DELISHA MILTON-JONES

DELISHA MILTON-JONES has joined the Syracuse women’s basketball program as an assistant coach. She will serve as the team’s recruiting coordinator. A former WNBA star player and two-time Olympic gold medalist, she began her collegiate coaching career in 2016 at Pepperdine University — first as an assistant before her promotion to head coach in 2017. Last season, she led the Waves to their first winning season since 2012 when they finished the season 22-12. Milton-Jones had a 17-year WNBA career, playing for five teams, including 11 seasons in Los Angeles. She helped the Sparks to back-to-back WNBA Championships in 2001 and 2002 and played in the postseason 10 times during her professional tenure. The fourth overall pick in the 1999 WNBA Draft by Los Angeles, Milton-Jones spent the first six years of her career with the Sparks until 2004 when she was traded. She announced her retirement in 2016 and ended her career with the ninth-most points scored in WNBA history. Milton-Jones also had a decorated overseas career playing for teams in Russia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, and Korea. As a member of the U.S. national team, she won gold medals in both the 2000 and 2008 Olympics Milton-Jones helped the U.S. to a pair of FIBA World Championships in 1998 and 2002. She was a four-year letter-winner at Florida from 1993-1997 and led the Gators to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances.