Stacy Clinesmith

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

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| position = Assistant coach

| league = West Coast Conference

| team = Gonzaga Bulldogs

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 148

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|04|22}}

| birth_place = Spokane, Washington

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| nationality = American

| high_school = Mead (Spokane, Washington)

| college = UC Santa Barbara (1996–2000)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2000

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 30

| draft_team = Sacramento Monarchs

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2002

| career_number = 24, 21

| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

| coach_start = 2008

| years1 = 2000–2001

| team1 = Sacramento Monarchs

| years2 = 2002

| team2 = Detroit Shock

| cyears1 = 2008–2009

| cteam1 = Oregon State (DBO)

| cyears2 = 2010–2011

| cteam2 = Central Washington (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2011–2014

| cteam3 = Santa Clara (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2014–present

| cteam4 = Gonzaga (assistant)

| highlights =

3x First-team All-Big West (1998–2000)
Big West All-Freshman Team (1997)
Washington High School Player of the Year (1996)
2x USA Today All-American

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Stacy Marie Clinesmith (born April 22, 1978 in Spokane, Washington){{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/c/clinest01w.html |title=Stacy Clinesmith WNBA Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=1 September 2021}} is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA and current college assistant coach for Gonzaga University.[http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/may/03/gonzaga-hires-stacy-clinesmith-as-womens/ Gonzaga hies Stacy Clinesmith as women's basketball assistant coach – Spokesman.com – May 3, 2014]

College

Clinesmith attended University of California, Santa Barbara and played basketball for four seasons there. She helped the team win four Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments and won the Big West Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2000. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology.

Career statistics

=WNBA=

==Regular season==

| align="left" | 2000

| align="left" | Sacramento

|26||2||11.0||35.1||29.3||82.4||1.2||1.9||0.5||0.0||1.0||2.5

| align="left" | 2001

| align="left" | Sacramento

|16||0||4.7||28.6||20.0||0.0||0.2||0.9||0.1||0.0||0.4||0.6

| align="left" | 2002

| align="left" | Detroit

|12||0||8.8||38.1||40.0||83.3||0.4||1.4||0.1||0.1||0.5||2.3

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 3 years, 2 teams

|54||2||8.6||34.8||30.3||82.6||0.7||1.5||0.3||0.0||0.7||1.9

==Playoffs==

| align="left" | 2000

| align="left" | Sacramento

|2||0||1.5||100.0||100.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.5

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team

|2||0||1.5||100.0||100.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.5

=College=

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-25}}{{Cite web|title=FINAL 1998 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1998_104_University%20of%20California,%20Santa%20Barbara.pdf|access-date=25 June 2021|website=NCAA.org}}{{Cite web|title=FINAL 1997 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1997_104_University%20of%20California,%20Santa%20Barbara.pdf|access-date=25 June 2021|website=NCAA.org}}

{{Switcher

| {{wikitable| class="wikitable"

|+{{{caption|Ratios}}}

!YEAR

!Team

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FG%|Field goal percentage}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FT%|Free-throw percentage}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|RBG|Rebounds per game}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|APG|Assists per game}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|BPG|Blocks per game}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|SPG|Steals per game}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|PPG|Points per game}}

|1996–97

|UC Santa Barbara

|30

|44.2%

|41.3%

|60.3%

|3.40

|4.53

|0.00

|1.77

|10.70

|1997–98

|UC Santa Barbara

|33

|40.3%

|40.6%

|77.5%

|3.42

|4.39

|0.18

|1.67

|13.97

|1998–99

|UC Santa Barbara

|30

|44.1%

|36.7%

|81.5%

|2.80

|5.67

|0.10

|1.57

|11.50

|1999-00

|UC Santa Barbara

|34

|44.2%

|40.5%

|80.4%

|2.53

|5.77

|0.09

|1.44

|12.88

|Career

|127

|43.0%

|39.9%

|75.9%

|3.02

|5.09

|0.09

|1.61

|12.32

}}

| Ratios

| {{wikitable| class="wikitable"

