Walt Hopkins Explained

Walt Hopkins
Birth Date:30 July 1985
Nationality:American
High School:Edward C. Reed High School (Sparks,NV)
College:University of Nevada
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
Cyears1:20172019
Cteam1:Minnesota Lynx (assistant)
Cyears2:20202021
Cteam2:New York Liberty
Highlights:As assistant coach:

Walt Hopkins is the former American basketball head coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.

Education and early career

Hopkins earned a B.A. in English writing from the University of Nevada. He then earned master's degrees from Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.[1]

At Berkeley, he worked as an academic coach and tutor for the school's athletes. In 2013 he was a player development coach for the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA. He was an assistant women's basketball coach at Utah Valley University from 2013 to 2014. He joined the Minnesota Lynx as assistant coach in 2017, when the Lynx won the championship.[2]

Later career

In 2020 under new owner Joseph Tsai, Hopkins replaced Katie Smith as the Liberty's head coach. The team will play in Tsai's Barclays Center in Brooklyn.[3] In September 2020, he was appointed as head coach of the German women's national team.[4] On December 6, 2021, Hopkins was fired as head coach of the New York Liberty. In 2023, he guided the German national team to its first Eurobasket berth since twelve years. Afterwards he stepped down for personal reasons.[5]

Coaching record

|-| align="left" | NYL| align="left" | 2020| 22 || 2 || 20 || || align="center" | 6th in East || 0 || 0 || 0 || | align="center" | Missed Playoffs|-| align="left" | NYL| align="left" | 2021| 32 || 12 || 20 || || align="center" | 3rd in East || 1 || 0 || 1 || | align="center" | Lost in First Round|- class="sortbottom"| align="left" |Career| || 54 || 14 || 40 || || || 1 || 0 || 1 ||

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walt Hopkins. April 25, 2019. NBA Media Ventures.
  2. News: Joe Tsai hires Walt Hopkins of Minnesota Lynx to coach New York Liberty. January 6, 2020. January 7, 2020. SB Nation. MSN.
  3. News: Walt Hopkins named new head coach in New York. Powell, Jackie. January 6, 2020. January 7, 2020. High Post Hoops (Fansided).
  4. Web site: Walt Hopkins neuer Damen-Bundestrainer « Deutscher Basketball Bund. 2020-09-16.
  5. Web site: 2023-04-25 . Lisa Thomaidis ist neue Damen-Bundestrainerin . 2023-04-25 . Deutscher Basketball-Bund . de.