Cheryl Reeve was born on September 20,1966 and is an American basketball head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.
21 Facts About Cheryl Reeve
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Cheryl Reeve grew up in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey and graduated from Washington Township High School in 1984, where she was part of the school's first team to make the state finals.
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In 1988, Cheryl Reeve was a Rhodes Scholar nominee and received a MAAC Scholar-Athlete Post Graduate Award and an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship.
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Cheryl Reeve earned a bachelor's degree in computer science that year and then an MBA, both from La Salle University.
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Cheryl Reeve started out as assistant coach at her alma mater, La Salle for two years.
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Cheryl Reeve was then an assistant at George Washington for five years.
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Cheryl Reeve got her start in the WNBA with the Charlotte Sting in 2001 when she joined Anne Donovan's staff as an assistant.
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The Rockers advanced to the playoffs that year, but in the offseason ownership decided to cease operation of the team making Cheryl Reeve a coaching free agent.
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Cheryl Reeve rejoined the Sting staff for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
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Cheryl Reeve then spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Detroit Shock, serving as the team's last general manager before they moved to Tulsa.
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Cheryl Reeve returned as an assistant for the 2018 World Cup Team, winning gold and qualifying the USA for the 2020 Olympics.
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Cheryl Reeve was named the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx on December 8,2009.
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Cheryl Reeve took her team back to the playoffs in her third year.
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Cheryl Reeve became the winningest coach in Lynx franchise history on August 26,2012, with a win over the Atlanta Dream.
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Cheryl Reeve is currently the winningest coach in franchise history, both in terms of the number of won games and winning percentage, and by percentage the winningest coach in WNBA history.
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Cheryl Reeve won her 100th regular season game on June 2,2014, in a victory over the San Antonio Stars.
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Cheryl Reeve won her 31st postseason game on September 30,2016, in a semi-final victory over the Phoenix Mercury, to move into first place in WNBA history in playoff wins.
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Cheryl Reeve was named the WNBA coach of the year by a panel of media representatives in 2016.
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In December 2017, Cheryl Reeve was promoted to the Lynx General Manager position.
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Cheryl Reeve was named the AP coach of the year in 2020, as well as the WNBA Coach of the Year.
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Cheryl Reeve is married to singer and Lynx vice president Carley Knox.