Rebekkah Brunson

Rebekkah Brunson
	Brunson in 2018
Minnesota Lynx
Position	Assistant coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	December 11, 1981 (age 42); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Maryland)
College	Georgetown (2000–2004)
WNBA draft	2004: 1st round, 10th overall pick
	Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs
Playing career	2004–2018
Coaching career	2020–present
Career history
As player:
2004–2009	Sacramento Monarchs
2004–2006	Dexia Namur
2006–2007	Dynamo Moscow
2007–2010	Taranto Cras Basket
2010–2011	Ros Casares Valencia
2011–2012	Nadezhda Orenburg
2012–2013	USK Praha
2013–2016	Dynamo Kursk
2010–2018	Minnesota Lynx
As coach:
2020–present	Minnesota Lynx (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	5× WNBA champion (2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017); 5× WNBA All-Star (2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018); WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2011); 6× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018); Number 32 retired by retired by Minnesota Lynx; Big East Defensive Player of the Year (2004); 2x First-team All-Big East (2003, 2004); Big East Freshman of the Year (2001); Big East All-Freshman Team (2001); As assistant coach: WNBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2024);
	Stats at WNBA.com
Representing the USA
Pan American Games

Rebekkah Brunson (born December 11, 1981) is an American basketball coach and broadcast analyst. She is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[1] Brunson is a former forward for the Lynx and is the only player to win five WNBA championships. She held the WNBA record for rebounding,^[2] which she ceded to Lynx center Sylvia Fowles in 2020.^[3]

Brunson was born in Washington, D.C., and attended Oxon Hill High School in Maryland. Brunson graduated from Georgetown University in 2004 as its women's basketball program's all-time leading rebounder. She also played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Pan American Games.^[4]

^ "Minnesota Lynx Hire Five-Time WNBA Champion Rebekkah Brunson as Assistant Coach". Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
^ Andrews, Julian (July 5, 2018). "Rebekkah Brunson Becomes WNBA's All-Time Leading Rebounder". NBA Media Ventures. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
^ Young, Ryan (July 29, 2020). "Sylvia Fowles becomes WNBA all-time rebounding leader". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
^ "FOURTEENTH PAN AMERICAN GAMES - 2003". USA basketball. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.