Background
Gillom, Jennifer was born on June 13, 1964 in Abbeville, Mississippi, United States.
professional coach basketball player
Gillom, Jennifer was born on June 13, 1964 in Abbeville, Mississippi, United States.
Graduate, University Mississippi, 1986.
Gillom is also a former Sparks head coach, also coached the Minnesota Lynx. And was, until 2015, an assistant coach of the Connecticut Sun. Born in Abbeville, Mississippi, Gillom played college basketball at the University of Mississippi and helped the United States Basketball Team to a gold medal in women"s basketball in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Gillom was the head coach of the Xavier College Preparatory High School basketball team in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004.
Starting in the 2008 season, Gillom served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx. In June 2009, she was named head coach of the team
She succeeded Don Zierden, who resigned to accept an assistant coaching job under Flip Saunders of the Washington Wizards. In 2009, Gillom was elected to the Women"s Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Player
Gillom played for the United States of America World University Games team in Kobe, Japan in 1985.
The team brought home a silver medal, after falling to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. The team trailed by 18 points at one time, mounted a come-back attempt but fell short, losing 87–81. Gillom was the second leading scorer for the United States of America team, with 12.8 points per game. The following year, Gillom played for the United States of America team at the World Championships, in Moscow.
This time, the United States of America team would meet the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the title game and emerge victorious, winning the gold medal with a score of 108–88.
Gillom averaged 2.8 points per game. Gillom was named to the team representing the United States of America at the 1987 Pan American Games, held in Indianapolis, Indiana in August.
She averaged 9.5 points per game. Gillom continued with the national team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South of Korea, held in September.
Gillom averaged 2.8 points per game.
Coach
Gillom was named assistant coach of the United States of America National team in preparation for competition in the 2010 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. Because many team members were still playing in the Women's National Basketball Association until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakian Republic. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games.
The sixth game was against undefeated Australia—the United States of America jumped out to a 24-point lead, but the Australian team cut the lead back to single digits late in the game.
The United States of America prevailed 83–75. She continued as an assistant at the 2012 Olympics in London.