Cheryl Reeve is a renowned basketball coach who is all set to lead the US women’s basketball team in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024, find out more about her wife, salary and net worth
The U.S. women’s basketball team are a powerhouse and will be looking to secure an unprecedented eighth-straight Olympic gold medal.
Who is Cheryl Reeve USA women’s basketball team head coach, bio, age, wife, coaching record, salary and net worth
As preparations for the Olympics get underway, Cheryl Reeve will return to the Olympics for the first time as the team’s head coach.
Cheryl Reeve bio
Cheryl Reeve is an American basketball coach who was born on September 20, 1966 in Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA. She is currently 57-years-old and serves as the President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Throughout her career, Reeve has coached the Lynx to four league championships.
Reeve’s salary is estimated to be $700k a year with Minnesota Lynx with her having a net worth of $5-10 million.
Education
Cheryl attended the La Salle University in Philadelphia from 1984–1988.
Parents and siblings
Reeve was born into a military family to parents, Rae Reeve, and Larry Reeve. She and her family moved around when she was a child before eventually settling in Washington Township, southern New Jersey when Cheryl was a teenager. She has two siblings named Tom Reeve, and Larry Reeve Jr.
Spouse
Reeve is married to singer and Lynx vice president Carley Knox since 2011. The couple have one child together named Oliver.
College basketball career
Before becoming a renowned basketball coach, Cheryl Reeve played four years of collegiate basketball at La Salle University in Philadelphia. During her time there, she led the team to two NCAA tournaments. She also still holds the school record for most games started with 110. Reeve also ranks fourth in the school history for most career assists with 420.
Coaching career
Cheryl Reeve started out her career as an assistant coach at La Salle University. She had stayed there for a master’s degree after graduating as a player. She eventually became an assistant coach at George Washington University after two years. After working as a collegiate coach for 12 years, she eventually moved to the WNBA.
She first worked as an assistant coach for several WNBA teams across nine years, which include the Charlotte Sting, the Cleveland Rockers and the Detroit Shock. She later took over as general manager and director of personnel for the Shock for several years.
Cheryl Reeve then took up the role of head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in 2010 and has since served in that role. After starting of her first season with a 13-21 record, she eventually turned the team around and led them to an WNBA title the following season in 2011. A few years later in 2017, Reeve took over as the general manager of the Lynx. She is currently the longest active coach in the WNBA.
Alongside her role in the WNBA, Cheryl also served as an assistant coach for the USA Basketball women’s national team. Reeve’s first competition with them was the 2014 FIBA World Cup. She eventually helped the team secure two World Cup wins and two Olympic medals. During the end of 2021, Cheryl Reeve took over the team as the head coach from Dawn Staley. She currently has a contract that runs till the end of 2024.
Titles and achievements
Throughout her career, the veteran coach has won quite a number of titles and achievements. She has won four gold medals as an assistant coach for USA Basketball, which includes two Olympic gold medals (2016, 2020) and two FIBA World Cup titles (2014, 2016). She also won her first gold medal as the team’s head coach during the 2022 FIBA World Cup.
Cheryl Reeve also has six WNBA titles, four of them as a head coach (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) and two as an assistant (2006, 2008). She has also achieved the following:
- WNBA Coach of the Year three times in her career (2011, 2016, 2020)
- WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year in 2019
- USA Basketball National Team Coach of the Year in 2022
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