Shanele Stires

Shanele Stires
Cal Poly Mustangs
PositionHead coach
LeagueBig West Conference
Personal information
Born (1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 (age 52)
Junction City, Kansas
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolSalina Central
(Salina, Kansas)
College
WNBA draft2000: 4th round, 56th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career1996–2002
PositionForward
Number3
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1999Columbus Quest
2000–2002Minnesota Lynx
As coach:
2003–2006Ohio (assistant)
2006–2008San Francisco (assistant)
2008–2010San Diego State (assistant)
2010–2011Stetson (assistant)
2011–2012Nebraska–Omaha (assistant)
2012–2014San Francisco (assistant)
2014–2016San Francisco (associate HC)
2016–2022Cal State East Bay
2022–presentCal Poly
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big 8 (1995)
Career WNBA statistics
Points92 (1.9 ppg)
Rebounds47 (1.0 rpg)
Assists22 (0.5 apg)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Shanele Marie Stires (born May 21, 1972) is an American retired professional women's basketball player and current college basketball coach.

Career

She is the head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball team since April 2022.[1]

Stires attended Cloud County Community College during her freshman year before transferring to Kansas State University,[2] where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in Social Science. With Kansas State, Stires scored 1,344 career points, and as a senior was selected for Kodak All-America honorable mention and All-Big 8 First Team accolades.[3]

She started her American professional career playing for the Columbus Quest in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL). After the ABL ceased operations, she joined the Women's National Basketball Association and played for the Minnesota Lynx for three seasons after being drafted with the 56th overall pick in 2000.[4]

After her playing career she served three years as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Ohio University. In August 2006, she was named as an assistant coach at University of San Francisco. Stires also pursued a Master's Degree in Coaching Education from Ohio University.

Stires served as head coach for Cal State East Bay, coaching the Pioneers to their first-ever Division II NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2022.

Her brother, Sean Stires, is a play-by-play radio announcer for the University of Notre Dame's women's basketball team.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2000 Minnesota 21 0 5.6 .448 .500 .667 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.7
2001 Minnesota 18 5 11.2 .377 .240 .714 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.1 2.8
2002 Minnesota 9 0 2.4 .500 .500 .500 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7
Career 3 years, 1 team 48 5 7.1 .407 .324 .667 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.9
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1992–93 Kansas State 27 - - 41.3 24.1 66.7 9.0 2.2 2.0 0.3 - 13.4
1993–94 Kansas State 27 - - 47.3 33.0 75.4 8.7 2.4 2.2 0.0 - 17.1
1994–95 Kansas State 27 - - 47.8 34.3 68.8 8.3 1.9 2.0 0.1 - 19.3
Career 81 - - 45.7 32.4 70.3 8.7 2.2 2.1 0.1 - 16.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[5]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Nick (April 15, 2022). "Cal Poly hires women's basketball coach with WNBA experience". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. pp. 3B.
  2. ^ Johnson, Trey (October 24, 1994). "Stires helps Cats strive: Senior is leader of women's team". The Kansas City Star. pp. C5.
  3. ^ K-State Women's Basketball 2023-24 Media Guide. Kansas State University. 2023. p. 108.
  4. ^ Minnesota Lynx 2019 Media Guide. Minnesota Lynx. 2019. p. 129.
  5. ^ "Shanele Stires College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.