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The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball
team based in Minneapolis
, Minnesota
, playing in the Western Conference
in the Women's National Basketball Association
(WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1999 season
. The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves
.
The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs
in three of their thirteen years in Minnesota. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as explosive small-forward Seimone Augustus
, hometown point guard Lindsay Whalen
, and Connecticut
standout Maya Moore
. The team is the reigning champion of the WNBA, having won the 2011 WNBA Finals
.
) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998. The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock
at Target Center. The Lynx defeated Detroit 68–51 in the franchise's first game. They finished their first season 15–17 overall and held the same record in 2000.
In 2001, the Lynx took a turn for the worst as they posted a 12–20 record.
The Lynx' first head coach Brian Agler
was released during the 2002 season after compiling a 47–67 record in three-plus seasons. Heidi VanDerveer
became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished finish the 2002 season with a 10–22 record, worst in franchise history (until 2006).
In 2003, the Lynx hired Suzie McConnell Serio
as head coach. She led the team to finish with a franchise-best 18–16 record and advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the first time. They matched both of these feats in the 2004 season.
The 2005 season was one of transition for the franchise. Leading scorer Katie Smith
was dealt to Detroit in July and the team stumbled down the stretch, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. The poor finish did pay off however, as the team won the draft lottery and selected All-American guard Seimone Augustus
of Louisiana State University
with the first overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
.
The Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA. On May 31, the team set the WNBA single game scoring record (at the time), routing the Los Angeles Sparks
by a score of 114–71. That victory however, was a rare bright spot in a frustrating season. With her team floundering to an 8–15 record, head coach Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23. She was replaced by assistant Carolyn Jenkins
, who piloted the squad to a 2–9 finish. The team's 24 losses set a franchise record.
Following the season, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old was the second player in team history to win the award.
On December 13, 2006, the Lynx named veteran NBA
assistant Don Zierden
their fifth head coach. His staff included Carolyn Jenkins former Lynx player Teresa Edwards
.
In the 2007 WNBA Draft
, the Lynx traded center Tangela Smith
, who they acquired in the dispersal draft from the Charlotte Sting
, to the Phoenix Mercury
for point guard Lindsey Harding
, who had been selected first overall.
The Lynx began the 2007 season 0–7, lost ten straight in July and failed to get into the playoff race. They finished tying a league worst 10–24 record. On November 1, 2007, assistant coach/former head coach Carolyn Jenkins
was named Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA
.
In 2009, Don Zierden
resigned just days before the start of the season. Jennifer Gillom
who replaced Teresa Edwards
as an assistant coach the previous year, was promoted to head coach. Another Zierden Lynx assistant, former NBA player Jim Petersen
stayed with Gillom during the season, working with post players Charde Houston
and Nicky Anosike
. The Lynx saw similar results in 2008...started with a good run (7–3), but lost many key games, including a horrific six-game losing streak, and finished 14–20, out from the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
assistant coach Cheryl Reeve
as their new head coach, parting ways with Jennifer Gillom
, who took the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Sparks
. The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson
in the Sacramento Monarchs
dispersal draft
, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft
and Renee Montgomery
to the Connecticut Sun
for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen
and the second overall pick. They added free agent Hamchétou Maïga
to the lineup, and selected University of Virginia
guard Monica Wright
with the second pick in the 2010 Draft. With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll. Forty-five percent of the general managers declared the Lynx the most-improved team as the 2010 season began.
The selection of Maya Moore
during the 2011 WNBA Draft
led many people to believe the Lynx to be championship contenders for the 2011 season. The team finally lived up to expectations in 2011, behind stellar play from Seimone Augustus
, Rebekkah Brunson
, Maya Moore
, and Lindsay Whalen
, all of whom were named to the 2011 Western Conference All-Star Team
. The Lynx went into the All-Star break with a 10–4 record, good for first place in the conference. After losing to Phoenix in a 112–105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011. It is the third longest streak in WNBA history. The team finished with a 27-7 record, best in the WNBA and in team history.
The Lynx earned the top overall seed
in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs
. In the first round, they defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars
two-games-to-one in the best of three
series. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury
in two games to win their first conference championship. In the Finals
, the Lynx trailed at halftime in each game, but rallied each time to sweep the Atlanta Dream
in three games, securing their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus
was named Finals MVP.
during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer
related charities. The 2011 event was held Aug. 5 and raised $5,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
.
that parodied telenovellas. The commercial ended with a man yelling "Los Links!" Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen
was amused by the commercial and the obvious homophone
, and began imitating the cry in practice.
When guard Candace Wiggins, who had been injured for much of the 2010 season, returned in 2011, she heard the phrase in practice. It reminded her of her own thoughts regarding promotions in NBA cities with significant Spanish-speaking
populations, in which teams like the Miami Heat
would wear jerseys identifying them as "El Heat." She had thought that a promotion for "Los Lynx" would be entertaining.
Eventually, Wiggins tweeted
the term as a hashtag on a post about the team. From there, the meme quickly spread throughout the fanbase, inspiring chants and cheers, and even appearing on T-shirts sold by Lynx forward Charde Houston
.
In addition to LosLynx, the hashtag #LYNXANITY became a popular post-win tweet for Lynx fans during the 2011 playoffs.
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The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball
team based in Minneapolis
, Minnesota
, playing in the Western Conference
in the Women's National Basketball Association
(WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1999 season
. The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves
.
The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs
in three of their thirteen years in Minnesota. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as explosive small-forward Seimone Augustus
, hometown point guard Lindsay Whalen
, and Connecticut
standout Maya Moore
. The team is the reigning champion of the WNBA, having won the 2011 WNBA Finals
.
) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998. The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock
at Target Center. The Lynx defeated Detroit 68–51 in the franchise's first game. They finished their first season 15–17 overall and held the same record in 2000.
In 2001, the Lynx took a turn for the worst as they posted a 12–20 record.
The Lynx' first head coach Brian Agler
was released during the 2002 season after compiling a 47–67 record in three-plus seasons. Heidi VanDerveer
became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished finish the 2002 season with a 10–22 record, worst in franchise history (until 2006).
In 2003, the Lynx hired Suzie McConnell Serio
as head coach. She led the team to finish with a franchise-best 18–16 record and advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the first time. They matched both of these feats in the 2004 season.
The 2005 season was one of transition for the franchise. Leading scorer Katie Smith
was dealt to Detroit in July and the team stumbled down the stretch, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. The poor finish did pay off however, as the team won the draft lottery and selected All-American guard Seimone Augustus
of Louisiana State University
with the first overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
.
The Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA. On May 31, the team set the WNBA single game scoring record (at the time), routing the Los Angeles Sparks
by a score of 114–71. That victory however, was a rare bright spot in a frustrating season. With her team floundering to an 8–15 record, head coach Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23. She was replaced by assistant Carolyn Jenkins
, who piloted the squad to a 2–9 finish. The team's 24 losses set a franchise record.
Following the season, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old was the second player in team history to win the award.
On December 13, 2006, the Lynx named veteran NBA
assistant Don Zierden
their fifth head coach. His staff included Carolyn Jenkins former Lynx player Teresa Edwards
.
In the 2007 WNBA Draft
, the Lynx traded center Tangela Smith
, who they acquired in the dispersal draft from the Charlotte Sting
, to the Phoenix Mercury
for point guard Lindsey Harding
, who had been selected first overall.
The Lynx began the 2007 season 0–7, lost ten straight in July and failed to get into the playoff race. They finished tying a league worst 10–24 record. On November 1, 2007, assistant coach/former head coach Carolyn Jenkins
was named Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA
.
In 2009, Don Zierden
resigned just days before the start of the season. Jennifer Gillom
who replaced Teresa Edwards
as an assistant coach the previous year, was promoted to head coach. Another Zierden Lynx assistant, former NBA player Jim Petersen
stayed with Gillom during the season, working with post players Charde Houston
and Nicky Anosike
. The Lynx saw similar results in 2008...started with a good run (7–3), but lost many key games, including a horrific six-game losing streak, and finished 14–20, out from the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
assistant coach Cheryl Reeve
as their new head coach, parting ways with Jennifer Gillom
, who took the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Sparks
. The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson
in the Sacramento Monarchs
dispersal draft
, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft
and Renee Montgomery
to the Connecticut Sun
for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen
and the second overall pick. They added free agent Hamchétou Maïga
to the lineup, and selected University of Virginia
guard Monica Wright
with the second pick in the 2010 Draft. With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll. Forty-five percent of the general managers declared the Lynx the most-improved team as the 2010 season began.
The selection of Maya Moore
during the 2011 WNBA Draft
led many people to believe the Lynx to be championship contenders for the 2011 season. The team finally lived up to expectations in 2011, behind stellar play from Seimone Augustus
, Rebekkah Brunson
, Maya Moore
, and Lindsay Whalen
, all of whom were named to the 2011 Western Conference All-Star Team
. The Lynx went into the All-Star break with a 10–4 record, good for first place in the conference. After losing to Phoenix in a 112–105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011. It is the third longest streak in WNBA history. The team finished with a 27-7 record, best in the WNBA and in team history.
The Lynx earned the top overall seed
in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs
. In the first round, they defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars
two-games-to-one in the best of three
series. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury
in two games to win their first conference championship. In the Finals
, the Lynx trailed at halftime in each game, but rallied each time to sweep the Atlanta Dream
in three games, securing their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus
was named Finals MVP.
during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer
related charities. The 2011 event was held Aug. 5 and raised $5,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
.
that parodied telenovellas. The commercial ended with a man yelling "Los Links!" Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen
was amused by the commercial and the obvious homophone
, and began imitating the cry in practice.
When guard Candace Wiggins, who had been injured for much of the 2010 season, returned in 2011, she heard the phrase in practice. It reminded her of her own thoughts regarding promotions in NBA cities with significant Spanish-speaking
populations, in which teams like the Miami Heat
would wear jerseys identifying them as "El Heat." She had thought that a promotion for "Los Lynx" would be entertaining.
Eventually, Wiggins tweeted
the term as a hashtag on a post about the team. From there, the meme quickly spread throughout the fanbase, inspiring chants and cheers, and even appearing on T-shirts sold by Lynx forward Charde Houston
.
In addition to LosLynx, the hashtag #LYNXANITY became a popular post-win tweet for Lynx fans during the 2011 playoffs.
