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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Sheryl Swoopes
| image = Sheryl Swoopes at Essence Festival of Culture July 2025.jpg
| caption = Swoopes at [[Essence Festival of Culture]] in 2025
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 145
| league = [[Big 12 Conference]]
| team = 
| position = 
| number = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brownfield, Texas]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Brownfield High School|Brownfield]] (Brownfield, Texas)
| college = *[[South Plains College|South Plains]] (1989–1991)
*[[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech]] (1991–1993)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 1997
| draft = Allocated
| draft_team = [[Houston Comets]]
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2011
| coach_start = 2009
| coach_end = 
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| career_number = 22
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|1997}}–{{WNBA Year|2007}}
| team1 = [[Houston Comets]]
| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2008}}
| team2 = [[Seattle Storm]]
| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2011}}
| team3 = [[Tulsa Shock]]
| cyears1 = 2009–2010
| cteam1 = [[Mercer Island High School|Mercer Island HS]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2013–2016
| cteam2 = [[Loyola Ramblers women's basketball|Loyola–Chicago]]
| cyears3 = 2017–2018
| cteam3 = Texas Tech (assistant)
| highlights = * 4× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[1997 WNBA Finals|1997]]–[[2000 WNBA Finals|2000]])
* 3× [[WNBA MVP]] ({{WNBA Year|2000}}, {{WNBA Year|2002}}, {{WNBA Year|2005}})
* 6× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[1999 WNBA All-Star Game|1999]], [[2000 WNBA All-Star Game|2000]], [[2002 WNBA All-Star Game|2002]], [[2003 WNBA All-Star Game|2003]], [[2005 WNBA All-Star Game|2005]], [[2006 WNBA All-Star Game|2006]])
* [[WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|WNBA All-Star Game MVP]] ({{WNBA Year|2005}})
* 5× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|1998}}–{{WNBA Year|2000}}, {{WNBA Year|2002}}, {{WNBA Year|2005}})
* 2× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2003}}, {{WNBA Year|2006}})
* 3× [[WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|WNBA Defensive Player of the Year]] ({{WNBA Year|2000}}, {{WNBA Year|2002}}, {{WNBA Year|2003}})
* 2× [[WNBA All-Defensive Team|WNBA All-Defensive First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2005}}, {{WNBA Year|2006}})
* 2× [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season scoring leaders|WNBA scoring champion]] ({{WNBA Year|2000}}, {{WNBA Year|2005}})
* 2× [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season steals leaders|WNBA steals leader]] ({{WNBA Year|2000}}, {{WNBA Year|2003}})
* [[WNBA Peak Performers|WNBA Peak Performer]] ({{WNBA Year|2005}})
* [[WNBA All-Decade Team|WNBA 10th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2006}})
* [[WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time|WNBA 15th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
* [[WNBA Top 20@20|WNBA 20th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2016}})
* [[The W25|WNBA 25th Anniversary Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2021}})
* [[List of NCAA Women's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1993]]) 
* [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|NCAA Tournament MOP]] (1993)
* [[Honda Sports Award]] (1993)
* [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] (1993)
* [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|USBWA National Player of the Year]] (1993)
* [[WBCA Player of the Year]] (1993)
* 2× All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1992, 1993)
* 2× [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1992, 1993)
* [[Texas Sports Hall of Fame]] 
* [[Houston Sports Hall of Fame]]
| stats_league = WNBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 4,875 (15.0 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 1,596 (4.9 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,037 (3.2 apg)
| wnba_profile = sheryl_swoopes
| HOF_player = Sheryl-Swoopes
| womensHOF = sheryl-swoopes
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|1998 Germany]] |Team competition}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 China]] |Team competition}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|1994 Australia]] |Team competition}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006 Brazil]] |Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 Goodwill Games|1994 St. Petersburg]] |Team competition}}
}}
'''Sheryl Denise Swoopes''' (born March 25, 1971)<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/> is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. She was the first player to be signed in the [[WNBA]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/about_us/greatest_moments_020508.html |title=WNBA's Greatest Moments |publisher=WNBA.com |access-date=November 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011103530/http://www.wnba.com/about_us/greatest_moments_020508.html |archive-date=October 11, 2011 }}</ref> is a three-time [[WNBA MVP]], and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the [[2011 WNBA All-Star Game]]. Swoopes has won three [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Sheryl Swoopes|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sheryl-swoopes|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> an [[NCAA Championship]], a [[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]] gold, and a WNBA title. She was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2016-anno.html|title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announcement presented by Haggar Clothing Company|work=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|date=April 4, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417204345/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2016/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2016-anno.html|archive-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, she was inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2017/06/09/sheryl-swoopes-enjoying-her-hall-fame-moment/381548001/ |title=Sheryl Swoopes enjoying her Hall of Fame moment |last=Fleser |first=Dan |date=June 10, 2017 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=June 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Brownfield, Texas]], Swoopes was raised by her mother, Louise Swoopes, and played basketball with her three older brothers.<ref name=Porter>Porter p 464</ref> She began competing at age seven in a local children's league called Little Dribblers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sheryl_swoopes/bio.html |title=Sheryl Swoopes Playerfile |publisher=Wnba.com |access-date=November 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113040724/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/sheryl_swoopes/bio.html |archive-date=November 13, 2011 }}</ref> She played basketball at [[Brownfield High School]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Glass|first1=Ray|title=Overcoming the Odds|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/062799/hig_062799108.shtml|access-date=April 16, 2016|newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|date=June 27, 1999}}</ref>

