Shanele Marie Stires (born May 21, 1972) is an American retired professional

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player and current

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coach.

Career

She is the head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball team since April 2022. Stires attended

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during her

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year before transferring to

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, where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in

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. With

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, Stires scored 1,344 career points, and as a senior was selected for

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All-America honorable mention and All- Big 8 First Team accolades. She started her American professional career playing for the

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in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL). After the ABL ceased operations, she joined the

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and played for the

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for three seasons after being drafted with the 56th overall pick in

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. After her playing career she served three years as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at

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. In August 2006, she was named as an assistant coach at

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. Stires also pursued a

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in Coaching Education from

. Stires served as head coach for

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, coaching the Pioneers to their first-ever Division II NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2022. Her brother, Sean Stires, is a

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radio announcer for the

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's women's basketball team.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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College

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References

External links

WNBA Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stires, Shanele 1972 births Living people American women's basketball coaches Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball coaches from Kansas Basketball players from Kansas Cal State East Bay Pioneers coaches Columbus Quest players Cloud County Thunderbirds women's basketball Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball players Minnesota Lynx draft picks Minnesota Lynx players Ohio University alumni People from Cloud County, Kansas Small forwards