations from 2010 to 2013.
13.
Three months later, Bridget Pettis was hired as an assistant coach for the LA Sparks.
14.
On March 6,2014 Bridget Pettis was named Assistant Coach for the Dallas Wings.
15.
In October, 2017 Bridget Pettis announced her retirement from the Wings organization.
16.
On January 23,2019 Coach Bridget Pettis returned from retirement to accept a position as Assistant Coach with the Chicago Sky of the WNBA.
17.
Notre Dame star and 2013 3rd overall pick Skylar Diggins-Smith has strongly credited Bridget Pettis for being a helpful mentor throughout her WNBA career.