| Claire Coggins | |
| Number: | 14 |
| Position: | Guard |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Lee's Summit, Missouri |
| High School: | Lee's Summit North High School (Lee's Summit, Missouri) |
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| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2007 |
| Career Start: | 2007 |
| Career End: | 2008 |
| Coach Start: | 2007 |
| Coach End: | 2008 |
| Team1: | Chicago Sky |
| Years2: | 2008 |
| Team2: | Panathanaikos |
| Cyears1: | 2008-2010 |
| Cteam1: | Connors State College (assistant) |
| Cyears2: | 2010-2011 |
| Cteam2: | Oklahoma City University (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2014-2015 |
| Cteam3: | Kansas State (assistant) |
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Claire Coggins (born May 19, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player and coach who played one season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. She played college basketball at Kansas State where she was award Big 12 Conference honors. She also spent 3 years coaching as an assistant for Connors State College, Oklahoma City University, and Kansas State.
Coggins played her colligate career at Kansas State. She earned two all-Big 12 selections and ended her career with 1,236 points, the 32nd Wildcat to pass the 1,000-point mark.[1] [2] Coggins was a member of the 2004 Big 12 Championship team, as well as the MVP of the 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament.[3]
Coggins went undrafted during the 2007 WNBA draft.
Though she was undrafted, Coggins signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky in 2007. She went through training camp and made the team for the 2007 season.[4] Coggins appeared in 20 games during her rookie year, and scored a career-high 10 points on June 7, 2007 against the Phoenix Mercury.[5]
Following her season with Chicago, Coggins signed to play in Athens for Panathinaikos for the 2008 season.[6]
|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Chicago| 20 || 1 || 9.8 || .247 || .200 || .250 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 1.0 || 2.5|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team| 20 || 1 || 9.8 || .247 || .200 || .250 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 1.0 || 2.5
|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2003–04| style="text-align:left;" | Kansas State|25||-||12.2||34.5||30.4||58.3||1.5||0.8||1.3 ||0.1||0.9||3.2 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2004–05| style="text-align:left;" | Kansas State|32||-||23.6||41.5||36.2||74.4||3.1||2.2||1.3 ||0.4||1.6||9.5|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2005–06| style="text-align:left;" | Kansas State|33||-||30.0||38.9||38.9||64.9||3.1||2.1||1.4 ||0.4||1.7||13.5 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2006–07| style="text-align:left;" | Kansas State|34||-||32.5||34.6||29.8||46.3||3.4||1.6||1.9 ||0.2||2.8||11.9|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|124||-||25.4||37.6||34.5||60.8||2.8||1.7||1.5 ||0.3||1.8||10.0 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7]
After playing in Athens, Coggins began a coaching career at the colligate level. She started off at Connors State College, where she spent two years as an assistant.[8] After that Coggins moved over to Oklahoma City University, where she spent one year.[9]
Coggins returned to her alma mater in 2012 when she became the Wildcats Video Coordinator.[10] She was promoted to the Director of Team Operations the following year, and then promoted again to Assistant Coach for the 2014-2015 season.[11] After the season, Coggins resigned from her Assistant Coach position.[12]
Coggins is married to current UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball head coach Karen Aston. The two have a daughter together.[13] [14]