page_title: Lindsay Whalen
section_title: Coaching career
hierarchical_section_title: Lindsay Whalen / Coaching career
caption_attribution_description: English: Lindsay Whalen coaches the Gophers women’s basketball team open practice/scrimmage on October 20 at Williams Arena, Minneapolis
context_page_description: Lindsay Marie Whalen is the head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team.
  She began her professional career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association. Whalen has won World titles and two Olympic gold medals with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx.
  In 2018, she took over coaching duties at the University of Minnesota, while continuing to play for the Lynx in the WNBA. She retired from playing professional basketball at the end of the 2018 season as the WNBA's career leader in games won.
context_section_description: In April 2018, Whalen was hired as the new head women's basketball coach at her alma mater, the University of Minnesota. Whalen continued to play for the Lynx until the end of the 2018 season while taking on these duties.
caption: Whalen coaching in 2018
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