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!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 10%;"| Season
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 8%;" | Team
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 12%;" | Conference
!colspan="3" style="background:#eee; width: 15%;"| Regular season
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 30%;"| Playoff
Results
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 13%;"| Head coach
|-
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|W
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|L
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|PCT
|-
|colspan="9" align=center bgcolor="#054EA4" | Minnesota Lynx
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 1999
| 1999
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 5th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2000
| 2000
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2001
| 2001
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 12
| 20
| .375
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2002
| 2002
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 8th
| 10
| 22
| .313
| Did not qualify
| B. Agler
(6–13)
H. VanDerveer
(4–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2003
| 2003
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 4th
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles
, 1–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2004
| 2004
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 3rd
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Seattle
, 0–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2005
| 2005
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2006
| 2006
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 7th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| S. Mc.-Serio (8–15)
C. Jenkins
(2–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2007
| 2007
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2008
| 2008
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 16
| 18
| .471
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2009
| 2009
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 5th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Jennifer Gillom
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2010
| 2010
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 5th
| 13
| 21
| .382
| Did not qualify
| Cheryl Reeve
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2011
| 2011
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 1st
| 27
| 7
| .794
| Won Conference Semifinals (San Antonio
, 2–1)
Won Conference Finals (Phoenix
, 2–0)
Won WNBA Finals (Atlanta
, 3–0)
| Cheryl Reeve
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Regular season
|style="background:#eee;"| 192
|style="background:#eee;"| 242
|style="background:#eee;"| .442
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 Conference Championship
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Playoffs
|style="background:#eee;"| 8
|style="background:#eee;"| 5
|style="background:#eee;"| .615
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 WNBA Championship
|}
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Minnesota Lynx head coaches
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="15%" rowspan="2" | Name
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | Start
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | End
! width="5%" rowspan="2" | Seasons
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Regular season
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Playoffs
|-
! W !! L !! PCT !! G !! W !! L !! PCT !! G
|-
| Brian Agler
|| November 17, 1998 || July 16, 2002 || 4 || width="5%"|48 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.417 || width="5%"|115 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Heidi VanDerveer
|| July 16, 2002 || end of 2002
|| 1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.308 || width="5%"|13 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Suzie McConnell Serio
|| January 21, 2003 || July 23, 2006 || 4 || width="5%"|58 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.464 || width="5%"|125 ||width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|.200 || width="5%"|5
|-
| Carolyn Jenkins
|| July 23, 2006 || end of 2006
|| 1 || width="5%"|2 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.182 || width="5%"|11 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Don Zierden
|| December 23, 2006 || June 3, 2009 || 2 || width="5%"|26 || width="5%"|42 || width="5%"|.382 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Jennifer Gillom
|| June 3, 2009 || end of 2009
|| 1 || width="5%"|14 || width="5%"|20 || width="5%"|.412 || width="5%"|34 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Cheryl Reeve
|| December 8, 2009 || Current || 2 || width="5%"|40|| width="5%"|28 || width="5%"|.588 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|7 || width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|.875 || width="5%"|8
|}
|}
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Minnesota Lynx statistics
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
|-
| 1999
| B. Reed
(16.4)
| B. Reed
(6.0)
| S. Tate (3.1)
| 63.6 vs 66.0
| 28.3 vs 32.1
| .389 vs .425
|}
|-
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
|-
| 2000
| K. Smith
(20.2)
| B. Lennox
(5.6)
| K. Smith
(2.8)
| 68.5 vs 68.4
| 27.2 vs 30.5
| .421 vs .429
|-
| 2001
| K. Smith
(23.1)
| S. Abrosimova
(6.7)
| K. Paye
(3.0)
| 64.9 vs 67.4
| 31.3 vs 31.8
| .371 vs .390
|-
| 2002
| K. Smith
(16.5)
| T. Williams
(7.4)
| T. Moore
(3.0)
| 62.6 vs 65.8
| 30.0 vs 28.6
| .410 vs .413
|-
| 2003
| K. Smith
(18.2)
| T. Williams
(6.1)
| T. Edwards
(4.4)
| 70.0 vs 69.7
| 31.7 vs 29.1
| .442 vs .425
|-
| 2004
| K. Smith
(18.8)
| T. Williams
(6.0)
| H. Darling
(3.5)
| 63.7 vs 64.4
| 31.1 vs 30.5
| .404 vs .408
|-
| 2005
| N. Ohlde
(11.2)
| N. Ohlde
(5.7)
| K. Harrower
(2.8)
| 65.0 vs 67.3
| 30.1 vs 31.0
| .412 vs .427
|-
| 2006
| S. Augustus
(21.9)
| T. Williams
(5.6)
| A. Jacobs
(3.4)
| 74.2 vs 80.4
| 33.6 vs 35.4
| .427 vs .434
|-
| 2007
| S. Augustus
(22.6)
| N. Ohlde
(6.1)
| N. Quinn
(4.4)
| 77.5 vs 80.9
| 34.8 vs 32.9
| .412 vs .450
|-
| 2008
| S. Augustus
(19.1)
| N. Anosike
(6.8)
| L. Harding
(3.2)
| 81.4 vs 80.0
| 33.7 vs 35.6
| .430 vs .439
|-
| 2009
| N. Anosike
(13.2)
| N. Anosike
(7.4)
| N. Anosike
(2.7)
| 80.3 vs 83.1
| 32.0 vs 34.3
| .420 vs .461
|}
|-
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The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball
team based in Minneapolis
, Minnesota
, playing in the Western Conference
in the Women's National Basketball Association
(WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1999 season
. The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves
.
The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs
in three of their thirteen years in Minnesota. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as explosive small-forward Seimone Augustus
, hometown point guard Lindsay Whalen
, and Connecticut
standout Maya Moore
. The team is the reigning champion of the WNBA, having won the 2011 WNBA Finals
.
) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998. The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock
at Target Center. The Lynx defeated Detroit 68–51 in the franchise's first game. They finished their first season 15–17 overall and held the same record in 2000.
In 2001, the Lynx took a turn for the worst as they posted a 12–20 record.
The Lynx' first head coach Brian Agler
was released during the 2002 season after compiling a 47–67 record in three-plus seasons. Heidi VanDerveer
became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished finish the 2002 season with a 10–22 record, worst in franchise history (until 2006).
In 2003, the Lynx hired Suzie McConnell Serio
as head coach. She led the team to finish with a franchise-best 18–16 record and advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the first time. They matched both of these feats in the 2004 season.
The 2005 season was one of transition for the franchise. Leading scorer Katie Smith
was dealt to Detroit in July and the team stumbled down the stretch, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. The poor finish did pay off however, as the team won the draft lottery and selected All-American guard Seimone Augustus
of Louisiana State University
with the first overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
.
The Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA. On May 31, the team set the WNBA single game scoring record (at the time), routing the Los Angeles Sparks
by a score of 114–71. That victory however, was a rare bright spot in a frustrating season. With her team floundering to an 8–15 record, head coach Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23. She was replaced by assistant Carolyn Jenkins
, who piloted the squad to a 2–9 finish. The team's 24 losses set a franchise record.
Following the season, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old was the second player in team history to win the award.
On December 13, 2006, the Lynx named veteran NBA
assistant Don Zierden
their fifth head coach. His staff included Carolyn Jenkins former Lynx player Teresa Edwards
.
In the 2007 WNBA Draft
, the Lynx traded center Tangela Smith
, who they acquired in the dispersal draft from the Charlotte Sting
, to the Phoenix Mercury
for point guard Lindsey Harding
, who had been selected first overall.
The Lynx began the 2007 season 0–7, lost ten straight in July and failed to get into the playoff race. They finished tying a league worst 10–24 record. On November 1, 2007, assistant coach/former head coach Carolyn Jenkins
was named Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA
.
In 2009, Don Zierden
resigned just days before the start of the season. Jennifer Gillom
who replaced Teresa Edwards
as an assistant coach the previous year, was promoted to head coach. Another Zierden Lynx assistant, former NBA player Jim Petersen
stayed with Gillom during the season, working with post players Charde Houston
and Nicky Anosike
. The Lynx saw similar results in 2008...started with a good run (7–3), but lost many key games, including a horrific six-game losing streak, and finished 14–20, out from the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
assistant coach Cheryl Reeve
as their new head coach, parting ways with Jennifer Gillom
, who took the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Sparks
. The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson
in the Sacramento Monarchs
dispersal draft
, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft
and Renee Montgomery
to the Connecticut Sun
for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen
and the second overall pick. They added free agent Hamchétou Maïga
to the lineup, and selected University of Virginia
guard Monica Wright
with the second pick in the 2010 Draft. With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll. Forty-five percent of the general managers declared the Lynx the most-improved team as the 2010 season began.
The selection of Maya Moore
during the 2011 WNBA Draft
led many people to believe the Lynx to be championship contenders for the 2011 season. The team finally lived up to expectations in 2011, behind stellar play from Seimone Augustus
, Rebekkah Brunson
, Maya Moore
, and Lindsay Whalen
, all of whom were named to the 2011 Western Conference All-Star Team
. The Lynx went into the All-Star break with a 10–4 record, good for first place in the conference. After losing to Phoenix in a 112–105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011. It is the third longest streak in WNBA history. The team finished with a 27-7 record, best in the WNBA and in team history.
The Lynx earned the top overall seed
in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs
. In the first round, they defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars
two-games-to-one in the best of three
series. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury
in two games to win their first conference championship. In the Finals
, the Lynx trailed at halftime in each game, but rallied each time to sweep the Atlanta Dream
in three games, securing their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus
was named Finals MVP.
during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer
related charities. The 2011 event was held Aug. 5 and raised $5,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
.
that parodied telenovellas. The commercial ended with a man yelling "Los Links!" Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen
was amused by the commercial and the obvious homophone
, and began imitating the cry in practice.
When guard Candace Wiggins, who had been injured for much of the 2010 season, returned in 2011, she heard the phrase in practice. It reminded her of her own thoughts regarding promotions in NBA cities with significant Spanish-speaking
populations, in which teams like the Miami Heat
would wear jerseys identifying them as "El Heat." She had thought that a promotion for "Los Lynx" would be entertaining.
Eventually, Wiggins tweeted
the term as a hashtag on a post about the team. From there, the meme quickly spread throughout the fanbase, inspiring chants and cheers, and even appearing on T-shirts sold by Lynx forward Charde Houston
.
In addition to LosLynx, the hashtag #LYNXANITY became a popular post-win tweet for Lynx fans during the 2011 playoffs.
|-
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 10%;"| Season
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 8%;" | Team
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 12%;" | Conference
!colspan="3" style="background:#eee; width: 15%;"| Regular season
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 30%;"| Playoff
Results
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 13%;"| Head coach
|-
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|W
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|L
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|PCT
|-
|colspan="9" align=center bgcolor="#054EA4" | Minnesota Lynx
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 1999
| 1999
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 5th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2000
| 2000
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2001
| 2001
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 12
| 20
| .375
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2002
| 2002
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 8th
| 10
| 22
| .313
| Did not qualify
| B. Agler
(6–13)
H. VanDerveer
(4–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2003
| 2003
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 4th
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles
, 1–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2004
| 2004
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 3rd
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Seattle
, 0–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2005
| 2005
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2006
| 2006
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 7th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| S. Mc.-Serio (8–15)
C. Jenkins
(2–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2007
| 2007
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2008
| 2008
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 6th
| 16
| 18
| .471
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2009
| 2009
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 5th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Jennifer Gillom
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2010
| 2010
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 5th
| 13
| 21
| .382
| Did not qualify
| Cheryl Reeve
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2011
| 2011
| style="width: 10%"|West
| 1st
| 27
| 7
| .794
| Won Conference Semifinals (San Antonio
, 2–1)
Won Conference Finals (Phoenix
, 2–0)
Won WNBA Finals (Atlanta
, 3–0)
| Cheryl Reeve
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Regular season
|style="background:#eee;"| 192
|style="background:#eee;"| 242
|style="background:#eee;"| .442
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 Conference Championship
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Playoffs
|style="background:#eee;"| 8
|style="background:#eee;"| 5
|style="background:#eee;"| .615
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 WNBA Championship
|}
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Minnesota Lynx head coaches
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="15%" rowspan="2" | Name
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | Start
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | End
! width="5%" rowspan="2" | Seasons
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Regular season
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Playoffs
|-
! W !! L !! PCT !! G !! W !! L !! PCT !! G
|-
| Brian Agler
|| November 17, 1998 || July 16, 2002 || 4 || width="5%"|48 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.417 || width="5%"|115 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Heidi VanDerveer
|| July 16, 2002 || end of 2002
|| 1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.308 || width="5%"|13 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Suzie McConnell Serio
|| January 21, 2003 || July 23, 2006 || 4 || width="5%"|58 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.464 || width="5%"|125 ||width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|.200 || width="5%"|5
|-
| Carolyn Jenkins
|| July 23, 2006 || end of 2006
|| 1 || width="5%"|2 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.182 || width="5%"|11 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Don Zierden
|| December 23, 2006 || June 3, 2009 || 2 || width="5%"|26 || width="5%"|42 || width="5%"|.382 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Jennifer Gillom
|| June 3, 2009 || end of 2009
|| 1 || width="5%"|14 || width="5%"|20 || width="5%"|.412 || width="5%"|34 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Cheryl Reeve
|| December 8, 2009 || Current || 2 || width="5%"|40|| width="5%"|28 || width="5%"|.588 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|7 || width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|.875 || width="5%"|8
|}
|}
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Minnesota Lynx statistics
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
|-
| 1999
| B. Reed
(16.4)
| B. Reed
(6.0)
| S. Tate (3.1)
| 63.6 vs 66.0
| 28.3 vs 32.1
| .389 vs .425
|}
|-
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
|-
| 2000
| K. Smith
(20.2)
| B. Lennox
(5.6)
| K. Smith
(2.8)
| 68.5 vs 68.4
| 27.2 vs 30.5
| .421 vs .429
|-
| 2001
| K. Smith
(23.1)
| S. Abrosimova
(6.7)
| K. Paye
(3.0)
| 64.9 vs 67.4
| 31.3 vs 31.8
| .371 vs .390
|-
| 2002
| K. Smith
(16.5)
| T. Williams
(7.4)
| T. Moore
(3.0)
| 62.6 vs 65.8
| 30.0 vs 28.6
| .410 vs .413
|-
| 2003
| K. Smith
(18.2)
| T. Williams
(6.1)
| T. Edwards
(4.4)
| 70.0 vs 69.7
| 31.7 vs 29.1
| .442 vs .425
|-
| 2004
| K. Smith
(18.8)
| T. Williams
(6.0)
| H. Darling
(3.5)
| 63.7 vs 64.4
| 31.1 vs 30.5
| .404 vs .408
|-
| 2005
| N. Ohlde
(11.2)
| N. Ohlde
(5.7)
| K. Harrower
(2.8)
| 65.0 vs 67.3
| 30.1 vs 31.0
| .412 vs .427
|-
| 2006
| S. Augustus
(21.9)
| T. Williams
(5.6)
| A. Jacobs
(3.4)
| 74.2 vs 80.4
| 33.6 vs 35.4
| .427 vs .434
|-
| 2007
| S. Augustus
(22.6)
| N. Ohlde
(6.1)
| N. Quinn
(4.4)
| 77.5 vs 80.9
| 34.8 vs 32.9
| .412 vs .450
|-
| 2008
| S. Augustus
(19.1)
| N. Anosike
(6.8)
| L. Harding
(3.2)
| 81.4 vs 80.0
| 33.7 vs 35.6
| .430 vs .439
|-
| 2009
| N. Anosike
(13.2)
| N. Anosike
(7.4)
| N. Anosike
(2.7)
| 80.3 vs 83.1
| 32.0 vs 34.3
| .420 vs .461
|}
|-
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
|-
| 2010
| S. Augustus
(16.9)
| R. Brunson
(10.3)
| L. Whalen
(5.6)
| 78.7 vs 82.1
| 35.2 vs 34.9
| .397 vs .446
|-
| 2011
| S. Augustus
(16.2)
| R. Brunson
(8.9)
| L. Whalen
(5.9)
| 81.5 vs 73.6
| 36.5 vs 30.1
| .461 vs .413
|}
|}
and Wisconsin
, and parts of Iowa
, Michigan
, North Dakota
and South Dakota
. More often than not, NBA TV
will pick up the feed from the local broadcast, which is shown nationally. Broadcasters for the Lynx television games are Marney Gellner and Lea B. Olsen. Lynx games are carried on Bob 106.1 FM
; Alan Horton broadcasts radio games (and LiveAcess feeds).
