page_title: Cheryl Reeve
section_title: Minnesota Lynx
hierarchical_section_title: Cheryl Reeve / Coaching career / Minnesota Lynx
caption_attribution_description: English: A shot of the Minnesota Lynx bench, including coach Cheryl Reeve, guard Lindsay Whalen, center Taj McWilliams-Franklin, and forward Maya Moore
context_page_description: Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball head coach and general manager for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Reeve has coached the Lynx to four league championships. In WNBA history, she has the highest winning percentage, she won the most games of any female coach, and she won the most postseason games of any coach. Reeve was named the WNBA Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2016, and WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year in 2019.
context_section_description: Reeve was named the head coach of the Minnesota Lynx on December 8, 2009. In her first season, the Lynx went 13-21, missing the playoffs. The team was hampered by injuries to Candice Wiggins and Seimone Augustus. At one point, a frustrated Reeve said bluntly, "We are a bad basketball team. It starts at the top. I have not been able to get them to understand defensively what we need to get done and, clearly, our offense is one of the worst in the league."
  The Lynx improved dramatically in 2011. With Wiggins and Augustus back healthy, and with the addition of rookie Maya Moore, the team got off to a quick start and did not falter throughout the regular season, finishing with a league-best 27-7 record. The dramatic turnaround earned Reeve the WNBA Coach of the Year Award in just her second year as a head coach at the professional level. The Lynx finished what they started, losing only one game in the playoffs en route to their first WNBA championship.
  Reeve took her team back to the playoffs in her third year. The team qualified for the playoffs after just 21 games, the fastest in franchise history. Reeve became the winningest coach in Lynx franchise history on August 26, 2012, with a win over the Atlanta Dream. The Lynx went on to lose to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Finals.
  In 2013, Reeve and her staff coached the WNBA Western Conference All-Star Team, as the Lynx had won the conference championship the previous year. Reeve's squad included four Lynx players -- Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, and Lindsay Whalen. Reeve's team ended up winning the game, 102-98. Reeve's team then swept through the playoffs, going 7-0 en route to their second championship under her leadership.
  Reeve is currently the winningest coach in franchise history, both in terms of the number of won games and winning percentage, and by percentage the winningest coach in WNBA history. She won her 100th regular season game on June 2, 2014, in a victory over the San Antonio Stars. She won her 31st postseason game on September 30, 2016, in a semi-final victory over the Phoenix Mercury, to move into first place in WNBA history in playoff wins.
  Reeve was named the WNBA coach of the year by a panel of media representatives in 2016.
  In December 2017, Reeve was also promoted to the Lynx General Manager position.
caption: Reeve coaching the Lynx in 2011
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