==College career==
Initially recruited by the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]], Swoopes left the school shortly after her arrival, without playing a game, and enrolled at [[South Plains College]]. After playing at South Plains for two years, Swoopes transferred to [[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]],<ref name=Porter></ref>{{cite book|title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary|editor-last=David L. |editor-first=Porter|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood Press]]|year=2005|isbn=978-0-313-30952-6|page=464}}<ref name=famous>{{cite news  |title=Famous Transfers: Sheryl Swoopes |url=https://www.depts.ttu.edu/studentengagement/transferconnection/resources/famoustransfers.php| publisher=[[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]]|access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>

In 1993, Swoopes won the [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA women's basketball championship]] with the [[Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball|Texas Tech Lady Raiders]] during her senior season.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Brian|title=Sheryl Swoopes Career Timeline|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/sheryl-swoopes-career-timeline/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=WNBA.com}}</ref> Her jersey was retired by the school the following year, making her one of only three Lady Raiders to be honored in this way. The others are [[Carolyn Thompson (basketball)|Carolyn Thompson]] and [[Krista Gerlich|Krista Kirkland]], Swoopes' teammate from the 1993 championship team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/100403/col_100403012.shtml|title=Tech Hall of Honor Inducts New Class of Six|access-date=December 3, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401085641/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/100403/col_100403012.shtml|archive-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref>

As of 2010, Swoopes was still a part of the women's basketball record books in many categories, including single-game scoring record (53 points on March 13, 1993, vs. [[Texas Longhorns|Texas]], tied for tenth place), single-season scoring (955 points in the 1993 season, fourth place), highest championship tournament scoring average (35.4 in the 1993 tournament, second place), best single-game championship scoring performance (47 points vs. [[Ohio State Buckeyes|Ohio State]],<ref name=grundy>{{cite book|last=Grundy|first=Pamela| year=2005|title=Shattering the glass|url=https://archive.org/details/shatteringglassr0000grun|url-access=registration|publisher=New Press |isbn=978-1-56584-822-1}}</ref>{{rp|217}} 1993 championship), which broke Bill Walton's record,<ref name=Porter/> and scoring record for championship series (177 points, five games). She set the record for the most field goals in the championship game with 16.<ref name=Records/>

