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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Bridgette Gordon
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 27, 1967}}
| birth_place = [[DeLand, Florida]], U.S.
| high_school = [[DeLand High School|DeLand]] (DeLand, Florida)
| college = [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (1985–1989)
| position = Head coach
| height_ft = 6
| weight_lbs = 159
| league = [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]]
| team = Florida A&M Rattlers
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 1998
| career_position = [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_round = Initial allocation
| draft_team = [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| years1 = [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]–[[1998 WNBA season|1998]]
| team1 = [[Sacramento Monarchs]]
| coach_start = 2004
| cyears1 = 2004–2006
| cteam1 = [[Stetson Hatters women's basketball|Stetson]] (asst.)
| cyears2 = 2007–2010
| cteam2 = [[Georgia State Panthers women's basketball|Georgia State]] (asst.)
| cyears3 = 2010–2017
| cteam3 = [[Wichita State Shockers women's basketball|Wichita State]] (asst.)
| cyears4 = 2017–2019
| cteam4 = Tennessee (asst.)
| cyears5 = 2019–2021
| cteam5 = [[SMU Mustangs women's basketball|SMU]] (asst.)
| cyears6 = 2022–2023
| cteam6 = [[Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball|Cincinnati]] (asst.)
| cyears7 = 2023
| cteam7 = [[New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball|New Mexico State]] (asst.)
| cyears8 = 2023–present
| cteam8 = [[Florida A&M Lady Rattlers basketball|Florida A&M]]
| WBHOF = bridgette-gordon
| show-medals = yes
| highlights = * 2x [[List of NCAA Women's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1987]],[[1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1989]])
* [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|NCAA Tournament MOP]] (1989)
* [[Honda Sports Award]] (1989)
* 2x All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1988, 1989)
* 2x [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1988, 1989)
* [[SEC Female Athlete of the Year]] (1989)
* [[SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year|SEC Player of the Year]] (1989)
* 2× [[SEC women's basketball tournament|SEC tournament]] MVP (1988, 1989)
* 2x First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (1988, 1989)
* 2x All-SEC (1986, 1987)
* [[Southeastern Conference women's basketball Freshman of the Year|SEC Freshman of the Year]] (1986)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games|Team]]}} 
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''Bridgette Cyrene Gordon''' (born April 27, 1967) is the head women's basketball coach of [[Florida A&M University]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2023 |title=Florida A&M Athletics Named Bridgette Gordon as Women's Basketball Head Coach |url=https://famuathletics.com/news/2023/7/28/womens-basketball-florida-am-athletics-named-bridgette-gordon-as-womens-basketball-head-coach.aspx |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=Florida A&M |language=en}}</ref> and a retired player. She was a member of the [[United States women's national basketball team]], that claimed the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in [[Seoul, South Korea]].

In 2007, Gordon was elected to the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]], located in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbhof.com/famers/bridgette-gordon/|title=WBHOF Inductees|publisher=WBHOF|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>

==USA Basketball==
Gordon was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1987 World University Games held in [[Zagreb]], [[Yugoslavia]]. The USA team won four of the five contests. In the opening game against Poland, Gordon was the leading scorer for the US with 18 points. After winning their next game against Finland, the USA faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89. The USA faced China in the next game. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. They won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place.<ref name="1987 WUG"/>

Gordon continued on the USA national team when the team played at the 1988 Olympics, held in [[Seoul, South Korea]]. She averaged 8.8 points per game, including 20 points against Yugoslavia to help the team win all five games and earn the gold medal.<ref name="1988 Olympics"/>

Gordon also played with the USA team at the [[USA Women's Pan American Team|1991 Pan American Games]]. The team finished with a record of 4–2, but managed to win the bronze medal. The USA team lost a three-point game to Brazil, then responded with wins over Argentina and Cuba, earning a spot in the medal round. The next game was a rematch against Cuba, and this time the team from Cuba won a five-point game. The USA beat Canada easily to win the bronze. Gordon averaged 11.3 points per game.<ref name="1991 Pan Am"/>

==WNBA career==

Gordon was selected in the initial player allocation of the [[1997 WNBA draft]] by the [[Sacramento Monarchs]] on January 22, 1997. She would only play a total of 50 games in the WNBA, all 50 with the Monarchs. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997, in a 73–61 win over the [[Utah Starzz]] where she recorded 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sacramento Monarchs at Utah Starzz, June 21, 1997 |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706210UTA.html |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In her rookie season, Gordon played in all 28 of the Monarch's regular season games and started in all 28 of them while averaging 13.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists. The team finished with a 10&ndash;18 record and missed the playoffs.

