Lynx bring back Janel McCarville as assistant coach
The Minnesota Lynx are bringing back former WNBA champion Janel McCarville as an assistant coach for the upcoming season. The team announced several additions to the team’s operations and coaching staff on Thursday. McCarville returns to Minnesota, where she was part of the Lynx 2013 championship team, as well as a star for the Gophers.
Minnesota also hired Jasmine Allen as basketball operations manager, Jeremy Ford as dietitian, Imani Lewis as video coordinator, Andy Oakland as basketball operations coordinator and Grace Allen as sports performance coordinator. McCarville, 43, had a nine-year WNBA career after being the first-overall pick in the 2005 draft from the Gophers. She won the league’s Most Improved Player award in 2007 and finished her career averaging 7.
7 points and 4. 4 rebounds per game while playing for Charlotte, New York and Minnesota, where she was also on a WNBA Finals team in 2016. With the Gophers, she combined with Lindsay Whalen to lead Minnesota to two Sweet 16 appearances and the program’s first Final Four berth in 2004.
Whalen and former teammate Rebekkah Brunson are also on the Lynx coaching staff. McCarville has coached with Alvik Basket in the Swedish league and also at Stevens Point Area Senior High School in Wisconsin, her alma mater. Minnesota opens the WNBA season at home at 6 p.
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