Congratulations to the Minnesota Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve, the 2024 WNBA Coach of the Year and Basketball Executive of the Year.
In her 15th season in charge of the Lynx, she led the team to the most wins in franchise history, with a 30-10 record that was good for the second-best mark of the 2024 season. Minnesota thrived on both sides of the ball, sporting an egalitarian offensive that ranked fourth in the league and a lock-down defense that ranked second. The winners of the 2024 Commissioner’s Cup, the Lynx have advanced to the semifinals, extending their quest for the franchise’s WNBA-record fifth championship.
With her fourth Coach of the Year honor (2011, 2016, 2020, 2024), Reeve separates herself from three-time winners Van Chancellor (1997-99) and Mike Thibault (2006, 2008, 2013). She’s also only the second executive to win multiple Basketball Executive of the Year awards, having first won the award in 2019. Dan Padover, who is now with the Atlanta Dream, twice won the award as the lead executive of the Las Vegas Aces (2020-21). Reeve also matches Curt Miller as the only individual to win both the coach and executive honors in the same season; Miller did so with the Connecticut Sun in 2017.
In short, Reeve is nearly unparalleled as a basketball leader and…
