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Nicole Powell

Nicole Powell
Personal information
Born (1982-06-22) June 22, 1982 (age 42)
Sierra Vista, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolMountain Pointe
(Ahwatukee, Arizona)
CollegeStanford (2000–2004)
WNBA draft2004: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career2004–2014
PositionGuard / forward
Number14, 28
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As player:
2004Charlotte Sting
2005–2009Sacramento Monarchs
2010–2012New York Liberty
2013Tulsa Shock
2014Seattle Storm
As coach:
2013–2014Gonzaga (assistant)
2014–2017Oregon (assistant)
2017–2020Grand Canyon
2020–2023UC Riverside
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing USA
Women's Basketball
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2000 U18 Argentina Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2001 U19 Czech Republic Team Competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Nicole Kristen Powell (born June 22, 1982) is an American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at University of California, Riverside. As a player, she had a standout collegiate career at Stanford University, Powell had an 11-year WNBA career most notably with the Sacramento Monarchs where she was an All-Star and won a WNBA Championship. Powell also played professionally overseas for Fenerbahçe Istanbul.[1][2] Powell had previously served on the coaching staffs at Gonzaga, Oregon, and Grand Canyon before being named the head coach of UC Riverside in March 2020.

Early life

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Born in Sierra Vista, Arizona, Powell played for Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She also was named a 2000 Parade Magazine First Team All-American in 2000 and the Arizona Player of the Century by the Arizona Republic. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored fourteen points.[3]

In addition, Powell during her high school years earned all-region selection in both tennis and track, won the state badminton singles championships in 1997, 1999 and 2000, won the state discus title in 2000, and was an Arizona 5A doubles runner-up in tennis in 2000.

College

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Powell played the forward position for Stanford University women's NCAA basketball team. During her tenure there, she broke many school records, was named an All-American three times, and won numerous awards. She majored in urban studies.

She was the first women's basketball player in the history of what is now the Pac-12 Conference to have achieved multiple triple-double games (that is, 10 totals or more in three different positive statistical categories) during the same season. Powell has since been joined by two other players: Brittany Boyd of California, who recorded two triple-doubles in the 2014–15 season, and Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon, who had multiple triple-doubles in all four of her college seasons (four in 2016–17, six in 2017–18, and eight in both 2018–19 and 2019–20).[4][5] Powell and Ionescu are also the only NCAA Division I women's players to have recorded multiple triple-doubles in the NCAA tournament; Powell had two consecutive triple-doubles in 2002, while Ionescu had one each in 2018 and 2019.[4]

Stanford statistics

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Source[6]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Stanford 35 581 49.0% 42.0% 82.6% 9.3 6.3 1.6 0.3 16.6
2002–03 Stanford 23 432 48.1% 40.4% 87.5% 9.3 3.8 1.8 0.6 18.8
2003–04 Stanford 31 627 42.9% 36.0% 85.6% 11.2 4.1 1.9 0.5 20.2
Career 89 1640 46.3% 39.3% 85.1% 10.0 4.9 1.8 0.5 18.4

Coaching

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Powell spent one season, 2013–14, at Gonzaga as an assistant coach for coach Kelly Graves. After Graves accepted the head coaching position for the University of Oregon, Powell took the assistant coach position at Oregon for three years. The 2016–2017 season was the most successful under Powell's assistant coaching career; it included a top-five recruiting class in 2016, headlined by Ionescu; a run to the Elite 8 in the 2017 NCAA Tournament; winning 6 out of 23 games against Top 25 opponents; and finishing the season at #16.

In April 2017, Powell accepted the head coaching position at Grand Canyon University.[7]


WNBA career

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Powell was picked No. 3 overall by the Charlotte Sting in the 2004 WNBA draft. She was used by the Sting as a utility player, appearing in 31 games.

On March 3, 2005, she was traded to the Sacramento Monarchs in a multi-player deal. The trade greatly aided the Monarchs in the 2005 season while Powell enjoyed a breakout year and eventually was named the recipient of that year's WNBA's Most Improved Player award. She played a pivotal role in the Monarchs' 2005 WNBA Finals victory over the Connecticut Sun.

Although the Monarchs struggled in subsequent years, Powell's statistics continued to improve. In 2009, with several of her teammates hobbled by injuries, Powell averaged 16.7 points per game and was the best free throw shooter in the WNBA with 97.9% of attempts made. She also participated in the 2009 WNBA All-Star Game, where she scored 21 points off the bench.

The Monarchs ceased operations following their 2009 season. The New York Liberty selected Nicole Powell with the first pick in the ensuing dispersal draft. She was traded to the Tulsa Shock before the 2013 season and signed with the Seattle Storm before the 2014 season.

