19 Facts About DeLisha Milton-Jones

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones was born on September 11,1974 and is an American retired professional basketball player and head coach of Old Dominion.

DeLisha Milton-Jones was a first-team All-American and SEC Player of the Year her senior season.

DeLisha Milton-Jones is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a two-time WNBA champion and has been selected to the WNBA All-Star Game three times.

DeLisha Milton-Jones attended Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers.

DeLisha Milton-Jones accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1993 to 1997.

DeLisha Milton-Jones was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

DeLisha Milton-Jones was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2007.

DeLisha Milton-Jones represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, in August 1997.

DeLisha Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team.

DeLisha Milton-Jones was named to the US national team in 1998.

DeLisha Milton-Jones was a member of the US national women's basketball teams that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the US women's teams that won world championships in 1998 and 2002.

DeLisha Milton-Jones was drafted second overall by the Portland Power in the 1997 American Basketball League Draft.

DeLisha Milton-Jones averaged 28.1 minutes per game, 8.5 points, 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 4.9 rebounds.

DeLisha Milton-Jones averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 11.9 points, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals and 9.8 rebounds.

In 1999, DeLisha Milton-Jones was drafted 4th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks.

On July 9,2014, DeLisha Milton-Jones was traded to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Swin Cash.

DeLisha Milton-Jones became the second woman to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the ABA's Los Angeles Stars.

In 2019, DeLisha Milton-Jones resigned from Pepperdine to become an assistant at Syracuse.

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