Noelle Quinn (born January 3, 1985) is a basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] As a player, Quinn played for many WNBA teams and for Botaş SK of the Turkish Women's Basketball League.[2]
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1985-01-03) January 3, 1985 (age 37) Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American / Bulgarian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, California) |
| College | UCLA (2003–2007) |
| WNBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall |
| Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |
| Playing career | 2007–2018 |
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| Number | 45 |
| Coaching career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2007–2008 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2009–2011 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2012 | Washington Mystics |
| 2013–2014 | Seattle Storm |
| 2015–2016 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2016–2018 | Seattle Storm |
| As coach: | |
| 2019 | Seattle Storm (assistant) |
| 2020–2021 | Seattle Storm (associate HC) |
| 2021–present | Seattle Storm |
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As player:
As associate head coach:
As head coach
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Born in Los Angeles, California, Quinn played for Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eleven points.[3] She led the Lady Knights to four California state championships, three regional championships, and three division championships.[4]
Quinn attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 4th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2003–04 | UCLA | 27 | 430 | 42.3 | 26.1 | 71.6 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 15.9 |
| 2004–05 | UCLA | 16 | 270 | 41.7 | 30.0 | 75.0 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 16.9 |
| 2005–06 | UCLA | 32 | 580 | 47.4 | 37.3 | 74.4 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 18.1 |
| 2006–07 | UCLA | 32 | 549 | 40.8 | 38.1 | 80.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 17.2 |
| Career | UCLA | 107 | 1829 | 43.2 | 33.8 | 75.6 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 17.1 |
Quinn was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2007 WNBA draft.[6] As a rookie she got off to a slow start before stepping into the point guard role when Lindsey Harding was injured in July, 2007. Quinn finished strong, setting a franchise record with 14 assists on August 19, the season finale. She finished the season averaging 2.8 points and 4.4 assists per game. Her 148 assists for the 2007 season, tied a club record that was held by Teresa Edwards.
During a 12-year WNBA career, Quinn played for the Minnesota Lynx, Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics, Phoenix Mercury, and Seattle Storm. She was a 6'0" combo guard who averaged 4.8 points per game and 2.3 assists per game for her career.[6] In 2018, she won a WNBA championship with the Seattle Storm.
Quinn became a naturalized Bulgarian citizen in 2007 and played with the Bulgaria women's national basketball team.[7]
Beginning in 2016, Quinn coached the girls basketball team at her high school alma mater, Bishop Montgomery High School, for four seasons. In her first season, the Lady Knights won a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section championship.[4]
In February 2019, after retiring from the WNBA, Quinn was hired as an assistant coach by her last team, the Seattle Storm.[8]
For the 2020 season, Storm head coach Dan Hughes was forced to sit out the season for medical reasons. Gary Kloppenburg became head coach for the season, and Quinn was promoted to associate head coach, where she concentrated on the offense, while Kloppenburg focused on the defense.[9] Seattle won the 2020 WNBA championship.
On May 30, 2021, Quinn was named Storm head coach upon Hughes' retirement from the WNBA.[10]
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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| SEA | 2021 | 26 | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3rd in West | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost in Second Round |
| SEA | 2022 | 36 | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2nd in West | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Lost in Conf. Semi-Finals |
| Career | 62 | 38 | 24 | .613 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 |
On September 23, 2009, Quinn returned to her college basketball court at Pauley Pavilion to play game one of the WNBA Conference Finals between Phoenix Mercury and her Los Angeles Sparks, which the Sparks lost 94–103.[11]
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