![]() Whalen in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Hutchinson, Minnesota, U.S. | May 9, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 173 lb (78 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Hutchinson (Hutchinson, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Minnesota (2000–2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2004: 1st round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Connecticut Sun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2009 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2012 | ZVVZ USK Prague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2018 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | AGÜ Spor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Yakin Dogu Universeti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2023 | Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is a former professional basketball player and coach. She most recently served as the head coach at Minnesota.[1][2]
She began her professional career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[3] Whalen has won World titles and two Olympic gold medals with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx. Whalen was announced as a finalist for the Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame in 2022.
In 2018, she took over coaching duties at the University of Minnesota, while continuing to play for the Lynx in the WNBA.[4] She retired from playing professional basketball at the end of the 2018 season[5][6] as the WNBA's career leader in games won (323).[7]
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