All games (excluding blackout games, which are available on ESPN3.com) are broadcast to the WNBA LiveAccess game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some Lynx games are broadcast nationally on ESPN
, ESPN2 and ABC
. The WNBA has reached an eight year agreement with ESPN
, which will pay right fees to the Lynx, as well as other teams in the league.
{| class="toccolours" width=70% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Regular season all-time attendance
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="background:#eee;color:#000000;"
|width=75 |Year
|width=150|Average
|width=100|High
|width=100|Low
|width=75 |Sellouts
|width=150|Total for year
|width=150|WNBA game average
|- align="center"
| 1999 || 10,494 (5th) || 14,171 || 8,457 || 0 || 167,901 || 10,207
|- align="center"
| 2000 || 7,290 (12th) || 8,622 || 5,816 || 0 || 116,638 || 9,074
|- align="center"
| 2001 || 7,538 (11th) || 10,489 || 5,168 || 0 || 120,607 || 9,075
|- align="center"
| 2002 || 7,819 (11th) || 12,544 || 5,087 || 0 || 125,110 || 9,228
|- align="center"
| 2003 || 7,074 (12th) || 12,747 || 5,113 || 0 || 120,253 || 8,800
|- align="center"
| 2004 || 7,418 (11th) || 16,227 || 4,122 || 0 || 126,108 || 8,613
|- align="center"
| 2005 || 6,673 (12th) || 12,891 || 4,190 || 0 || 113,447 || 8,172
|- align="center"
| 2006 || 6,442 (12th) || 14,793 || 4,704 || 0 || 109,522 || 7,476
|- align="center"
| 2007 || 6,971 (12th) || 13,004 || 4,891 || 0 || 118,513 || 7,742
|- align="center"
| 2008 || 7,057 (12th) || 12,276 || 4,765 || 0 || 119,972 || 7,948
|- align="center"
| 2009 || 7,537 (9th) || 11,245 || 5,620 || 0 || 128,127 || 8,039
|- align="center"
| 2010 || 7,622 (8th) || 12,311 || 5,954 || 0 || 129,582 || 7,834
|- align="center"
| 2011 || 8,447 (6th) || 11,820 || 7,117 || 0 || 143,607 || 7,954
|}
|}
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team based in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, playing in the Western Conference
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
in the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
(WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1999 season
1999 WNBA season
-External links:**...
. The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
.
The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....
in three of their thirteen years in Minnesota. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as explosive small-forward Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
, hometown point guard Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
, and Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
standout Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
. The team is the reigning champion of the WNBA, having won the 2011 WNBA Finals
2011 WNBA Finals
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
.
Joining the league (1998–2004)
On April 22, 1998, the WNBA announced they would add two expansion teams (Minnesota and the Orlando MiracleOrlando Miracle
The Orlando Miracle was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Orlando, Florida. They began play in the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle relocated, in 2003,to Uncasville, Connecticut where the team became the Connecticut Sun...
) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998. The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
at Target Center. The Lynx defeated Detroit 68–51 in the franchise's first game. They finished their first season 15–17 overall and held the same record in 2000.
In 2001, the Lynx took a turn for the worst as they posted a 12–20 record.
The Lynx' first head coach Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
was released during the 2002 season after compiling a 47–67 record in three-plus seasons. Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished finish the 2002 season with a 10–22 record, worst in franchise history (until 2006).
In 2003, the Lynx hired Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell-Serio is a women's basketball coach and former player in the United States. She is currently the Head Coach for the women's basketball team at Duquesne University.-Career:...
as head coach. She led the team to finish with a franchise-best 18–16 record and advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the first time. They matched both of these feats in the 2004 season.
Seimone Augustus joins the team (2005–2007)
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
was dealt to Detroit in July and the team stumbled down the stretch, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. The poor finish did pay off however, as the team won the draft lottery and selected All-American guard Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
of Louisiana State University
LSU Tigers
The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Southeastern Conference. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports . Its official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger...
with the first overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
2006 WNBA Draft
On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.On April 5, 2006, the WNBA...
.
The Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA. On May 31, the team set the WNBA single game scoring record (at the time), routing the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
by a score of 114–71. That victory however, was a rare bright spot in a frustrating season. With her team floundering to an 8–15 record, head coach Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23. She was replaced by assistant Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
, who piloted the squad to a 2–9 finish. The team's 24 losses set a franchise record.
Following the season, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old was the second player in team history to win the award.
On December 13, 2006, the Lynx named veteran NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
assistant Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
their fifth head coach. His staff included Carolyn Jenkins former Lynx player Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
.
In the 2007 WNBA Draft
2007 WNBA Draft
The 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league....
, the Lynx traded center Tangela Smith
Tangela Smith
-External links:***...
, who they acquired in the dispersal draft from the Charlotte Sting
Charlotte Sting
The Charlotte Sting was a Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it was one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007....
, to the Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
for point guard Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
, who had been selected first overall.
The Lynx began the 2007 season 0–7, lost ten straight in July and failed to get into the playoff race. They finished tying a league worst 10–24 record. On November 1, 2007, assistant coach/former head coach Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
was named Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
.
Hot starts without results (2008–2009)
The 2008 season started out much different for the Lynx than in previous years. They came flying out of the gates, going 7–1 in the first five weeks of the season. The Lynx then cooled off. They managed to play competitive basketball all season, but lost many key games down the stretch. In the end, the Lynx finished with a respectable 16–18 record in a tough Western Conference where every team was in the playoff chase until the final week of the season. The Lynx however, did not qualify After two consecutive 10–24 seasons, the 2008 Lynx was a step in the right direction.In 2009, Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
resigned just days before the start of the season. Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
who replaced Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
as an assistant coach the previous year, was promoted to head coach. Another Zierden Lynx assistant, former NBA player Jim Petersen
Jim Petersen
James "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
stayed with Gillom during the season, working with post players Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
and Nicky Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
. The Lynx saw similar results in 2008...started with a good run (7–3), but lost many key games, including a horrific six-game losing streak, and finished 14–20, out from the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
A new team and the first championship (2010–present)
After five disappointing seasons, the offseason brought much more impact to the franchise. The team hired former Detroit ShockDetroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
assistant coach Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
as their new head coach, parting ways with Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
, who took the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
. The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
in the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...
, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...
and Renee Montgomery
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...
to the Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...
for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
and the second overall pick. They added free agent Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga-Ba is a Malian professional women's basketball player most recently with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. She is also a member of the Mali women's national basketball team.-At Old Dominion:...
to the lineup, and selected University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
guard Monica Wright
Monica Wright
Monica Wright is a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Botaş SK of the Turkish Women's League. She was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA Entry Draft.-Early life:...
with the second pick in the 2010 Draft. With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll. Forty-five percent of the general managers declared the Lynx the most-improved team as the 2010 season began.
The selection of Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
during the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
led many people to believe the Lynx to be championship contenders for the 2011 season. The team finally lived up to expectations in 2011, behind stellar play from Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
, Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
, Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
, and Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
, all of whom were named to the 2011 Western Conference All-Star Team
2011 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2011 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Silver Stars. The game was the 10th WNBA All-Star Game, which has been held annually since 1999 except in 2004, 2008, and 2010...
. The Lynx went into the All-Star break with a 10–4 record, good for first place in the conference. After losing to Phoenix in a 112–105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011. It is the third longest streak in WNBA history. The team finished with a 27-7 record, best in the WNBA and in team history.
The Lynx earned the top overall seed
Seed (sports)
A seed is a preliminary ranking that can be used in arranging a sports tournament. It is called a seed because of the analogy with plants where the seed might grow into a top rank at the end of that tournament, or might instead wither away...
in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs
2011 WNBA Playoffs
The 2011 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2011 season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a...
. In the first round, they defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
two-games-to-one in the best of three
Best of Three
Best of Three is a compilation of the three Coney Hatch albums, released in 1992, which includes two previously un-released songs; "Where I Draw the Line" and "Fuel for the Fire".-Track listing:#"Devil's Deck"#"You Ain't Got Me"#"Stand Up"...
series. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
in two games to win their first conference championship. In the Finals
2011 WNBA Finals
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
, the Lynx trailed at halftime in each game, but rallied each time to sweep the Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
in three games, securing their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
was named Finals MVP.
Uniforms
- The home uniforms are white with blue, green, and silver trim. "Lynx" is written on the jerseys in green. The road uniforms are blue with silver, white and green trim and "Minnesota" written in silver. As part of the move to AdidasAdidasAdidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
's Revolution 30 technology, the Lynx made subtle changes such as rounded numbers in silver. In addition, the team nickname will be featured prominently on both the home and away jerseys. They also eliminated green from the uniforms. The Lynx are also one of 10 WNBA teams sponsored by Boost MobileBoost MobileBoost Mobile is a brand of wireless prepay service run by Sprint Nextel, operating within the Sprint Prepaid Group along with Virgin Mobile USA, Assurance Wireless, and payLo by Virgin Mobile. Boost Mobile uses GSMand iDEN networks...
and is prominently featured on their uniforms.
Lynx Foundation
The Minnesota Lynx Foundation holds an annual "Catwalk for a Cure" event at the Mall of AmericaMall of America
The Mall of America, also called MOA and the Megamall, is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, in the United States. It is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the...
during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
related charities. The 2011 event was held Aug. 5 and raised $5,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
.
LosLynx
"LosLynx" is the unofficial rallying cry of the Minnesota Lynx. The term's genesis was a 2010 commercial for BingBing
Bing is a web search engine from Microsoft.Bing may also refer to:* An onomatopœia of a bell sound* Bing cherry, a variety of cherry* Bing , Chinese flatbread* Bing , a German company that manufactured toys and kitchen utensils...
that parodied telenovellas. The commercial ended with a man yelling "Los Links!" Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
was amused by the commercial and the obvious homophone
Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms...
, and began imitating the cry in practice.
When guard Candace Wiggins, who had been injured for much of the 2010 season, returned in 2011, she heard the phrase in practice. It reminded her of her own thoughts regarding promotions in NBA cities with significant Spanish-speaking
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
populations, in which teams like the Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
would wear jerseys identifying them as "El Heat." She had thought that a promotion for "Los Lynx" would be entertaining.
Eventually, Wiggins tweeted
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
the term as a hashtag on a post about the team. From there, the meme quickly spread throughout the fanbase, inspiring chants and cheers, and even appearing on T-shirts sold by Lynx forward Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
.
In addition to LosLynx, the hashtag #LYNXANITY became a popular post-win tweet for Lynx fans during the 2011 playoffs.
