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Gary Kloppenburg

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League
  
WNBA

Role
  
Basketball Coach

Name
  
Gary Kloppenburg


Coaching career
  
2000–present

Nationality
  
American

Positions
  
Coach

Gary Kloppenburg Interim Storm coach Gary Kloppenburg is a quiet leader The Seattle

Born
  
January 6, 1953 (age 71) (
1953-01-06
)

College
  
UC San Diego (1978–1981)

2000–2002
  
Seattle Storm (assistant)

2003
  
Phoenix Mercury (assistant)

Tulsa shock head coach gary kloppenburg post game may 19 2012


Gary Kloppenburg is an American basketball coach, currently serving as the interim head coach with the Seattle Storm after leaving the Indiana Fever. He is also a former head coach, most recently of the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Gary is the son of basketball coach Bob Kloppenburg, widely regarded as the innovator of the SOS Defensive System. Gary also has 3 children; Sonja, Ian, and Carlotta as well as 2 grandchildren.

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Gary Kloppenburg was inducted into the California Junior College basketball hall of fame. Kloppenburg won back to back state championships with the Lassen Community College Women's Basketball team from Susanville, CA in 1991-1993. His record was 70-2. Kloppenburg served as an assistant coach with the Seattle Storm from 2000 through 2002 and Phoenix Mercury in 2003. He was an assistant coach of the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association from 2004-2007, and an assistant coach of the Indiana Fever from 2008 through 2011 and Los Angeles Sparks in 2014.

Kloppenburg improved the Shock during his two-year tenure; nevertheless, he was fired after the 2013 season.

Steve swetoha gary kloppenburg and kathy mcconnell miller


References

Gary Kloppenburg Wikipedia