Swoopes also set several school records at Texas Tech. She scored 955 in the 1992–93 season, which is an all-time scoring record for a single season (as of 2006). Swoopes' 24.9 points-per-game average for her career is the best in school history; she also boasts three triple-doubles and 23 double-doubles, 14 of which came during her senior year.<ref name="College">{{cite news| url=http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/04/03/Sports/Vote-In.Our.Online.Poll.Sheryl.Swoopes.And.Carolyn.Thompson-2819063.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition| title=Vote in our online poll: Sheryl Swoopes and Carolyn Thompson| newspaper=[[The Daily Toreador]]| date=April 4, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011615/http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/04/03/Sports/Vote-In.Our.Online.Poll.Sheryl.Swoopes.And.Carolyn.Thompson-2819063.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition| archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>

Swoopes was the 1993 winner of the [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] award at the age of 22, the [[Honda Sports Award]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baylorbears.com/news/2006/4/10/Sophia_Young_a_Honda_Award_Finalist.aspx?path=wbball|title=Sophia Young a Honda Award Finalist|website=Baylor University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>  was selected as that year's [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]] Player of the Year, and was chosen to the Division I All-American squad in both 1992 and 1993. Swoopes was named the 1993 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation.<ref name="Sportswoman"/>

===Texas Tech statistics===
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!Points
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
|1992
|Texas Tech
|32
|690
|50.3%
|41.0%
|80.8%
|8.9
|'''4.8'''
|'''3.4'''
|1.0
|21.6
|-
|1993
|Texas Tech
|'''34'''
|'''955'''
|'''54.6%'''
|'''41.0%'''
|'''86.8%'''
|'''9.2'''
|4.1
|3.4
|'''1.0'''
|'''28.1'''
|-
|Career
|
|66
|1645
|52.7%
|41.0%
|84.4%
|9.0
|4.4
|3.4
|1.0
|24.9
|}
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/misc/wbbfinest.pdf|title=Women's Basketball Worst|website=fs.ncaa.org|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref>

==USA Basketball==
Swoopes was named to the USA national team and competed in the 1994 World Championships, held in June 1994 in [[Sydney]], Australia.<ref name=":0" /> The team was coached by [[Tara VanDerveer]], and won their first six games, when they faced Brazil. In a closely contested, high-scoring game, Brazil hit 10 of 10 free throws in the final minute to secure a 110–107 victory. The USA won a close final game against Australia 100–95 to earn the bronze medal. Swoopes averaged 9.1 points per game, while recording seven steals, second highest on the team.<ref name="1994 WC"/>

Swoopes was selected to represent the US at the 1995 USA Women's Pan American Games, but only four teams committed to participate, so the event was cancelled.<ref name="1995 Pan Am"/>

Swoopes continued as a member of the USA team at the 1996 Olympics, held in [[Atlanta]], Georgia. The USA team won all their pool play games by large margins, although they were behind Cuba by as many as seven points before [[Lisa Leslie]]'s 24 points helped the USA take over the game. <!--not relevant The USA victory over Australia featured a record-setting 15 assists by Teresa Edwards, while Johnson was the leading scorer with 24 points. Against Japan, Lisa Leslie set a USA Olympic scoring record with 35 points. In the final, the USA team faced 7–0 Brazil—a team that had beaten the USA squad in the 1991 Pan Am games and the 1994 World Championships. This time, playing before a home crowd of 32,987, the USA team started out very strong, hitting 71.9% of their field goals, leading to an 11-point margin at the half. The USA team scored the first eight points of the second half and won the gold medal 111–87. Smith was the third-leading scorer for the team with 13.0 points per game and was second on the team with 31 assists and 23 steals. --><ref name="1996 Olympics"/>

In 2002, Swoopes was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in [[Zhangjiagang]], [[Changzhou]], and [[Nanjing]], China. The team was coached by [[Van Chancellor]]. Swoopes scored 16.9 points per game, second highest on the team and recorded a team-high 24 steals. The USA team won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, which had a one-point difference late in the game.<ref name="2002 WC"/>