Season-by-season records
| Season | Team | Conference | Regular season | Playoff WNBA Playoffs The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals.... Results |
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| 1999 1999 WNBA season -External links:**... |
1999 1999 Minnesota Lynx season The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.-Expansion Draft:-Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation:-WNBA Draft:-Season Schedule:-Player stats:*Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
5th | 15 | 17 | .469 | Did not qualify | Brian Agler Brian Agler Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach.... |
| 2000 2000 WNBA season -External links:**... |
2000 2000 Minnesota Lynx season The 2000 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.-Offseason:... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
6th | 15 | 17 | .469 | Did not qualify | Brian Agler Brian Agler Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach.... |
| 2001 2001 WNBA season -External links:**... |
2001 2001 Minnesota Lynx season The 2001 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
6th | 12 | 20 | .375 | Did not qualify | Brian Agler Brian Agler Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach.... |
| 2002 2002 WNBA season -External links:***... |
2002 2002 Minnesota Lynx season The 2002 WNBA season was the 4th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
8th | 10 | 22 | .313 | Did not qualify | B. Agler Brian Agler Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach.... (6–13) H. VanDerveer Heidi VanDerveer Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler... (4–9) |
| 2003 2003 WNBA season -External links:***... |
2003 2003 Minnesota Lynx season The 2003 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx reached their first WNBA Playoffs, but lost in 3 games to the Los Angeles Sparks in the opening round.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-Reference:... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
4th | 18 | 16 | .529 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... , 1–2) |
Suzie McConnell-Serio |
| 2004 2004 WNBA season -External links:***... |
2004 2004 Minnesota Lynx season The 2004 WNBA season was the 6th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Minnesota had qualified for the playoffs.-Dispersal Draft:Based... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
3rd | 18 | 16 | .529 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Seattle Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... , 0–2) |
Suzie McConnell-Serio |
| 2005 2005 WNBA season -External links:***... |
2005 2005 Minnesota Lynx season The 2005 WNBA season was the 7th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx missed the playoffs for the first time in three years. It also marked the final season for original franchise superstar Katie Smith, as she was traded to the Detroit Shock during the season.... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
6th | 14 | 20 | .412 | Did not qualify | Suzie McConnell-Serio |
| 2006 2006 WNBA season -External links:*******... |
2006 2006 Minnesota Lynx season The 2006 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx played horribly all season, leading them to dead last in the West and a franchise-worst of 10-24.-WNBA Draft:*The Detroit Shock traded Ambrosia Anderson to the Lynx during the draft.... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
7th | 10 | 24 | .294 | Did not qualify | S. Mc.-Serio (8–15) C. Jenkins Carolyn Jenkins Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA.... (2–9) |
| 2007 2007 WNBA season -External links:* * * * * * * *... |
2007 2007 Minnesota Lynx season The 2007 WNBA season was the 9th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
6th | 10 | 24 | .294 | Did not qualify | Don Zierden Don Zierden Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA.... |
| 2008 2008 WNBA season -Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions.... |
2008 2008 Minnesota Lynx season The 2008 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.-Expansion Draft:* Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.-WNBA Draft:... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
6th | 16 | 18 | .471 | Did not qualify | Don Zierden Don Zierden Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA.... |
| 2009 2009 WNBA season The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008... |
2009 2009 Minnesota Lynx season The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal Draft:Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
5th | 14 | 20 | .412 | Did not qualify | Jennifer Gillom Jennifer Gillom Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002... |
| 2010 2010 WNBA season The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began with a televised meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona on May 15. The Connecticut Sun hosted the 10th Annual All-Star... |
2010 2010 Minnesota Lynx season The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal draft:Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
5th | 13 | 21 | .382 | Did not qualify | Cheryl Reeve Cheryl Reeve Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:... |
| 2011 2011 WNBA season The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 3 with the Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Minnesota Lynx, featuring 2011 WNBA Draft top pick Maya Moore, in a game televised on NBA TV... |
2011 2011 Minnesota Lynx season The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time since 2004 and won their first Western Conference championship.... |
West Western Conference (WNBA) The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference... |
1st | 27 | 7 | .794 | Won Conference Semifinals (San Antonio San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... , 2–1) Won Conference Finals (Phoenix Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises... , 2–0) Won WNBA Finals (Atlanta Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta... , 3–0) |
Cheryl Reeve Cheryl Reeve Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:... |
| Regular season | 192 | 242 | .442 | 1 Conference Championship | ||||
| Playoffs | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1 WNBA Championship | ||||
Former players
- Svetlana AbrosimovaSvetlana AbrosimovaSvetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...
(2001–2007) - Nicky AnosikeNicky AnosikeNkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(2008–2010), now a member of the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... - Janell BurseJanell BurseJanell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....
(2001–2003) - Teresa EdwardsTeresa Edwards-External links:******...
(2003–2004), now head coach of the Tulsa Shock - Tonya EdwardsTonya EdwardsTonya Edwards is a former professional basketball player and is currently a college coach.- Professional career :...
(1999) - Kristin FolklKristin FolklKristin Just Folkl is a former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. She now goes by her married name of Kristin Folkl-Kaburakis.-Early years and Stanford University:...
(1999–2000) - Lindsey HardingLindsey HardingLindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
(2007–2008), now a member of the Atlanta DreamAtlanta DreamThe Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta... - Kristi HarrowerKristi HarrowerKristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1998 - 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx...
(2001–2003, 2005) - Vanessa Hayden-Johnson (2004–2006, 2008)
- Roneeka HodgesRoneeka HodgesRoneeka Hodges is a current WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges....
(2009), now a member of the San Antonio Silver StarsSan Antonio Silver StarsThe San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... - Betty LennoxBetty LennoxBetty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
(2000–2002) - Andrea Lloyd-CurryAndrea Lloyd-CurryAndrea Lloyd is a former professional basketball player, a 2007 inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and previous television analyst for the Minnesota Lynx. Currently she is working as a television analyst for the MTN sports network with the Mountain West Conference.Lloyd-Curry...
(1999–2000) - Stacey Lovelace-TolbertStacey Lovelace-TolbertStacey Lovelace-Tolbert is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, who played in the WNBA.Lovelace-Tolbert attended college at Purdue University and graduated in 1996. On May 2, 2000 she was assigned with the Indiana Fever later in 2000 Lovelace-Tolbert played with the Seattle Storm...
(2004–2005) - Kristen MannKristen MannKristen Cherie Mann is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-Childhood:Daughter of Kathy Deeds and Gene Mann. She has two brothers, Mack and Guy, and one sister named Payton, all younger than her. She was born August 10, 1983 in Lakewood, California...
(2005–2007) - Hamchetou Maiga-Ba (2010)
- Kelly Miller (2009), now a member of the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
- Renee MontgomeryRenee MontgomeryRenee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...
(2009), now a member of the Connecticut SunConnecticut SunThe Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season... - Nicole OhldeNicole OhldeNicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(2004–2008) - Noelle QuinnNoelle QuinnNoelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(2007–2008), now a member of the Los Angeles SparksLos Angeles SparksThe Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... - Tamika Williams Raymond (2002–2007)
- Brandy ReedBrandy ReedBrandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(1999) - Katie SmithKatie SmithKatherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(1999–2005), now a member of the Seattle StormSeattle StormThe Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... - Michele Van GorpMichele Van GorpMichele Van Gorp is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association , most recently with the Minnesota Lynx.- Early career :...
(2001–2004)
Head coaches
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Assistant coaches
- Heidi VanDerveerHeidi VanDerveerHeidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
(1999–2001) - Kelly Kramer (1999–2002)
- Nancy DarschNancy DarschNancy Darsch is an assistant coach for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association. She started her professional coaching career in the WNBA's inaugural season with the New York Liberty. As the head coach, Darsch led the Liberty to a 17–11 season and the team advanced to the...
(2003–2005) - Carolyn JenkinsCarolyn JenkinsCarolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
(2003–2005, 2007) - Jim Lewis (2006)
- Susan Yow (2006)
- Teresa EdwardsTeresa Edwards-External links:******...
(2007) - Ed Prohofsky (2007–2008)
- Jennifer GillomJennifer GillomJennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
(2008) - Julie PlankJulie PlankJulie Plank is an American basketball head coach, most recently of the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association .-Career:Julie Plank was named the head coach of the Washington Mystics on November 6, 2008...
(2008) - Jim Davis (2009)
- Jim PetersenJim PetersenJames "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
(2009–present) - Shelley Patterson (2010–present)
Statistics
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The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team based in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, playing in the Western Conference
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
in the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
(WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1999 season
1999 WNBA season
-External links:**...
. The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
.
The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....
in three of their thirteen years in Minnesota. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as explosive small-forward Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
, hometown point guard Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
, and Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
standout Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
. The team is the reigning champion of the WNBA, having won the 2011 WNBA Finals
2011 WNBA Finals
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
.
Joining the league (1998–2004)
On April 22, 1998, the WNBA announced they would add two expansion teams (Minnesota and the Orlando MiracleOrlando Miracle
The Orlando Miracle was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Orlando, Florida. They began play in the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle relocated, in 2003,to Uncasville, Connecticut where the team became the Connecticut Sun...
) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998. The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
at Target Center. The Lynx defeated Detroit 68–51 in the franchise's first game. They finished their first season 15–17 overall and held the same record in 2000.
In 2001, the Lynx took a turn for the worst as they posted a 12–20 record.
The Lynx' first head coach Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
was released during the 2002 season after compiling a 47–67 record in three-plus seasons. Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished finish the 2002 season with a 10–22 record, worst in franchise history (until 2006).
In 2003, the Lynx hired Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell-Serio is a women's basketball coach and former player in the United States. She is currently the Head Coach for the women's basketball team at Duquesne University.-Career:...
as head coach. She led the team to finish with a franchise-best 18–16 record and advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the first time. They matched both of these feats in the 2004 season.
Seimone Augustus joins the team (2005–2007)
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
was dealt to Detroit in July and the team stumbled down the stretch, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. The poor finish did pay off however, as the team won the draft lottery and selected All-American guard Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
of Louisiana State University
LSU Tigers
The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Southeastern Conference. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports . Its official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger...
with the first overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
2006 WNBA Draft
On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.On April 5, 2006, the WNBA...
.
The Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA. On May 31, the team set the WNBA single game scoring record (at the time), routing the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
by a score of 114–71. That victory however, was a rare bright spot in a frustrating season. With her team floundering to an 8–15 record, head coach Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23. She was replaced by assistant Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
, who piloted the squad to a 2–9 finish. The team's 24 losses set a franchise record.
Following the season, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old was the second player in team history to win the award.
On December 13, 2006, the Lynx named veteran NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
assistant Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
their fifth head coach. His staff included Carolyn Jenkins former Lynx player Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
.
In the 2007 WNBA Draft
2007 WNBA Draft
The 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league....
, the Lynx traded center Tangela Smith
Tangela Smith
-External links:***...
, who they acquired in the dispersal draft from the Charlotte Sting
Charlotte Sting
The Charlotte Sting was a Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it was one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007....
, to the Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
for point guard Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
, who had been selected first overall.
The Lynx began the 2007 season 0–7, lost ten straight in July and failed to get into the playoff race. They finished tying a league worst 10–24 record. On November 1, 2007, assistant coach/former head coach Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
was named Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
.
Hot starts without results (2008–2009)
The 2008 season started out much different for the Lynx than in previous years. They came flying out of the gates, going 7–1 in the first five weeks of the season. The Lynx then cooled off. They managed to play competitive basketball all season, but lost many key games down the stretch. In the end, the Lynx finished with a respectable 16–18 record in a tough Western Conference where every team was in the playoff chase until the final week of the season. The Lynx however, did not qualify After two consecutive 10–24 seasons, the 2008 Lynx was a step in the right direction.In 2009, Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
resigned just days before the start of the season. Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
who replaced Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
as an assistant coach the previous year, was promoted to head coach. Another Zierden Lynx assistant, former NBA player Jim Petersen
Jim Petersen
James "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
stayed with Gillom during the season, working with post players Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
and Nicky Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
. The Lynx saw similar results in 2008...started with a good run (7–3), but lost many key games, including a horrific six-game losing streak, and finished 14–20, out from the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
A new team and the first championship (2010–present)
After five disappointing seasons, the offseason brought much more impact to the franchise. The team hired former Detroit ShockDetroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
assistant coach Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
as their new head coach, parting ways with Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
, who took the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
. The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
in the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...
, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...
and Renee Montgomery
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...
to the Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...
for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
and the second overall pick. They added free agent Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga-Ba is a Malian professional women's basketball player most recently with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. She is also a member of the Mali women's national basketball team.-At Old Dominion:...
to the lineup, and selected University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
guard Monica Wright
Monica Wright
Monica Wright is a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Botaş SK of the Turkish Women's League. She was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA Entry Draft.-Early life:...
with the second pick in the 2010 Draft. With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll. Forty-five percent of the general managers declared the Lynx the most-improved team as the 2010 season began.
The selection of Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
during the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
led many people to believe the Lynx to be championship contenders for the 2011 season. The team finally lived up to expectations in 2011, behind stellar play from Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
, Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
, Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
, and Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
, all of whom were named to the 2011 Western Conference All-Star Team
2011 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2011 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Silver Stars. The game was the 10th WNBA All-Star Game, which has been held annually since 1999 except in 2004, 2008, and 2010...
. The Lynx went into the All-Star break with a 10–4 record, good for first place in the conference. After losing to Phoenix in a 112–105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011. It is the third longest streak in WNBA history. The team finished with a 27-7 record, best in the WNBA and in team history.
The Lynx earned the top overall seed
Seed (sports)
A seed is a preliminary ranking that can be used in arranging a sports tournament. It is called a seed because of the analogy with plants where the seed might grow into a top rank at the end of that tournament, or might instead wither away...
in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs
2011 WNBA Playoffs
The 2011 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2011 season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a...
. In the first round, they defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
two-games-to-one in the best of three
Best of Three
Best of Three is a compilation of the three Coney Hatch albums, released in 1992, which includes two previously un-released songs; "Where I Draw the Line" and "Fuel for the Fire".-Track listing:#"Devil's Deck"#"You Ain't Got Me"#"Stand Up"...
series. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
in two games to win their first conference championship. In the Finals
2011 WNBA Finals
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
, the Lynx trailed at halftime in each game, but rallied each time to sweep the Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
in three games, securing their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
was named Finals MVP.
