Pokey Chatman
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| Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach /General manager | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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June 18, 1969 Ama, Louisiana |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Hahnville High School (Boutte, Louisiana) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | LSU (1987–1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1992–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–2004 | LSU (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | LSU | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-present | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dana "Pokey" Chatman (born June 18, 1969) is the current head coach of the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. She is also the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team and the Spartak Moscow women's basketball team.
Chatman spent the first 20 years of her adult life at LSU as a player (1987–1991), student assistant (1991–1992), assistant coach (1992–2004) and head coach (2004–2007). After succeeding longtime coach Sue Gunter in 2004, Chatman led the Lady Tigers to three consecutive NCAA Final Fours in 2004 (as acting head coach for the ailing Gunter), 2005, and 2006.
Notably, Chatman resigned from her post at LSU on March 7, 2007 amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with former players that were alleged to have begun when Chatman was coaching the players.
She played point guard in high school and was a 5-time AAU All-American.
The 1991 Kodak All-American point guard played for Gunter from 1987 to 1991, starting all but one game and setting the all-time steals (346) and assists (570) records at LSU. Her assist record was broken in the 2003–2004 season by Temeka Johnson. Chatman played in the NCAA Tournament four times and posted a record of 82–38 as a player. She was a three-time All-SEC selection and led the Lady Tigers to their first ever SEC Tournament title in 1991, where she was the tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP).
After serving as a student assistant with the Lady Tigers for a season (1991–1992), Chatman was named a full-fledged assistant coach before the 1992–1993 season. She was promoted to associate head coach in 1999. In 2003–2004, Gunter took a medical leave of absence in the middle of the season. Chatman, in her – her 14th season on the coaching staff, was named interim coach. She led the Tigers to a 15–5 record (27–8 overall) and the first Final Four in school history. However, LSU credits the entire season to Gunter.
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