Jennifer Azzi

Jennifer Azzi

Azzi as the coach of University of San Francisco
Personal information
Born	(1968-08-31) August 31, 1968 (age 48) Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	143 lb (65 kg)
Career information
High school	Oak Ridge (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
College	Stanford (1986–1990)
WNBA draft	1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Detroit Shock
Playing career	1990–2003
Position	Point guard
Number	8
Career history
As player:
1990–1991	Virtus Viterbo
1991–1993	US Valenciennes-Orchies
1993–1995	Arvika Basket
1996–1998	San Jose Lasers
1999	Detroit Shock
2000–2003	Utah Starzz/San Antonio Silver Stars
As coach:
2010–2016	University of San Francisco
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Representing  United States Women’s Basketball Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team Competition FIBA World Championship 1990 Malaysia Team Competition 1994 Sydney Team Competition 1998 Berlin Team Competition Pan American Games 1991 Havana Team Competition Jones Cup 1988 Taipei Team Competition

Jennifer Lynn Azzi (born August 31, 1968) is a former basketball coach, most recently the head coach of the women's team at the University of San Francisco. Azzi is also a former collegiate and professional basketball player, as well as an Olympic and FIBA world champion.

Azzi received a scholarship and played point guard for Stanford University's women's basketball team from 1987 to 1990. During her four years at Stanford, the Cardinal compiled a 101-23 win-loss record, and captured two Pac-10 titles.

During her senior year (1990), Azzi led the Cardinal to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, defeating Auburn.

Her individual accomplishments included:

Azzi graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor's Degree in economics.

Azzi went to middle school at Jefferson Junior High, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

In 1988, Azzi was named to the Jones Cup team. The USA team ended the competition with a 3–2 record, but that was enough to secure the silver medal. Azzi averaged 5.4 points per game.

Azzi was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the USA in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, in which Azzi hit three of four three-pointers, and scored a team high 13 points, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Azzi averaged 4.6 points per game, and recorded 15 assists, second highest on the team.