Uniforms
- The home uniforms are white with blue, green, and silver trim. "Lynx" is written on the jerseys in green. The road uniforms are blue with silver, white and green trim and "Minnesota" written in silver. As part of the move to AdidasAdidasAdidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
's Revolution 30 technology, the Lynx made subtle changes such as rounded numbers in silver. In addition, the team nickname will be featured prominently on both the home and away jerseys. They also eliminated green from the uniforms. The Lynx are also one of 10 WNBA teams sponsored by Boost MobileBoost MobileBoost Mobile is a brand of wireless prepay service run by Sprint Nextel, operating within the Sprint Prepaid Group along with Virgin Mobile USA, Assurance Wireless, and payLo by Virgin Mobile. Boost Mobile uses GSMand iDEN networks...
and is prominently featured on their uniforms.
Lynx Foundation
The Minnesota Lynx Foundation holds an annual "Catwalk for a Cure" event at the Mall of AmericaMall of America
The Mall of America, also called MOA and the Megamall, is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, in the United States. It is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the...
during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
related charities. The 2011 event was held Aug. 5 and raised $5,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
.
LosLynx
"LosLynx" is the unofficial rallying cry of the Minnesota Lynx. The term's genesis was a 2010 commercial for BingBing
Bing is a web search engine from Microsoft.Bing may also refer to:* An onomatopœia of a bell sound* Bing cherry, a variety of cherry* Bing , Chinese flatbread* Bing , a German company that manufactured toys and kitchen utensils...
that parodied telenovellas. The commercial ended with a man yelling "Los Links!" Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
was amused by the commercial and the obvious homophone
Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms...
, and began imitating the cry in practice.
When guard Candace Wiggins, who had been injured for much of the 2010 season, returned in 2011, she heard the phrase in practice. It reminded her of her own thoughts regarding promotions in NBA cities with significant Spanish-speaking
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
populations, in which teams like the Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
would wear jerseys identifying them as "El Heat." She had thought that a promotion for "Los Lynx" would be entertaining.
Eventually, Wiggins tweeted
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
the term as a hashtag on a post about the team. From there, the meme quickly spread throughout the fanbase, inspiring chants and cheers, and even appearing on T-shirts sold by Lynx forward Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
.
In addition to LosLynx, the hashtag #LYNXANITY became a popular post-win tweet for Lynx fans during the 2011 playoffs.
Season-by-season records
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WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....
Results
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1999 WNBA season
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| 1999
1999 Minnesota Lynx season
The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.-Expansion Draft:-Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation:-WNBA Draft:-Season Schedule:-Player stats:*Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 5th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
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2000 WNBA season
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2000 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.-Offseason:...
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Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2001
2001 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| 2001
2001 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2001 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 12
| 20
| .375
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2002
2002 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2002
2002 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2002 WNBA season was the 4th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 8th
| 10
| 22
| .313
| Did not qualify
| B. Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
(6–13)
H. VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
(4–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2003
2003 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2003
2003 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2003 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx reached their first WNBA Playoffs, but lost in 3 games to the Los Angeles Sparks in the opening round.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-Reference:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 4th
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
, 1–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2004
2004 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2004
2004 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2004 WNBA season was the 6th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Minnesota had qualified for the playoffs.-Dispersal Draft:Based...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 3rd
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
, 0–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2005
2005 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2005
2005 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2005 WNBA season was the 7th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx missed the playoffs for the first time in three years. It also marked the final season for original franchise superstar Katie Smith, as she was traded to the Detroit Shock during the season....
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2006
2006 WNBA season
-External links:*******...
| 2006
2006 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2006 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx played horribly all season, leading them to dead last in the West and a franchise-worst of 10-24.-WNBA Draft:*The Detroit Shock traded Ambrosia Anderson to the Lynx during the draft....
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 7th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| S. Mc.-Serio (8–15)
C. Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
(2–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2007
2007 WNBA season
-External links:* * * * * * * *...
| 2007
2007 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2007 WNBA season was the 9th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2008
2008 WNBA season
-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....
| 2008
2008 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2008 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.-Expansion Draft:* Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.-WNBA Draft:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 16
| 18
| .471
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2009
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...
| 2009
2009 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal Draft:Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 5th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2010
2010 WNBA season
The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began with a televised meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona on May 15. The Connecticut Sun hosted the 10th Annual All-Star...
| 2010
2010 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal draft:Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 5th
| 13
| 21
| .382
| Did not qualify
| Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2011
2011 WNBA season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 3 with the Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Minnesota Lynx, featuring 2011 WNBA Draft top pick Maya Moore, in a game televised on NBA TV...
| 2011
2011 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time since 2004 and won their first Western Conference championship....
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 1st
| 27
| 7
| .794
| Won Conference Semifinals (San Antonio
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
, 2–1)
Won Conference Finals (Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
, 2–0)
Won WNBA Finals (Atlanta
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
, 3–0)
| Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Regular season
|style="background:#eee;"| 192
|style="background:#eee;"| 242
|style="background:#eee;"| .442
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 Conference Championship
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Playoffs
|style="background:#eee;"| 8
|style="background:#eee;"| 5
|style="background:#eee;"| .615
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 WNBA Championship
|}
Former players
- Svetlana AbrosimovaSvetlana AbrosimovaSvetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...
(2001–2007) - Nicky AnosikeNicky AnosikeNkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(2008–2010), now a member of the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... - Janell BurseJanell BurseJanell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....
(2001–2003) - Teresa EdwardsTeresa Edwards-External links:******...
(2003–2004), now head coach of the Tulsa Shock - Tonya EdwardsTonya EdwardsTonya Edwards is a former professional basketball player and is currently a college coach.- Professional career :...
(1999) - Kristin FolklKristin FolklKristin Just Folkl is a former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. She now goes by her married name of Kristin Folkl-Kaburakis.-Early years and Stanford University:...
(1999–2000) - Lindsey HardingLindsey HardingLindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
(2007–2008), now a member of the Atlanta DreamAtlanta DreamThe Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta... - Kristi HarrowerKristi HarrowerKristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1998 - 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx...
(2001–2003, 2005) - Vanessa Hayden-Johnson (2004–2006, 2008)
- Roneeka HodgesRoneeka HodgesRoneeka Hodges is a current WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges....
(2009), now a member of the San Antonio Silver StarsSan Antonio Silver StarsThe San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... - Betty LennoxBetty LennoxBetty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
(2000–2002) - Andrea Lloyd-CurryAndrea Lloyd-CurryAndrea Lloyd is a former professional basketball player, a 2007 inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and previous television analyst for the Minnesota Lynx. Currently she is working as a television analyst for the MTN sports network with the Mountain West Conference.Lloyd-Curry...
(1999–2000) - Stacey Lovelace-TolbertStacey Lovelace-TolbertStacey Lovelace-Tolbert is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, who played in the WNBA.Lovelace-Tolbert attended college at Purdue University and graduated in 1996. On May 2, 2000 she was assigned with the Indiana Fever later in 2000 Lovelace-Tolbert played with the Seattle Storm...
(2004–2005) - Kristen MannKristen MannKristen Cherie Mann is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-Childhood:Daughter of Kathy Deeds and Gene Mann. She has two brothers, Mack and Guy, and one sister named Payton, all younger than her. She was born August 10, 1983 in Lakewood, California...
(2005–2007) - Hamchetou Maiga-Ba (2010)
- Kelly Miller (2009), now a member of the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
- Renee MontgomeryRenee MontgomeryRenee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...
(2009), now a member of the Connecticut SunConnecticut SunThe Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season... - Nicole OhldeNicole OhldeNicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(2004–2008) - Noelle QuinnNoelle QuinnNoelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(2007–2008), now a member of the Los Angeles SparksLos Angeles SparksThe Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... - Tamika Williams Raymond (2002–2007)
- Brandy ReedBrandy ReedBrandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(1999) - Katie SmithKatie SmithKatherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(1999–2005), now a member of the Seattle StormSeattle StormThe Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... - Michele Van GorpMichele Van GorpMichele Van Gorp is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association , most recently with the Minnesota Lynx.- Early career :...
(2001–2004)
Head coaches
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Minnesota Lynx head coaches
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="15%" rowspan="2" | Name
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | Start
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | End
! width="5%" rowspan="2" | Seasons
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Regular season
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Playoffs
|-
! W !! L !! PCT !! G !! W !! L !! PCT !! G
|-
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
|| November 17, 1998 || July 16, 2002 || 4 || width="5%"|48 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.417 || width="5%"|115 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
|| July 16, 2002 || end of 2002
2002 WNBA season
-External links:***...
|| 1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.308 || width="5%"|13 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell-Serio is a women's basketball coach and former player in the United States. She is currently the Head Coach for the women's basketball team at Duquesne University.-Career:...
|| January 21, 2003 || July 23, 2006 || 4 || width="5%"|58 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.464 || width="5%"|125 ||width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|.200 || width="5%"|5
|-
| Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
|| July 23, 2006 || end of 2006
2006 WNBA season
-External links:*******...
|| 1 || width="5%"|2 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.182 || width="5%"|11 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
|| December 23, 2006 || June 3, 2009 || 2 || width="5%"|26 || width="5%"|42 || width="5%"|.382 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
|| June 3, 2009 || end of 2009
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...
|| 1 || width="5%"|14 || width="5%"|20 || width="5%"|.412 || width="5%"|34 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
|| December 8, 2009 || Current || 2 || width="5%"|40|| width="5%"|28 || width="5%"|.588 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|7 || width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|.875 || width="5%"|8
|}
Assistant coaches
- Heidi VanDerveerHeidi VanDerveerHeidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
(1999–2001) - Kelly Kramer (1999–2002)
- Nancy DarschNancy DarschNancy Darsch is an assistant coach for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association. She started her professional coaching career in the WNBA's inaugural season with the New York Liberty. As the head coach, Darsch led the Liberty to a 17–11 season and the team advanced to the...
(2003–2005) - Carolyn JenkinsCarolyn JenkinsCarolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
(2003–2005, 2007) - Jim Lewis (2006)
- Susan Yow (2006)
- Teresa EdwardsTeresa Edwards-External links:******...
(2007) - Ed Prohofsky (2007–2008)
- Jennifer GillomJennifer GillomJennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
(2008) - Julie PlankJulie PlankJulie Plank is an American basketball head coach, most recently of the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association .-Career:Julie Plank was named the head coach of the Washington Mystics on November 6, 2008...
(2008) - Jim Davis (2009)
- Jim PetersenJim PetersenJames "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
(2009–present) - Shelley Patterson (2010–present)
Statistics
{| class="toccolours" width=80% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Minnesota Lynx statistics
|- valign="top"
|
1990s
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
Field goal percentage
Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG%. Three-point field goals are included in this percentage. Instead of using scales of 0 to 100%, the scale .000 to 1.000 is commonly used. A higher field goal percentage denotes...
|-
| 1999
1999 Minnesota Lynx season
The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.-Expansion Draft:-Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation:-WNBA Draft:-Season Schedule:-Player stats:*Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66...
| B. Reed
Brandy Reed
Brandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(16.4)
| B. Reed
Brandy Reed
Brandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(6.0)
| S. Tate (3.1)
| 63.6 vs 66.0
| 28.3 vs 32.1
| .389 vs .425
|}
|
2000s
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
Field goal percentage
Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG%. Three-point field goals are included in this percentage. Instead of using scales of 0 to 100%, the scale .000 to 1.000 is commonly used. A higher field goal percentage denotes...
|-
| 2000
2000 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.-Offseason:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(20.2)
| B. Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
(5.6)
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(2.8)
| 68.5 vs 68.4
| 27.2 vs 30.5
| .421 vs .429
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| 2001
2001 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2001 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(23.1)
| S. Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...
(6.7)
| K. Paye
Kate Paye
Kate Paye is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Stanford University.- Early life and college career :...
(3.0)
| 64.9 vs 67.4
| 31.3 vs 31.8
| .371 vs .390
|-
| 2002
2002 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2002 WNBA season was the 4th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(16.5)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(7.4)
| T. Moore
Tamara Moore
Tamara Tenell Moore is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Houston Comets....
(3.0)
| 62.6 vs 65.8
| 30.0 vs 28.6
| .410 vs .413
|-
| 2003
2003 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2003 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx reached their first WNBA Playoffs, but lost in 3 games to the Los Angeles Sparks in the opening round.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-Reference:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(18.2)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(6.1)
| T. Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
(4.4)
| 70.0 vs 69.7
| 31.7 vs 29.1
| .442 vs .425
|-
| 2004
2004 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2004 WNBA season was the 6th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Minnesota had qualified for the playoffs.-Dispersal Draft:Based...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(18.8)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(6.0)
| H. Darling
Helen Darling
Helen Marie Darling is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association ; as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent....
(3.5)
| 63.7 vs 64.4
| 31.1 vs 30.5
| .404 vs .408
|-
| 2005
2005 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2005 WNBA season was the 7th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx missed the playoffs for the first time in three years. It also marked the final season for original franchise superstar Katie Smith, as she was traded to the Detroit Shock during the season....
| N. Ohlde
Nicole Ohlde
Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(11.2)
| N. Ohlde
Nicole Ohlde
Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(5.7)
| K. Harrower
Kristi Harrower
Kristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1998 - 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx...
