Tasha Pointer Explained

Tasha Pointer
Birth Date:June 27, 1979
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Nationality:American
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
High School:Whitney Young
(Chicago, Illinois)
College:Rutgers (1997–2001)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2001
Draft Round:4
Draft Pick:52
Draft Team:Portland Fire
Career Start:2001
Career End:2004
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Career Number:12
Coach Start:2004
Years1:2004
Team1:Chicago Blaze
Cyears1:2004–2006
Cteam1:Columbia (assistant)
Cyears2:2006–2007
Cteam2:Xavier (assistant)
Cyears3:2007–2015
Cteam3:Rutgers (assistant)
Cyears4:2015–2017
Cteam4:St. John's (assistant)
Cyears5:2017–2018
Cteam5:Northwestern (assistant)
Cyears6:2018–2022
Cteam6:UIC
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Natasha Pointer (born June 27, 1979) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was drafted in the fourth round of the 2001 WNBA draft by the Portland Fire with the 52nd overall pick.

Playing career

Pointer played college basketball at Rutgers, where she was a four-year starter as a point guard. At Rutgers, she was the first person in the history of the Big East Conference to record more than 1,000 points, 700 assists, 500 rebounds, and 250 steals as well as the first player to record a triple-double in the history of Rutgers women's basketball.[1]

Pointer was drafted by the Portland Fire with the 52nd overall pick in the 2001 WNBA draft, but did not make the final roster. She was later selected by the Chicago Blaze in the third round of the National Women's Basketball League draft in 2004 and played two games with them.[2] Pointer was later signed by the New York Liberty but was waived a month later.

Rutgers statistics

Source[3] [4]

!YEAR!Team!!!!!!!!!
1997-98Rutgers3247.1%20.5%63.8%4.2195.5940.0003.06314.000
1998-99Rutgers3344.8%25.8%70.7%3.6006.8480.0912.00010.300
1999-00Rutgers3246.8%36.6%68.2%4.6255.5310.0631.9069.688
2000-01Rutgers3146.9%20.8%67.3%6.0008.3000.0002.20011.500
Career12846.5%24.7%67.2%4.5866.5550.0472.28111.375
!YEAR!Team!!!!!!!!!!!!
1997-98Rutgers321603401573113177135179098448
1998-99Rutgers3311726183199140118226366341
1999-00Rutgers32111237154173107148177261310
2000-01Rutgers31137292115372107186257167357
Career12852511304919835753158783962921456

Coaching career

Pointer began her coaching career at Columbia as an assistant coach in 2004.[5] She was also an assistant at Xavier for one season before joining her alma mater Rutgers as an assistant coach. She spent eight seasons with the Scarlet Knights helping them rebuild themselves into contenders before joining St. John's in 2015 as an assistant coach. Pointer left St. John's after two seasons to join Northwestern as an assistant coach.[6]

Pointer was named the head coach at UIC in 2018.[7] It was announced that Pointer would not return after the 2021–22 season.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rutgers' Pointer keeps it real . USA Today . 8 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Chicago Blaze Selects Scott-Richardson with Number One Pick . OurSportsCentral . 8 June 2021.
  3. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-06-21.
  4. Web site: FINAL 1998 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT. 22 June 2021. NCAA.org.
  5. Web site: Women's Basketball Adds Natasha Pointer To Staff . Columbia University Athletics . 8 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Tasha Pointer Joins Northwestern Coaching Staff . Northwestern University Athletics . 8 June 2021.
  7. Web site: UIC hires Tasha Pointer as new women's basketball coach . Chicago Sun-Times . 8 June 2021.
  8. Web site: UIC Transitions Women's Basketball Leadership . UIC Athletics . 10 March 2022.