Marynell Meadors
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August 27, 1943 Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College | Middle Tennessee State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1970–2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1986 | Tennessee Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1996 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Charlotte Sting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Pittsburgh (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Washington Mystics (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Atlanta Dream (2008–2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marynell Meadors (born August 27, 1943) is an American women's basketball coach at the college and professional level. She most recently served as head coach and general manager of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and was one of the original eight head coaches when the WNBA started in 1997.
Meadors grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and began playing basketball at a young age, shooting at a backboard mounted against a willow tree. According to Meadors, she decided in seventh grade to become a basketball coach. After graduating from Hillsboro High School, she attended Middle Tennessee State University not far from Nashville. She graduated with a B. S. in Physical Education in 1965 and with an M. S. in Physiology of Exercise in 1966.
Meadors was allowed by MTSU to begin coaching women's sports, and coached basketball at MTSU before it was a varsity sport and before Title IX was passed. In 1970, women's basketball became a varsity sport. Her total budget (not salary) for her first year was $100.00 She would coach sixteen seasons at Tennessee Tech, finishing with a 363-138 (.724) lifetime record. Meadors would win six consecutive Tennessee state championships, four Ohio Valley Conference championships and two Metro Conference championships.
Looking for opportunities on a larger stage, she would coach at Florida State University from 1986 to 1996 where she led the Seminoles to two NCAA tournament appearances and the 1991 Metro Conference Championship. She left Florida State after the 1995-96 season to take over coaching duties of the Charlotte Sting.
Meadors also served as an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 2003 to 2005.
In 1997, Meadors was hired as the head coach and general manager of the Charlotte Sting. It was the first year of the WNBA's existence, and she led the Sting to a 15-13 record, and a spot in the playoffs. In 1998, the Sting finished 18-12, and again were in the WNBA playoffs. However, during a 5-7 start in 1999, Meadors was fired after an 82-56 loss to the Cleveland Rockers.
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