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
† Denotes season(s) in which Powell won a WNBA championship

Regular season

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WNBA regular season statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Charlotte 31 0 12.4 41.3 41.4 80.0 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.7 4.3
2005† Sacramento 34 34 29.1 37.9 41.5 80.6 3.6 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.3 10.7
2006 Sacramento 34 34 26. 37.5 35.3 81.6 3.9 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.4 9.6
2007 Sacramento 34 34 29.0 37.6 38.0 96.4 5.6 1.7 1.4 0.4 1.9 12.8
2008 Sacramento 34 33 27.8 36.8 41.1 84.0 4.4 1.4 1.2 0.2 1.8 13.6
2009 Sacramento 34 34 30.4 41.6 36.3 97.9 5.9 2.3 1.4 0.2 2.5 16.7
2010 New York 34 34 26.3 38.9 39.5 83.9 4.2 2.2 1.0 0.2 1.4 9.3
2011 New York 33 33 28.3 41.0 35.3 90.6 4.2 2.3 1.4 0.3 2.0 9.7
2012 New York 34 21 27.1 41.6 38.8 86.7 4.3 1.4 1.3 0.4 1.4 7.0
2013 Tulsa 32 20 22.3 40.6 36.2 81.5 3.7 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.9 6.4
2014 Seattle 26 0 13.0 26.1 25.0 77.8 1.8 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.4 2.2
Career 11 years, 4 teams 360 277 25.1 38.9 37.8 88.2 4.1 1.6 1.1 0.3 1.5 9.5

Playoffs

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WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2005† Sacramento 8 8 32.1 38.5 47.6 80.0 2.5 1.9 0.9 0.1 1.5 11.0
2006 Sacramento 9 9 28.2 52.7 50.0 84.6 4.6 1.6 1.6 0.1 1.4 11.8
2007 Sacramento 3 3 26.7 45.7 30.0 100.0 5.7 1.7 1.3 0.3 2.3 15.3
2008 Sacramento 3 3 30.0 51.3 25.0 100.0 6.0 2.7 1.0 0.3 2.3 18.0
2010 New York 5 5 25.6 44.4 38.1 100.0 2.8 1.8 0.4 0.2 1.4 7.6
2011 New York 3 3 34.3 50.0 57.1 100.0 6.0 1.7 1.7 0.7 2.0 16.7
2012 New York 2 2 32.0 38.9 36.4 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 9.0
Career 7 years, 2 teams 33 33 29.6 46.2 43.2 93.1 4.1 1.8 1.1 0.2 1.7 12.1

USA Basketball

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Powell was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Powell averaged 8.2 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 6.4 per game.[8]

Powell was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2001 U19 World's Championship, held in Brno, Czech Republic in July 2001. Powell scored 7.0 points per game, led the team in rebounding with 6.3 per game to help the USA team to a 6–1 record and the bronze medal.[9]

In 2003, Powell helped the United States women's national basketball team win a silver medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[10] She also helped national teams win a bronze medal (in the Czech Republic) and a gold medal (in Argentina) at two other international tournaments.

International career

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During the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 WNBA off-season, Powell contributed to Fenerbahçe's victories each year in the Turkish women's basketball league championship. In 2007–2008 she played for CSKA Moscow in Russia, in 2006–2007 for Perfumerias Halcon Avenida in Spain, in 2005–2006 for Fenerbahçe for the first time, also winning the country's championship, and 2004–2005 Basket Spezia in Italy. Now Powell is a player of Polish team – TS Wisła Kraków.

Awards and achievements

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Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Grand Canyon Antelopes (WAC) (2017–2020)
2017–18 Grand Canyon 16–14 9–5 3rd
2018–19 Grand Canyon 7–20 5–11 7th
2019–20 Grand Canyon 15–12 10–6 2nd[11] Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19
Grand Canyon: 38–46 (.452) 24–22 (.522)
UC Riverside (Big West) (2020–present)
2020–21 UC Riverside 7–12 5–9 9th
2021–22 UC Riverside 14–11 10–6 4th
2022–23 UC Riverside 5–23 3–15 11th
UC Riverside: 26–46 18–30
Total: 64–92 (.410)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Profile on Fenerbahce.org
  2. ^ "Sources: Lopes to hire Oregon assistant Nicole Powell". Swish Appeal. April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Division I Women's Basketball Triple-Doubles History" (PDF). 2019–20 NCAA Women's Basketball Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "The ultimate guide to Oregon women's basketball star Sabrina Ionescu". ESPN.com. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "GCU Women's Basketball: Nicole Powell". GCULopes.com. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "Fourth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 2000". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "Fifth FIBA Women's U19/Junior World Championship -- 2001". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  10. ^ "Fourteenth Pan American Games -- 2003". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  11. ^ "2019-20 WAC Women's Basketball Standings". WACSports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
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