|+{{{caption|Totals}}}

!YEAR

!Team

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FG|Field goals made}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FGA|Field goal attempts}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3P|3-point field-goals made}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3PA|3-point field-goal attempts}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FT|Free-throws made}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FTA|Free-throws attempted}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|REB|Total rebounds}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|A|Assists}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|BK|Blocks}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|ST|Steals}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|PTS|Points}}

|1996–97

|UC Santa Barbara

|30

|111

|251

|52

|126

|47

|78

|102

|136

|53

|321

|1997–98

|UC Santa Barbara

|33

|147

|365

|67

|165

|100

|129

|113

|145

|55

|461

|1998–99

|UC Santa Barbara

|30

|113

|256

|44

|120

|75

|92

|83

|170

|47

|345

|1999-00

|UC Santa Barbara

|34

|144

|326

|64

|158

|86

|107

|86

|196

|49

|438

|Career

|127

|515

|1198

|227

|569

|308

|406

|384

|647

|12

|204

|1565

}}

| Totals

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WNBA career

Clinesmith was picked in the second round, 30th overall by the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2000 WNBA Draft. Clinesmith only appeared in 56 career WNBA games for both the Monarchs and Detroit Shock.{{cite web|url=http://origin.wnba.com/playerfile/stacy_clinesmith/index.html|title=Stacy Clinesmith|access-date=December 13, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105027/http://origin.wnba.com/playerfile/stacy_clinesmith/index.html|url-status=dead}}

After WNBA

After leaving the WNBA, Clinesmith was Director of Sports, USA in 2004, which she oversaw all of basketball operations in Spokane, Washington. From 2005–2007, Clinesmith was Director of the Sports Performance Extreme Enhancement Development (SPEED) program at Whitworth Physical Therapy in Spokane. She was also the owner and manager of Clinesmith Basketball, where she developed, organized and instructed basketball camps for Spokane area middle and high school girls basketball players.{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30800&ATCLID=207862632|title= Former WNBA Guard Stacy Clinesmith Added To Women's Basketball Staff|accessdate= December 13, 2015}}

Coaching career

Clinesmith received her first coaching job as Director of Basketball Operations for the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball program during the 2008–2009 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30800&ATCLID=207862632|title= Former WNBA Guard Stacy Clinesmith Added To Women's Basketball Staff|accessdate= December 13, 2015}} Clinesmith received her first assistant coaching job at Central Washington Wildcats women's basketball program during the 2010–2011 season. Clinesmith was promoted to interim head coach for the CWU Wildcats in March 2011, but she left to become assistant coach for the Santa Clara Broncos in June of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.wildcatsports.com/staff.aspx?staff=62|title= Stacy Clinesmith: Interim Women's Basketball Head Coach|accessdate= December 13, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-baskbl/coaches/clinesmith00|title= Stacy Clinesmith|accessdate= December 13, 2015}} Clinesmith remained as assistant coach for the Broncos until the end of the 2013–2014 season. In May 2014, Clinesmith was hired as an assistant coach for the Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball program.{{cite web|url=https://gozags.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/stacy-clinesmith/507|title= GoZags.com- Stacy Clinesmith|accessdate= December 7, 2021}}

Hall of Fame

Clinesmith was inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame at the Spokane Arena in October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.swxlocalsports.com/spokane/gonzaga/all-sports/gonzagas-stacy-clinesmith-set-to-be-inducted-into-inland-northwest-sports-hall-of-fame/article_13e22936-8b24-11ef-bae9-1f2a942cd1b2.html|title= Gonzaga's Stacy Clinesmith set to be inducted into Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate= January 12, 2025}}

Personal life

Clinesmith has/had hobbies in other sports, such as mountain biking and wakeboarding.

References

External links

[http://origin.wnba.com/playerfile/stacy_clinesmith/bio.html WNBA.com: Stacy Clinesmith Bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119225222/http://origin.wnba.com/playerfile/stacy_clinesmith/bio.html |date=2016-01-19 }}
[http://www.gozags.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stacy_clinesmith_967092.html GoZags.com Stacy Clinesmith Bio – Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site – Women's Basketball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043159/http://www.gozags.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stacy_clinesmith_967092.html |date=2015-09-24 }}

Category:1978 births

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Category:American women's basketball coaches

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