(2.8)
| 65.0 vs 67.3
| 30.1 vs 31.0
| .412 vs .427
|-
| 2006
2006 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2006 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx played horribly all season, leading them to dead last in the West and a franchise-worst of 10-24.-WNBA Draft:*The Detroit Shock traded Ambrosia Anderson to the Lynx during the draft....
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(21.9)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(5.6)
| A. Jacobs
Amber Jacobs
Amber Jacobs is the assistant athletic director for Baptist Bible College and is also their head women's basketball coach. Previously, Amber was an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island women's basketball team and former professional basketball player in the WNBA, for the Los Angeles...
(3.4)
| 74.2 vs 80.4
| 33.6 vs 35.4
| .427 vs .434
|-
| 2007
2007 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2007 WNBA season was the 9th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:...
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(22.6)
| N. Ohlde
Nicole Ohlde
Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(6.1)
| N. Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(4.4)
| 77.5 vs 80.9
| 34.8 vs 32.9
| .412 vs .450
|-
| 2008
2008 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2008 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.-Expansion Draft:* Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.-WNBA Draft:...
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(19.1)
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(6.8)
| L. Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
(3.2)
| 81.4 vs 80.0
| 33.7 vs 35.6
| .430 vs .439
|-
| 2009
2009 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal Draft:Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft...
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(13.2)
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(7.4)
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(2.7)
| 80.3 vs 83.1
| 32.0 vs 34.3
| .420 vs .461
|}
|
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team based in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, playing in the Western Conference
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
in the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
(WNBA). The team was founded prior to the 1999 season
1999 WNBA season
-External links:**...
. The team is owned by Glen Taylor, who also owns the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...
.
The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....
in three of their thirteen years in Minnesota. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as explosive small-forward Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
, hometown point guard Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
, and Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
standout Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
. The team is the reigning champion of the WNBA, having won the 2011 WNBA Finals
2011 WNBA Finals
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
.
Joining the league (1998–2004)
On April 22, 1998, the WNBA announced they would add two expansion teams (Minnesota and the Orlando MiracleOrlando Miracle
The Orlando Miracle was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Orlando, Florida. They began play in the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle relocated, in 2003,to Uncasville, Connecticut where the team became the Connecticut Sun...
) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota Lynx on December 5, 1998. The Lynx started their inaugural season in 1999 with 12,122 fans in attendance to watch the first regular-season game against the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
at Target Center. The Lynx defeated Detroit 68–51 in the franchise's first game. They finished their first season 15–17 overall and held the same record in 2000.
In 2001, the Lynx took a turn for the worst as they posted a 12–20 record.
The Lynx' first head coach Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
was released during the 2002 season after compiling a 47–67 record in three-plus seasons. Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished finish the 2002 season with a 10–22 record, worst in franchise history (until 2006).
In 2003, the Lynx hired Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell-Serio is a women's basketball coach and former player in the United States. She is currently the Head Coach for the women's basketball team at Duquesne University.-Career:...
as head coach. She led the team to finish with a franchise-best 18–16 record and advanced to the WNBA Playoffs for the first time. They matched both of these feats in the 2004 season.
Seimone Augustus joins the team (2005–2007)
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
was dealt to Detroit in July and the team stumbled down the stretch, missing the playoffs for the first time in three years. The poor finish did pay off however, as the team won the draft lottery and selected All-American guard Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
of Louisiana State University
LSU Tigers
The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Southeastern Conference. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports . Its official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger...
with the first overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
2006 WNBA Draft
On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.On April 5, 2006, the WNBA...
.
The Lynx began the 2006 season as the youngest team in the WNBA. On May 31, the team set the WNBA single game scoring record (at the time), routing the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
by a score of 114–71. That victory however, was a rare bright spot in a frustrating season. With her team floundering to an 8–15 record, head coach Suzie McConnell Serio resigned on July 23. She was replaced by assistant Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
, who piloted the squad to a 2–9 finish. The team's 24 losses set a franchise record.
Following the season, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old was the second player in team history to win the award.
On December 13, 2006, the Lynx named veteran NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
assistant Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
their fifth head coach. His staff included Carolyn Jenkins former Lynx player Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
.
In the 2007 WNBA Draft
2007 WNBA Draft
The 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league....
, the Lynx traded center Tangela Smith
Tangela Smith
-External links:***...
, who they acquired in the dispersal draft from the Charlotte Sting
Charlotte Sting
The Charlotte Sting was a Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it was one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007....
, to the Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
for point guard Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
, who had been selected first overall.
The Lynx began the 2007 season 0–7, lost ten straight in July and failed to get into the playoff race. They finished tying a league worst 10–24 record. On November 1, 2007, assistant coach/former head coach Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
was named Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
.
Hot starts without results (2008–2009)
The 2008 season started out much different for the Lynx than in previous years. They came flying out of the gates, going 7–1 in the first five weeks of the season. The Lynx then cooled off. They managed to play competitive basketball all season, but lost many key games down the stretch. In the end, the Lynx finished with a respectable 16–18 record in a tough Western Conference where every team was in the playoff chase until the final week of the season. The Lynx however, did not qualify After two consecutive 10–24 seasons, the 2008 Lynx was a step in the right direction.In 2009, Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
resigned just days before the start of the season. Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
who replaced Teresa Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
as an assistant coach the previous year, was promoted to head coach. Another Zierden Lynx assistant, former NBA player Jim Petersen
Jim Petersen
James "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
stayed with Gillom during the season, working with post players Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
and Nicky Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
. The Lynx saw similar results in 2008...started with a good run (7–3), but lost many key games, including a horrific six-game losing streak, and finished 14–20, out from the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
A new team and the first championship (2010–present)
After five disappointing seasons, the offseason brought much more impact to the franchise. The team hired former Detroit ShockDetroit Shock
The Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champion...
assistant coach Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
as their new head coach, parting ways with Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
, who took the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
. The Lynx also made some moves in the off-season by selecting Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
in the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...
, and trading their first overall pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...
and Renee Montgomery
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...
to the Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...
for former Minnesota Gopher Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
and the second overall pick. They added free agent Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga-Ba is a Malian professional women's basketball player most recently with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. She is also a member of the Mali women's national basketball team.-At Old Dominion:...
to the lineup, and selected University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
guard Monica Wright
Monica Wright
Monica Wright is a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Botaş SK of the Turkish Women's League. She was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA Entry Draft.-Early life:...
with the second pick in the 2010 Draft. With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll. Forty-five percent of the general managers declared the Lynx the most-improved team as the 2010 season began.
The selection of Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
during the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
led many people to believe the Lynx to be championship contenders for the 2011 season. The team finally lived up to expectations in 2011, behind stellar play from Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
, Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
, Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
, and Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
, all of whom were named to the 2011 Western Conference All-Star Team
2011 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2011 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Silver Stars. The game was the 10th WNBA All-Star Game, which has been held annually since 1999 except in 2004, 2008, and 2010...
. The Lynx went into the All-Star break with a 10–4 record, good for first place in the conference. After losing to Phoenix in a 112–105 contest at Target Center on July 13, the Lynx went on a nine-game winning streak, a franchise record and the longest in the league for 2011. It is the third longest streak in WNBA history. The team finished with a 27-7 record, best in the WNBA and in team history.
The Lynx earned the top overall seed
Seed (sports)
A seed is a preliminary ranking that can be used in arranging a sports tournament. It is called a seed because of the analogy with plants where the seed might grow into a top rank at the end of that tournament, or might instead wither away...
in the 2011 WNBA Playoffs
2011 WNBA Playoffs
The 2011 WNBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2011 season. Four teams from each of the league's two conferences qualified for the playoffs seeded 1 to 4 in a tournament bracket, with the two opening rounds in a best-of-three format, and the final in a...
. In the first round, they defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
two-games-to-one in the best of three
Best of Three
Best of Three is a compilation of the three Coney Hatch albums, released in 1992, which includes two previously un-released songs; "Where I Draw the Line" and "Fuel for the Fire".-Track listing:#"Devil's Deck"#"You Ain't Got Me"#"Stand Up"...
series. The Lynx then swept the Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
in two games to win their first conference championship. In the Finals
2011 WNBA Finals
The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association , and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champions of the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Dream in three...
, the Lynx trailed at halftime in each game, but rallied each time to sweep the Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
in three games, securing their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
was named Finals MVP.
Uniforms
- The home uniforms are white with blue, green, and silver trim. "Lynx" is written on the jerseys in green. The road uniforms are blue with silver, white and green trim and "Minnesota" written in silver. As part of the move to AdidasAdidasAdidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
's Revolution 30 technology, the Lynx made subtle changes such as rounded numbers in silver. In addition, the team nickname will be featured prominently on both the home and away jerseys. They also eliminated green from the uniforms. The Lynx are also one of 10 WNBA teams sponsored by Boost MobileBoost MobileBoost Mobile is a brand of wireless prepay service run by Sprint Nextel, operating within the Sprint Prepaid Group along with Virgin Mobile USA, Assurance Wireless, and payLo by Virgin Mobile. Boost Mobile uses GSMand iDEN networks...
and is prominently featured on their uniforms.
Lynx Foundation
The Minnesota Lynx Foundation holds an annual "Catwalk for a Cure" event at the Mall of AmericaMall of America
The Mall of America, also called MOA and the Megamall, is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, in the United States. It is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the...
during the WNBA's Breast Health Awareness Week to raise funds for breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
related charities. The 2011 event was held Aug. 5 and raised $5,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
.
LosLynx
"LosLynx" is the unofficial rallying cry of the Minnesota Lynx. The term's genesis was a 2010 commercial for BingBing
Bing is a web search engine from Microsoft.Bing may also refer to:* An onomatopœia of a bell sound* Bing cherry, a variety of cherry* Bing , Chinese flatbread* Bing , a German company that manufactured toys and kitchen utensils...
that parodied telenovellas. The commercial ended with a man yelling "Los Links!" Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
was amused by the commercial and the obvious homophone
Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms...
, and began imitating the cry in practice.
When guard Candace Wiggins, who had been injured for much of the 2010 season, returned in 2011, she heard the phrase in practice. It reminded her of her own thoughts regarding promotions in NBA cities with significant Spanish-speaking
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
populations, in which teams like the Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
would wear jerseys identifying them as "El Heat." She had thought that a promotion for "Los Lynx" would be entertaining.
Eventually, Wiggins tweeted
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
the term as a hashtag on a post about the team. From there, the meme quickly spread throughout the fanbase, inspiring chants and cheers, and even appearing on T-shirts sold by Lynx forward Charde Houston
Charde Houston
Charde Lakishia Houston is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
.
In addition to LosLynx, the hashtag #LYNXANITY became a popular post-win tweet for Lynx fans during the 2011 playoffs.
Season-by-season records
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center; width: 85%;"|-
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 10%;"| Season
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 8%;" | Team
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 12%;" | Conference
!colspan="3" style="background:#eee; width: 15%;"| Regular season
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 30%;"| Playoff
WNBA Playoffs
The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association , ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals....
Results
!rowspan="2" style="background:#eee; width: 13%;"| Head coach
|-
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|W
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|L
!style="background:#eee; width: 5%;"|PCT
|-
|colspan="9" align=center bgcolor="#054EA4" | Minnesota Lynx
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 1999
1999 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| 1999
1999 Minnesota Lynx season
The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.-Expansion Draft:-Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation:-WNBA Draft:-Season Schedule:-Player stats:*Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 5th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2000
2000 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| 2000
2000 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.-Offseason:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 15
| 17
| .469
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2001
2001 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| 2001
2001 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2001 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 12
| 20
| .375
| Did not qualify
| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2002
2002 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2002
2002 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2002 WNBA season was the 4th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 8th
| 10
| 22
| .313
| Did not qualify
| B. Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
(6–13)
H. VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
(4–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2003
2003 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2003
2003 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2003 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx reached their first WNBA Playoffs, but lost in 3 games to the Los Angeles Sparks in the opening round.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-Reference:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 4th
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
, 1–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2004
2004 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2004
2004 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2004 WNBA season was the 6th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Minnesota had qualified for the playoffs.-Dispersal Draft:Based...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 3rd
| 18
| 16
| .529
| Lost Conference Semifinals (Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
, 0–2)
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2005
2005 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| 2005
2005 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2005 WNBA season was the 7th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx missed the playoffs for the first time in three years. It also marked the final season for original franchise superstar Katie Smith, as she was traded to the Detroit Shock during the season....
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Suzie McConnell-Serio
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2006
2006 WNBA season
-External links:*******...
| 2006
2006 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2006 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx played horribly all season, leading them to dead last in the West and a franchise-worst of 10-24.-WNBA Draft:*The Detroit Shock traded Ambrosia Anderson to the Lynx during the draft....