Swoopes was named to the National Team representing the US at the 2006 World Championships, held in [[Barueri]] and [[Sao Paulo, Brazil]]. The team won eight of their nine contests, but the lone loss came in the semifinal medal round to Russia. The USA beat Brazil in the final game to earn the bronze medal. Swoopes, hampered by injuries, averaged 3.0 points per game and was second on the team with six blocks.<ref name="2006 WC"/>

==WNBA career==
[[File:Sheryl Swoopes WNBA.jpg|thumb|Swoopes for the [[Seattle Storm]] in 2008]]
Swoopes was recruited for the Houston Comets of the WNBA during the 1997 inaugural season. Due to the birth of her son, Swoopes had a late-season debut for her career, playing her first game on August 7, 1997 (6 weeks after the season started). In her debut game, the Comets defeated the [[Phoenix Mercury]] 74 - 70 with Swoopes playing for 5 minutes and recording no stats.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199708070HOU.html | title=Phoenix Mercury at Houston Comets, August 7, 1997 }}</ref>

As a 11 year member of the Houston Comets, she accumulated over 2,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 300 career assists, and 200 career steals. Her extraordinary scoring and defensive ability made her the first three-time WNBA MVP (2000, 2002, and 2005) and the first three-time [[WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|WNBA Defensive Player of the Year]] (2000, 2002, and 2003). Swoopes is also a four-time WNBA champion as the Comets won the first 4 championships in WNBA history from 1997 to 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-Time WNBA Champions - WNBA |url=https://www.wnba.com/all-time-wnba-champions |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=www.wnba.com}}</ref>

Swoopes is the second player in WNBA history to win both the regular season MVP award and the All-Star Game MVP award in the same season. The first player to accomplish this was [[Lisa Leslie]]. Swoopes is also the first player in WNBA history to record a triple-double in both the regular season and the playoffs.

Swoopes gained national prominence when she won the [[gold medal]] with the USA Basketball Women's National Team <!-- (WNT) --> at the [[1996 Olympic Games]] and became a focal point of the fledgling WNBA. The 1996 Olympic win over Brazil (117–87) is considered by some to be the "best woman's basketball game they'd ever seen."<ref name=grundy/>{{rp|216}} She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2000, and 2004).<ref name=":1" />

Swoopes is the first women's basketball player to have a [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] shoe named after her: the "Air Swoopes".<ref name=Porter/>

On March 3, 2008, Swoopes signed with the [[Seattle Storm]], ending her 11-year career with the Houston Comets. She was waived by the Storm on February 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/wnba/02/03/swoopes.ap/index.html |title=Swoopes' Career Could Be Over |website=SI.com |date=February 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208140125/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/wnba/02/03/swoopes.ap/index.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009}}</ref>

Two days after her 40th birthday in 2011, sources for the [[Associated Press]] claimed that Swoopes was preparing to return to the WNBA in anticipation of an official signing announcement from the [[Tulsa Shock]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Feinberg|first=Doug|title=AP Source: Swoopes to sign with Tulsa Shock|newspaper=Kansas City Star|date=March 27, 2011|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/27/2756525/ap-source-swoopes-to-sign-with.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sheryl Swoopes Signs with Tulsa| date=28 March 2011 |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=6266254|access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> At the [[2011 WNBA All-Star Game]], she was announced as one of the top 15 players in the 15-year history of the WNBA.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stanchak |first=Scott |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/allstar/2011/top15_players_110723.html |title=Roundtable Discussion: WNBA Top 15 Players of All Time |publisher=WNBA.com |date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2016}}</ref>