In the 1998 season, Gordon started in the first 5 games of the season but then lost her starting spot to [[Latasha Byears]] and had her minutes per game drop from 35.0 to 11.5. Due to the drop in minutes, Gordon's stats across the board dropped down to 2.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists. The Monarchs had an even worse record than the previous year by finishing 8&ndash;22.

Gordon was waived by the Monarchs on May 3, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1999 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/SAC/1999_transactions.html |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> She signed a contract with the [[New York Liberty]] but would be waived on May 24, 1999, before playing a game for them.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 1999 |title=PLUS: W.N.B.A. -- LIBERTY; 3 Forwards Waived |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/25/sports/plus-wnba-liberty-3-forwards-waived.html |access-date=June 15, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After being waived by the Liberty, she would not play in the WNBA again.

Her final WNBA game was played on August 12, 1998, in a 71&ndash;81 loss to the Starzz where she recorded 2 points and 1 assist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sacramento Monarchs at Utah Starzz, August 12, 1998 |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199808120UTA.html |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

===WNBA===

====Regular season====

Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/g/gordobr01w.html|title=Bridgette Gordon WNBA Statistics|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|accessdate=November 14, 2022}}</ref>

{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[1997 Sacramento Monarchs season|Sacramento]]
| style="background:#D3D3D3" |'''28'''° || style="background:#D3D3D3" |'''28'''° || '''35.0''' || '''.433''' || '''.275''' || '''.785''' || '''4.8''' || '''2.8''' || '''1.4''' || '''.3''' || 3.0 || '''13.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[1998 WNBA season|1998]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[1998 Sacramento Monarchs season|Sacramento]]
| 22 || 5 || 11.5 || .391 || .000 || .563 || 1.3 || .4 || .4 || .0 || '''1.4''' || 2.7
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Career
| style="text-align:left" | 2 years, 1 team
| 50 || 33 || 24.7 || .426 || .229 || .756 || 3.3 || 1.7 || .9 || .2 || 2.3 || 8.5
{{S-end}}

===College===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1987–88
| style="text-align:left;" | [[1987–88 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|33||-||-||'''54.1'''||'''75.0'''||'''70.2'''||6.8||2.4||2.3||'''0.5'''||-||'''20.8'''	
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1988–89
| style="text-align:left;" | [[1988–89 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|'''36'''||-||-||53.3||33.3||70.0||'''7.0'''||'''2.7'''||'''2.9'''||0.4||-||20.4
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | '''Career'''
|69||-||-||53.7||50.0||70.1||6.9||2.6||2.6||0.5||-||20.6
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from [[Sports-Reference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bridgette-gordon-1.html|title=Bridgette Gordon College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}</ref>
{{s-end}}

==Awards and honors==

* 1989—Winner of the [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball<ref name="Past Winners - basketball"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2006 |title=Sophia Young a Honda Award Finalist |url=https://baylorbears.com/news/2006/4/10/Sophia_Young_a_Honda_Award_Finalist.aspx?path=wbball |access-date=March 30, 2020 |website=Baylor University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
* 2x [[Euroleague Women|FIBA Women's European Champions Cup]] (''current EuroLeague)'' with Italian club [[ASDG Comense 1872|Pool Comense]] ([[1993–94 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup|1993–94]], [[1994–95 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup|1994–95]])

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="1987 WUG">{{cite web|title=Fourteenth World University Games -- 1993|url=http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/fourteenth-world-university-games-1987-1.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 12, 2015| archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907193827/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/fourteenth-world-university-games-1987-1.aspx | archive-date    =September 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="1988 Olympics">{{cite web|title=Games of the XXIVth Olympiad -- 1988|url=http://www.usab.com/womens/national/woly_1988.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002050515/http://www.usab.com/womens/national/woly_1988.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2013|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="1991 Pan Am">{{cite web|title=Eleventh Pan American Games -- 1991|date=February 20, 2014|url=http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/eleventh-pan-american-games-1991.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907195430/http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/eleventh-pan-american-games-1991.aspx|archive-date=September 7, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Past Winners - basketball">{{cite journal|title=PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR BASKETBALL|url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/basketball|journal=THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program|access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{Basketball stats}}
* {{FIBA|new_id=106840|name=Bridgette Cyrene Gordon|old_id=7168}}
* {{Olympics.com|bridgette-c-gordon|Bridgette C. Gordon}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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