Walt Hopkins

Walt Hopkins is an American basketball head coach for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.

Walt Hopkins
New York Liberty
PositionHead coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Nevada, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley
Career history
As coach:
2017–2019Minnesota Lynx (assistant)
2020-presentNew York Liberty

Education and early career

Hopkins earned a B.A. in English writing from the University of Nevada. He then earned master's degrees from Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.[1]

At Berkeley he worked as an academic coach and tutor for the school's athletes. In 2013 he was a player development coach for the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA. He was an assistant women's basketball coach at Utah Valley University from 2013–2014. He joined the Minnesota Lynx as assistant coach in 2017,[1] when the Lynx won the championship.[2]

Later career

In 2020 under new owner Joseph Tsai, Hopkins replaced Katie Smith as the Liberty's head coach. The team will play in Tsai's Barclays Center in Brooklyn.[3] The Liberty have the first pick in the 2020 WNBA draft, when they are expected to choose Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon.[4]

Notes
  1. "Walt Hopkins". NBA Media Ventures. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. "Joe Tsai hires Walt Hopkins of Minnesota Lynx to coach New York Liberty". SB Nation. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via MSN.
  3. Powell, Jackie (January 6, 2020). "Walt Hopkins named new head coach in New York". High Post Hoops (Fansided). Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  4. "AP Source: Walt Hopkins to Be Next New York Liberty Coach". The New York Times. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American basketball coaches Category:Minnesota Lynx coaches Category:University of Nevada, Reno alumni Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball Category:Harvard University alumni

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