On August 26, 2011, the 40-year-old Swoopes hit a buzzer-beating shot to edge the Los Angeles Sparks 77–75 and end the Shock's WNBA-record 20-game losing streak.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-sparks-20110827,0,5253004.story |title=Tulsa Shock ends 20-game skid with a 77-75 win over Sparks |date=August 26, 2011 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 4, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020005224/http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-sparks-20110827,0,5253004.story |archive-date=October 20, 2011}}</ref>

Swoopes' final WNBA game was played on September 11, 2011, a 94–102 loss to the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]], where she recorded 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/201109110TUL.html | title=San Antonio Silver Stars at Tulsa Shock, September 11, 2011 }}</ref> After the 2011 season, on February 12, 2012, Tulsa Shock owner Steve Swetoha announced that the team did not intend to offer Swoopes a new contract and she became an unrestricted [[free agent]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lantz|first=Jessica|title=Gary Kloppenburg's Plans For The Tulsa Shock Do Not Include Sheryl Swoopes, Betty Lennox|url=https://www.swishappeal.com/2012/2/16/2802742/wnba-tulsa-shock-gary-kloppenburg|publisher=SwishAppeal.com|access-date=March 19, 2012|date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> 

In 2016, she was voted into the [[WNBA Top 20@20]], in celebration of the league's 20th anniversary.

==International career==

===Europe===
* 1993–1994: {{flagicon|Italy}} Basket Bari
* 2004–2005: {{flagicon|Russia}} VBM-SGAU Samara
* 2005–2006: {{flagicon|Italy}} Taranto Cras Basket
* 2010: {{flagicon|Greece}} Esperides Kallitheas<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=4802945 |title=Swoopes Replaces Wisdom-Hylton |website=[[ESPN]] |date=January 6, 2010 |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>
==Awards and honors==
Swoopes won the female [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year]] award in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swoopes scores AP award|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/01/21/swoopes-scores-ap-award/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}}</ref> The same year, she also won the [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball and the [[WBCA Player of the Year]] award.<ref name="Past Winners - basketball"/> She was named one of the 20 female athletes of the decade for 2000 to 2010 by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. 

==Post-playing career==
In 2008, Sheryl Swoopes made an appearance on ''[[Shirts & Skins]]'', a reality series on [[Logo TV]]. Swoopes mentored the San Francisco Rockdogs, a gay basketball team, and shared her experiences on basketball, family, faith, and coming out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logoonline.com/video/?id=1594621&vid=282208 |title=Sister Swoopes (Skins & Skins: Episode 4) |publisher=Logoonline.com |access-date=2011-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212000516/http://www.logoonline.com/video/?id=1594621&vid=282208 |archive-date=2008-12-12 }}</ref>

In 2010, Swoopes was an assistant basketball coach at [[Mercer Island High School]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name="Chicago Tribune 4-15-16"/> She was a color analyst for the Texas Tech women's basketball broadcast during the 2012–2013 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheryl Swoopes joins Texas Tech women's basketball broadcast team for 2012–13|url=http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2012/11/08/sheryl-swoopes-joins-texas-tech-womens-basketball-broadcast-team-for-2012-13/|publisher=hoopfeed.com|access-date=March 23, 2013|date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>

In 2013, Swoopes became head coach of the [[Loyola University Chicago]] women's basketball team. In April 2016, Loyola announced that it was investigating Swoopes for alleged mistreatment, after the school newspaper reported that 10 of the team's players had either transferred or wanted a release from their scholarships.<ref name="Chicago Tribune 4-15-16">{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Shannon|title=Loyola to investigate complaints about Sheryl Swoopes after mass transfers|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-loyola-sheryl-swoopes-transfers-spt-0416-20160415-story.html|access-date=April 15, 2016|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Finley|first1=Patrick|title=Loyola to investigate its coach, Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/loyola-to-investigate-coach-sheryl-swoopes-hall-of-fame-player |access-date=April 16, 2016|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> On July 4, 2016, Loyola announced it had fired Swoopes as a result of the investigation but declined to say what it had found.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/07/04/sheryl-swoopes-fired-loyola-player-mistreatment-investigation?xid=si_social|title=Loyola fires Sheryl Swoopes after investigation|website=SI.com|date=4 July 2016 |access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref>