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 7th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| S. Mc.-Serio (8–15)
C. Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
(2–9)
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2007
2007 WNBA season
-External links:* * * * * * * *...
| 2007
2007 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2007 WNBA season was the 9th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 10
| 24
| .294
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2008
2008 WNBA season
-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....
| 2008
2008 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2008 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.-Expansion Draft:* Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.-WNBA Draft:...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 6th
| 16
| 18
| .471
| Did not qualify
| Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2009
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...
| 2009
2009 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal Draft:Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 5th
| 14
| 20
| .412
| Did not qualify
| Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2010
2010 WNBA season
The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began with a televised meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona on May 15. The Connecticut Sun hosted the 10th Annual All-Star...
| 2010
2010 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal draft:Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft...
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 5th
| 13
| 21
| .382
| Did not qualify
| Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
|-align="center"
!style="background:#eee;"| 2011
2011 WNBA season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 3 with the Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Minnesota Lynx, featuring 2011 WNBA Draft top pick Maya Moore, in a game televised on NBA TV...
| 2011
2011 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time since 2004 and won their first Western Conference championship....
| style="width: 10%"|West
Western Conference (WNBA)
The Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference...
| 1st
| 27
| 7
| .794
| Won Conference Semifinals (San Antonio
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
, 2–1)
Won Conference Finals (Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
, 2–0)
Won WNBA Finals (Atlanta
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
, 3–0)
| Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Regular season
|style="background:#eee;"| 192
|style="background:#eee;"| 242
|style="background:#eee;"| .442
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 Conference Championship
|-
!colspan="4" style="background:#eee;"|Playoffs
|style="background:#eee;"| 8
|style="background:#eee;"| 5
|style="background:#eee;"| .615
|colspan="2" style="background:#eee;"| 1 WNBA Championship
|}
Former players
- Svetlana AbrosimovaSvetlana AbrosimovaSvetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...
(2001–2007) - Nicky AnosikeNicky AnosikeNkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(2008–2010), now a member of the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... - Janell BurseJanell BurseJanell Burse is a 6'5" women's basketball player who recently played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA....
(2001–2003) - Teresa EdwardsTeresa Edwards-External links:******...
(2003–2004), now head coach of the Tulsa Shock - Tonya EdwardsTonya EdwardsTonya Edwards is a former professional basketball player and is currently a college coach.- Professional career :...
(1999) - Kristin FolklKristin FolklKristin Just Folkl is a former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. She now goes by her married name of Kristin Folkl-Kaburakis.-Early years and Stanford University:...
(1999–2000) - Lindsey HardingLindsey HardingLindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
(2007–2008), now a member of the Atlanta DreamAtlanta DreamThe Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta... - Kristi HarrowerKristi HarrowerKristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1998 - 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx...
(2001–2003, 2005) - Vanessa Hayden-Johnson (2004–2006, 2008)
- Roneeka HodgesRoneeka HodgesRoneeka Hodges is a current WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges....
(2009), now a member of the San Antonio Silver StarsSan Antonio Silver StarsThe San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... - Betty LennoxBetty LennoxBetty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
(2000–2002) - Andrea Lloyd-CurryAndrea Lloyd-CurryAndrea Lloyd is a former professional basketball player, a 2007 inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and previous television analyst for the Minnesota Lynx. Currently she is working as a television analyst for the MTN sports network with the Mountain West Conference.Lloyd-Curry...
(1999–2000) - Stacey Lovelace-TolbertStacey Lovelace-TolbertStacey Lovelace-Tolbert is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, who played in the WNBA.Lovelace-Tolbert attended college at Purdue University and graduated in 1996. On May 2, 2000 she was assigned with the Indiana Fever later in 2000 Lovelace-Tolbert played with the Seattle Storm...
(2004–2005) - Kristen MannKristen MannKristen Cherie Mann is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-Childhood:Daughter of Kathy Deeds and Gene Mann. She has two brothers, Mack and Guy, and one sister named Payton, all younger than her. She was born August 10, 1983 in Lakewood, California...
(2005–2007) - Hamchetou Maiga-Ba (2010)
- Kelly Miller (2009), now a member of the Washington MysticsWashington MysticsThe Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
- Renee MontgomeryRenee MontgomeryRenee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...
(2009), now a member of the Connecticut SunConnecticut SunThe Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season... - Nicole OhldeNicole OhldeNicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(2004–2008) - Noelle QuinnNoelle QuinnNoelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(2007–2008), now a member of the Los Angeles SparksLos Angeles SparksThe Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... - Tamika Williams Raymond (2002–2007)
- Brandy ReedBrandy ReedBrandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(1999) - Katie SmithKatie SmithKatherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(1999–2005), now a member of the Seattle StormSeattle StormThe Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... - Michele Van GorpMichele Van GorpMichele Van Gorp is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association , most recently with the Minnesota Lynx.- Early career :...
(2001–2004)
Head coaches
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
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|- valign="top"
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="15%" rowspan="2" | Name
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | Start
! width="10%" rowspan="2" | End
! width="5%" rowspan="2" | Seasons
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Regular season
! width="20%" colspan="4" | Playoffs
|-
! W !! L !! PCT !! G !! W !! L !! PCT !! G
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| Brian Agler
Brian Agler
Brian Agler is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Seattle Storm. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won two professional titles as coach....
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|-
| Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
|| July 16, 2002 || end of 2002
2002 WNBA season
-External links:***...
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| Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell Serio
Suzie McConnell-Serio is a women's basketball coach and former player in the United States. She is currently the Head Coach for the women's basketball team at Duquesne University.-Career:...
|| January 21, 2003 || July 23, 2006 || 4 || width="5%"|58 || width="5%"|67 || width="5%"|.464 || width="5%"|125 ||width="5%"|1 || width="5%"|4 || width="5%"|.200 || width="5%"|5
|-
| Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
|| July 23, 2006 || end of 2006
2006 WNBA season
-External links:*******...
|| 1 || width="5%"|2 || width="5%"|9 || width="5%"|.182 || width="5%"|11 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Don Zierden
Don Zierden
Don Zierden is an assistant basketball coach for the Washington Wizards. From 2007 to 2009, Zierden served as the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA....
|| December 23, 2006 || June 3, 2009 || 2 || width="5%"|26 || width="5%"|42 || width="5%"|.382 || width="5%"|68 ||width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|0 || width="5%"|.000 || width="5%"|0
|-
| Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer Gillom
Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
|| June 3, 2009 || end of 2009
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...
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| Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach, currently the head coach of the reigning Women's National Basketball Association champion Minnesota Lynx.-Career:...
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Assistant coaches
- Heidi VanDerveerHeidi VanDerveerHeidi VanDerveer is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the head coach at Occidental College.VanDerveer served as a basketball coach in the WNBA, as an assistant with the Seattle Storm, and had been the Minnesota Lynx second head coach in 2002 after Brian Agler...
(1999–2001) - Kelly Kramer (1999–2002)
- Nancy DarschNancy DarschNancy Darsch is an assistant coach for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association. She started her professional coaching career in the WNBA's inaugural season with the New York Liberty. As the head coach, Darsch led the Liberty to a 17–11 season and the team advanced to the...
(2003–2005) - Carolyn JenkinsCarolyn JenkinsCarolyn Charise Jenkins was an American women's basketball coach in the WNBA, formerly serving as an assistant coach on the Minnesota Lynx. Currently Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA....
(2003–2005, 2007) - Jim Lewis (2006)
- Susan Yow (2006)
- Teresa EdwardsTeresa Edwards-External links:******...
(2007) - Ed Prohofsky (2007–2008)
- Jennifer GillomJennifer GillomJennifer "Grandmama" Gillom is a former WNBA basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002...
(2008) - Julie PlankJulie PlankJulie Plank is an American basketball head coach, most recently of the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association .-Career:Julie Plank was named the head coach of the Washington Mystics on November 6, 2008...
(2008) - Jim Davis (2009)
- Jim PetersenJim PetersenJames "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
(2009–present) - Shelley Patterson (2010–present)
Statistics
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1990s
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
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! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
Field goal percentage
Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG%. Three-point field goals are included in this percentage. Instead of using scales of 0 to 100%, the scale .000 to 1.000 is commonly used. A higher field goal percentage denotes...
|-
| 1999
1999 Minnesota Lynx season
The 1999 WNBA season was the first in franchise history.-Expansion Draft:-Post Expansion Draft Player Allocation:-WNBA Draft:-Season Schedule:-Player stats:*Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66...
| B. Reed
Brandy Reed
Brandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(16.4)
| B. Reed
Brandy Reed
Brandy Carmina Reed is a former professional basketball player.Reed grew up and graduated from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California in 1994. After graduating from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1998, Reed began her professional career with the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's...
(6.0)
| S. Tate (3.1)
| 63.6 vs 66.0
| 28.3 vs 32.1
| .389 vs .425
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2000s
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
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! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
Field goal percentage
Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG%. Three-point field goals are included in this percentage. Instead of using scales of 0 to 100%, the scale .000 to 1.000 is commonly used. A higher field goal percentage denotes...
|-
| 2000
2000 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.-Offseason:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(20.2)
| B. Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
(5.6)
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(2.8)
| 68.5 vs 68.4
| 27.2 vs 30.5
| .421 vs .429
|-
| 2001
2001 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2001 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Minnesota Lynx.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(23.1)
| S. Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...
(6.7)
| K. Paye
Kate Paye
Kate Paye is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Stanford University.- Early life and college career :...
(3.0)
| 64.9 vs 67.4
| 31.3 vs 31.8
| .371 vs .390
|-
| 2002
2002 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2002 WNBA season was the 4th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-References:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(16.5)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(7.4)
| T. Moore
Tamara Moore
Tamara Tenell Moore is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Houston Comets....
(3.0)
| 62.6 vs 65.8
| 30.0 vs 28.6
| .410 vs .413
|-
| 2003
2003 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2003 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx reached their first WNBA Playoffs, but lost in 3 games to the Los Angeles Sparks in the opening round.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:-Player stats:-Reference:...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(18.2)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(6.1)
| T. Edwards
Teresa Edwards
-External links:******...
(4.4)
| 70.0 vs 69.7
| 31.7 vs 29.1
| .442 vs .425
|-
| 2004
2004 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2004 WNBA season was the 6th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx qualified for their second consecutive playoff berth, but lost in the opening round to eventual champion Seattle Storm. As of the 2010 season, this was the last season Minnesota had qualified for the playoffs.-Dispersal Draft:Based...
| K. Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...
(18.8)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(6.0)
| H. Darling
Helen Darling
Helen Marie Darling is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association ; as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent....
(3.5)
| 63.7 vs 64.4
| 31.1 vs 30.5
| .404 vs .408
|-
| 2005
2005 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2005 WNBA season was the 7th for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx missed the playoffs for the first time in three years. It also marked the final season for original franchise superstar Katie Smith, as she was traded to the Detroit Shock during the season....
| N. Ohlde
Nicole Ohlde
Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(11.2)
| N. Ohlde
Nicole Ohlde
Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(5.7)
| K. Harrower
Kristi Harrower
Kristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1998 - 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx...
(2.8)
| 65.0 vs 67.3
| 30.1 vs 31.0
| .412 vs .427
|-
| 2006
2006 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2006 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx played horribly all season, leading them to dead last in the West and a franchise-worst of 10-24.-WNBA Draft:*The Detroit Shock traded Ambrosia Anderson to the Lynx during the draft....
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(21.9)
| T. Williams
Tamika Williams
Tamika Maria Raymond is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA...
(5.6)
| A. Jacobs
Amber Jacobs
Amber Jacobs is the assistant athletic director for Baptist Bible College and is also their head women's basketball coach. Previously, Amber was an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island women's basketball team and former professional basketball player in the WNBA, for the Los Angeles...
(3.4)
| 74.2 vs 80.4
| 33.6 vs 35.4
| .427 vs .434
|-
| 2007
2007 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2007 WNBA season was the 9th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.-Dispersal Draft:-WNBA Draft:-Season schedule:...
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(22.6)
| N. Ohlde
Nicole Ohlde
Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American professional basketball player. She recently played for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association.-College years:...
(6.1)
| N. Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(4.4)
| 77.5 vs 80.9
| 34.8 vs 32.9
| .412 vs .450
|-
| 2008
2008 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2008 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx were not able to return to the postseason for the first time since 2004.-Expansion Draft:* Kristen Mann was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.-WNBA Draft:...
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(19.1)
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(6.8)
| L. Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Atlanta Dream. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas.-College career:...
(3.2)
| 81.4 vs 80.0
| 33.7 vs 35.6
| .430 vs .439
|-
| 2009
2009 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal Draft:Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft...
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(13.2)
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(7.4)
| N. Anosike
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Washington Mystics.-Personal:...
(2.7)
| 80.3 vs 83.1
| 32.0 vs 34.3
| .420 vs .461
|}
|
2010s
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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! width="4%" rowspan="2"| Season
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Individual
! width="16%" colspan="3"| Team vs Opponents
|-
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|APG
! width="8%"|PPG
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...
