Featuring 2021 Women of Inspiration Honoree:
REBEKKAH BRUNSON
ASSISTANT COACH
In 2021, Brunson completed her second season as an Assistant Coach with the Minnesota Lynx.
Brunson joined the Lynx coaching staff after retiring in February of 2020 from an illustrious 15-year playing career, highlighted by a record five WNBA titles.
On Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve’s staff, Brunson assists in scouting efforts and player development with the team’s post players. She is the third former Lynx player and WNBA great on Reeve’s coaching staff, joining Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Katie Smith and three-time WNBA champion Plenette Pierson.
A record five-time WNBA champion, Brunson’s career spanned 15 seasons as she appeared in 453 regular season games with Sacramento and Minnesota, averaging 9.2 ppg (on 46.6% shooting), 7.4 rpg and 1.1 apg. Brunson appeared in 81 career postseason contests, including a league-record 34 WNBA Finals games, registering playoff averages of 8.4 ppg (on 44.7% shooting), 7.0 rpg and 1.4 apg. She stands as the league’s all-time leader in postseason wins, racking up 57 career victories.
Acquired by Minnesota in the dispersal draft of former Sacramento players on Dec. 14, 2009, she retired as the WNBA’s all-time leader in total rebounds (3,356) and offensive rebounds (1,166) and ranked sixth in both defensive rebounds (2,190) and double-doubles (82). She shares Minnesota's single-game franchise records for total rebounds with 20 (Sylvia Fowles) and offensive rebounds with 10 (Tamika Williams) while her career-best point total of 32 came in a Sacramento uniform. Her resume includes five All-Star Game appearances, 11 playoff appearances and eight trips to the WNBA Finals. Brunson was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team in 2011 and was a six-time All-Defensive Second Team selection (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018).
Brunson has been a mainstay in the Twin Cities community during her time with Lynx. She plays an active role as an analyst for Bally Sports North’s coverage of the Minnesota Timberwolves, she’s opened her own business, Sweet Troo Vi Waffles, with her wife Bobbi, and continues to give back to the organization during Timberwolves and Lynx Basketball Academy clinics, bookmobile stops and more.