24 Facts About Michele Timms

Michele Margaret Timms was born on 28 June 1965 and is an Australian basketball coach and former player.

Michele Timms played five seasons for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Michele Timms was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016.

Michele Timms debuted in the WNBL in 1984 with the Bulleen Boomers.

Michele Timms joined the Nunawading Spectres in 1985 and played six seasons for the club.

Michele Timms won four WNBL championships with Nunawading and one with Perth.

At the onset of the WNBA in 1997, Michele Timms was assigned to the Phoenix Mercury in the initial player allocation.

Michele Timms had a very dominant rookie season with averages of 12.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game.

The Mercury reached the playoffs with a 20 - 12 record in the 1998 season, but Michele Timms only played 8 games that season and sat out of the playoffs as the Mercury lost in the semi-finals to the Los Angeles Sparks.

Michele Timms bounced back and played more games in the 2001 season, playing in 21 games and averaging more points and assists than the previous season.

That very same day, Michele Timms announced her retirement and almost immediately joined the Mercury's television broadcasting crew, a job which she held only for that season.

Michele Timms won the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup with Wuppertal in 1996.

Michele Timms participated in four World Championships and three Olympic Games.

Michele Timms won Olympic bronze and silver medals and a World Championship bronze medal.

Michele Timms was captain of the Olympic team in 2000.

Michele Timms made her coaching debut in 2005 as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Mercury.

Michele Timms quit as an assistant and development coach in January 2008 to go abroad for interviews for assistant coaching positions with two women's teams.

Michele Timms went to serve as an assistant coach of the China women's national basketball team ; assistant coach of the Bulleen Boomers ; and assistant coach of the Australia women's national basketball team.

Michele Timms was named the Women's International Player of The Year in 1994 and 1996.

Michele Timms received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2003.

In 2008, Michele Timms was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

On 17 August 2016, Michele Timms was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Michele Timms was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Australia Day Honours.

On 6 April 2024, Michele Timms was named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.