! width="8%"|RPG
! width="8%"|FG%
Field goal percentage
Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG%. Three-point field goals are included in this percentage. Instead of using scales of 0 to 100%, the scale .000 to 1.000 is commonly used. A higher field goal percentage denotes...
|-
| 2010
2010 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.-Dispersal draft:Based on the Lynx's 2009 record, they would pick 2nd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft...
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(16.9)
| R. Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
(10.3)
| L. Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
(5.6)
| 78.7 vs 82.1
| 35.2 vs 34.9
| .397 vs .446
|-
| 2011
2011 Minnesota Lynx season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Lynx qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time since 2004 and won their first Western Conference championship....
| S. Augustus
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team...
(16.2)
| R. Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson
Rebekkah Brunson is a basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Previously, Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team....
(8.9)
| L. Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
(5.9)
| 81.5 vs 73.6
| 36.5 vs 30.1
| .461 vs .413
|}
|}
Media coverage
Currently, some Lynx games are broadcast on Fox Sports North (FS-N), which is a local television station for the states of MinnesotaMinnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, and parts of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
and South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
. More often than not, NBA TV
NBA TV
NBA TV is a television specialty channel that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association , which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their out of market package NBA League Pass, and partner...
will pick up the feed from the local broadcast, which is shown nationally. Broadcasters for the Lynx television games are Marney Gellner and Lea B. Olsen. Lynx games are carried on Bob 106.1 FM
KLCI
KLCI is a radio station serving the northwest Twin Cities area of Minnesota, United States, that airs a country music format. They are licensed to suburban Elk River, Minnesota and serve the Twin Cities as a rimshot signal. Bob 106's transmitter is in Albertville, Minnesota.KLCI's playlist focuses...
; Alan Horton broadcasts radio games (and LiveAcess feeds).
All games (excluding blackout games, which are available on ESPN3.com) are broadcast to the WNBA LiveAccess game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some Lynx games are broadcast nationally on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, ESPN2 and ABC
ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC is the brand used for sports programming on the ABC television network. Officially the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, for all practical purposes, ABC's sports division has been merged with ESPN, a sports cable network majority-owned by ABC's parent, The...
. The WNBA has reached an eight year agreement with ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, which will pay right fees to the Lynx, as well as other teams in the league.
Regular season attendance
- A sellout for a basketball game at Target CenterTarget CenterThe Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....
is 19,356.
{| class="toccolours" width=70% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
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! colspan=2 style="background:#054EA4; color:#D3D3D3" | Regular season all-time attendance
|- valign="top"
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="background:#eee;color:#000000;"
|width=75 |Year
|width=150|Average
|width=100|High
|width=100|Low
|width=75 |Sellouts
|width=150|Total for year
|width=150|WNBA game average
|- align="center"
| 1999 || 10,494 (5th) || 14,171 || 8,457 || 0 || 167,901 || 10,207
|- align="center"
| 2000 || 7,290 (12th) || 8,622 || 5,816 || 0 || 116,638 || 9,074
|- align="center"
| 2001 || 7,538 (11th) || 10,489 || 5,168 || 0 || 120,607 || 9,075
|- align="center"
| 2002 || 7,819 (11th) || 12,544 || 5,087 || 0 || 125,110 || 9,228
|- align="center"
| 2003 || 7,074 (12th) || 12,747 || 5,113 || 0 || 120,253 || 8,800
|- align="center"
| 2004 || 7,418 (11th) || 16,227 || 4,122 || 0 || 126,108 || 8,613
|- align="center"
| 2005 || 6,673 (12th) || 12,891 || 4,190 || 0 || 113,447 || 8,172
|- align="center"
| 2006 || 6,442 (12th) || 14,793 || 4,704 || 0 || 109,522 || 7,476
|- align="center"
| 2007 || 6,971 (12th) || 13,004 || 4,891 || 0 || 118,513 || 7,742
|- align="center"
| 2008 || 7,057 (12th) || 12,276 || 4,765 || 0 || 119,972 || 7,948
|- align="center"
| 2009 || 7,537 (9th) || 11,245 || 5,620 || 0 || 128,127 || 8,039
|- align="center"
| 2010 || 7,622 (8th) || 12,311 || 5,954 || 0 || 129,582 || 7,834
|- align="center"
| 2011 || 8,447 (6th) || 11,820 || 7,117 || 0 || 143,607 || 7,954
|}
Draft picks
- 1999 Expansion Draft: Brandy Reed (1), Kim Williams (3), Octavia Blue (5), Adia Barnes (7)
- 1999: Tonya Edwards (7), Trisha Fallon (19), Andrea Lloyd (31), Sonja Tate (43), Angie Potthoff (49)
- 2000: Grace Daley (5), Betty Lennox (6), Maylana Martin (10), Marla Brumfield (22), Keitha Dickerson (24), Phylesha Whaley (38), Jana Lichnerova (54), Shanele Stires (56)
- 2001: Svetlana Abrosimova (7), Erin Buescher (23), Tombi Bell (39), Megan Taylor (55)
- 2002: Tamika Williams (6), Lindsey Meder (38), Shárron Francis (54)
- 2003 MiamiMiami SolThe Miami Sol was a women's basketball team which joined the Women's National Basketball Association in 2000. They played their games at American Airlines Arena. The team folded after the 2002 season because of financial problems...
/PortlandPortland FireThe Portland Fire joined the Women's National Basketball Association in 2000 as the counterpart to the NBA team the Portland Trail Blazers. They played their games at Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. The team folded after the 2002 season, after just three seasons in the league...
Dispersal Draft: Sheri Sam (2) - 2003: Teresa Edwards (14), Carla Bennett (29)
- 2004 ClevelandCleveland RockersThis article is about the defunct WNBA team; for the American Basketball Association team, see Cleveland Rockers .The Cleveland Rockers were a Women's National Basketball Association team that played from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA, which...
Dispersal Draft: Helen Darling (7) - 2004: Nicole Ohlde (6), Vanessa Hayden (7), Tasha Butts (20), Amber Jacobs (33)
- 2005: Kristen Mann (11), Jacqueline Batteast (17), Monique Bivins (37)
- 2006: Seimone Augustus (1), Shona Thorburn (7), Megan Duffy (31)
- 2007 CharlotteCharlotte StingThe Charlotte Sting was a Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it was one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007....
Dispersal Draft: Tangela Smith (2) - 2007: Noelle Quinn (4), Eshaya Murphy (15), Brooke Smith (23), Kathrin Ress (24)
- 2008: Candice Wiggins (3), Nicky Anosike (16), Charde Houston (30)
- 2009 HoustonHouston CometsThe Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...
Dispersal Draft: Roneeka Hodges (4) - 2009: Renee Montgomery (4), Quanitra Hollingsworth (9), Rashanda McCants (15), Emily Fox (30)
- 2010 SacramentoSacramento MonarchsThe Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
Dispersal Draft: Rebekkah Brunson (2) - 2010: Monica Wright (2), Kelsey Griffin (3), Gabriela Marginean (26)
- 2011: Maya Moore (1), Amber Harris (4), Jessica Breland (13), Kachine Alexander (26)
Trades
- October 27, 1999: The Lynx traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Angela Aycock and Kristi Harrower.
- February 18, 2000: The Lynx traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the fifth pick in the 2000 Draft.
- April 14, 2000: The Lynx traded Marlies Askamp to the Miami Sol in exchange for the 10th pick, the 24th pick and the 56th pick in the 2000 Draft.
- September 18, 2000: The Lynx traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for the 12th pick in the 2001 Draft.
- February 20, 2001: The Lynx traded Kristen Folkl and the 12th pick in the 2001 Draft to the Portland Fire in exchange for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp.
- April 17, 2001: The Lynx traded Angie Burgess to the Washington Mystics in exchange for the 28th pick in the 2001 Draft.
- April 20, 2001: The Lynx traded Marla Brumfield to the Miami Sol in exchange for the draft rights to Georgia Schweitzer.
- April 20, 2001: The Lynx traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Detroit Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2002 Draft.
- April 19, 2002: The Lynx traded Erin Buescher and Maylana Martin to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for the draft rights to Shaunzinski Gortman.
- June 11, 2002: The Lynx traded Betty Lennox to the Miami Sol in exchange for Tamara Moore.
- May 19, 2003: The Lynx traded Tamara Moore to the Detroit Shock in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2004 Draft.
- April 14, 2004: The Lynx traded Janell Burse and Sheri Sam to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Amanda Lassiter and the sixth pick in the 2004 Draft.
- July 30, 2005: The Lynx traded Katie Smith and a second-round pick in the 2006 Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Chandi Jones, Stacey Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2006 Draft.
- April 5, 2006: The Lynx traded Jacqueline Batteast and a third-round pick in the 2007 Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ambrosia Anderson and a second-round pick in the 2007 Draft.
- February 14, 2007: The Lynx traded Adrian Williams to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the 23rd pick in the 2007 Draft.
- April 4, 2007: The Lynx traded Tangela Smith to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Lindsey Harding.
- March 14, 2008: The Lynx traded Tamika Williams Raymond to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Kristen Rasmussen.
- June 22, 2008: The Lynx traded Eshaya Murphy to the Detroit Shock in exchange for LaToya Thomas.
- January 30, 2009: The Lynx traded Nicole Ohlde to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle.
- January 30, 2009: The Lynx traded Vanessa Hayden to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Christi Thoams.
- January 30, 2009: The Lynx traded Lindsey Harding, the 20th pick in the 2009 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2010 Draft to the Washington Mystics in exchange for the ninth pick and the 15th pick in the 2009 Draft.
- May 5, 2009: The Lynx traded Noelle Quinn to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Rafaella Masciadri and the New York Liberty's first-round pick in the 2010 Draft.
- January 12, 2010: The Lynx traded Renee Montgomery and the first pick in the 2010 Draft to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Lindsay Whalen and the second pick in the 2010 Draft.
- February 19, 2010: The Lynx traded Roneeka Hodges to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the right to swap second-round picks in the 2011 Draft.
- April 8, 2010: The Lynx traded Kelsey Griffin to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for first- and second-round picks in the 2011 Draft.
- July 26, 2010: The Lynx traded Rashanda McCants to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Alexis Hornbuckle.
- April 9, 2011: The Lynx traded Nicky Anosike to the Washington Mystics in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- April 11, 2011: The Lynx traded Jessica Breland to the New York Liberty in exchange for the draft rights to Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- April 11, 2011: The Lynx traded Felicia Chester to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Rachel Jarry and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- May 27, 2011: The Lynx traded Quanitra Hollingsworth to the New York Liberty in exchange for the right to swap third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
All-Stars
- 1999: Tonya Edwards
- 2000: Betty Lennox, Katie Smith
- 2001: Katie Smith
- 2002: Katie Smith
- 2003: Katie Smith
- 2004: Katie Smith
- 2005: Katie Smith
- 2006: Seimone Augustus
- 2007: Seimone Augustus
- 2008: No All-Star Game
- 2009: Nicky Anosike, Charde Houston
- 2010: Rebekkah Brunson, Lindsay Whalen
- 2011: Seimone Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen
Honors and awards
- 2000 Rookie of the Year: Betty Lennox
- 2000 All-WNBA Second Team: Katie Smith
- 2000 All-WNBA Second Team: Betty Lennox
- 2001 All-WNBA First Team: Katie Smith
- 2002 All-WNBA Second Team: Katie Smith
- 2003 All-WNBA First Team: Katie Smith
- 2004 Coach of the Year: Suzie McConnell Serio
- 2004 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Teresa Edwards
- 2006 Rookie of the Year: Seimone Augustus
- 2006 All-WNBA Second Team: Seimone Augustus
- 2006 All-Rookie Team: Seimone Augustus
- 2007 All-WNBA Second Team: Seimone Augustus
- 2008 Sixth Woman of the Year: Candice Wiggins
- 2008 All-Rookie Team: Nicky Anosike
- 2008 All-Rookie Team: Candice Wiggins
- 2009 All-Defensive First Team: Nicky Anosike
- 2009 All-Rookie Team: Renee Montgomery
- 2010 All-Defensive Second Team: Rebekkah Brunson
- 2010 All-Rookie Team: Monica Wright
- 2011 Rookie of the Year: Maya Moore
- 2011 Coach of the Year: Cheryl Reeve
- 2011 All-WNBA First Team: Lindsay Whalen
- 2011 All-WNBA Second Team: Seimone Augustus
- 2011 Peak Performer (Assists): Lindsay Whalen
- 2011 All-Defensive First Team: Rebekkah Brunson
- 2011 All-Rookie Team: Maya Moore
- 2011 WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player: Seimone Augustus
External links
- Downtown Journal's Stephen Litel
- Sue Short's "Lynx Lane" fanpage
- Jenkins accepts job as WNBA Director of Player Personnel
- Zierden resigned as Lynx Coach
- Gillom named Head Coach of The Minnesota Lynx
- Eight Annual WNBA GM Survey
- Sportspage Magazine's Jeffrey Williams
- Minnesota Lynx 2011 Catwalk for a Cure event video
- Lynx Look to Keep 'Special Season' going as second half begins