In July 2017, Swoopes returned to her alma mater, Texas Tech, as the women's basketball Director of Player Development, where her job included resuming work as color analysis for broadcast Lady Raiders games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Raider Great Sheryl Swoopes Joins Staff|url=http://www.texastech.com/news/2017/7/5/lady-raider-great-sheryl-swoopes-joins-coaching-staff.aspx|publisher=Texas Tech Athletics|access-date=26 July 2017|date=5 July 2017}}</ref> Following the firing of head coach [[Candi Whitaker]] on January 1, 2018, Swoopes was promoted to regular assistant coach under interim head coach Shimmy Gray-Miller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/sports-red-raiders-womens-basketball/sports-red-raiders/sports/2018-01-01/texas-tech-relieves|title=Texas Tech relieves Whitaker of head coaching duties|author=Silva, Carlos Jr.|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|access-date=January 20, 2018|date=January 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/texastech.com/documents/2018/1/2/Kansas_Notes.pdf|title=Texas Tech Lady Raider Basketball Game 14: Kansas|publisher=Texas Tech|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref> In October 2024, Swoopes and Jordan Robinson, journalist and podcaster, began a weekly [[podcast]] titled ''Queens of the Court''.
==Personal life==
Swoopes was married from June 1995 to 1999 to her high-school sweetheart, Eric Jackson. The two have a son, Jordan Eric Jackson (b. 1997),<ref name=jackson>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=June 27, 1997 |title=Swoopes becomes a mother|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/27/sports/swoopes-becomes-a-mother.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|url-access=subscription |access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref> named after [[Michael Jordan]].<ref name=dunk/> Jordan Jackson, who was born some two months before his mother's WNBA debut, is also a basketball player and in 2024, wearing his [[Maine Celtics]] uniform with the same number 22 Sheryl wore during her career, won the [[NBA G League|G League]]'s [[dunk contest]].<ref name=dunk>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=June 27, 1997 |title=Swoopes becomes a mother|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/27/sports/swoopes-becomes-a-mother.html |work=[[ESPN]]|access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>

In October 2005, Swoopes announced she was [[gay]], becoming one of the highest-profile athletes in a team sport to do so publicly.<ref name=opens>{{Cite news|last=Knapp|first=Gwen|date=October 26, 2005|title=WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes opens up about being a lesbian|language=en-US|work=[[San Francisco Gate]]|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/knapp/article/wnba-star-sheryl-swoopes-opens-up-about-being-a-2600178.php|access-date=April 24, 2025|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=exhales>{{Cite news|last=Robbins|first=Liz|date=October 27, 2005|title=Swoopes Says She Is Gay, and Exhales|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/sports/basketball/swoopes-says-she-is-gay-and-exhales.html|access-date=April 24, 2025|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=LZ|last= Granderson | title=Three-time MVP 'tired of having to hide my feelings' | url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=2203853 | work=[[ESPN]]| date=October 28, 2008 | access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>  Swoopes stated<blockquote>It doesn't change who I am. I can't help who I fall in love with. No one can. Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much later in life. Being intimate with [Alisa] or any other woman never entered my mind. At the same time, I'm a firm believer that when you fall in love with somebody, you can't control that."</blockquote>

In 2016, she was named an [[LGBT]] History Month Icon by the Equality Forum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheryl Swoopes|url=https://www.lgbthistorymonth.com/sheryl-swoopes|website=April 17, 2016|publisher=Equality Forum}}</ref> She and her partner, former basketball player and [[Houston Comets]] assistant coach Alisa Scott, together raised Swoopes' son.<ref>{{cite news | first=Blaine|last= Harden | title=Washington State Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072600406.html | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=July 26, 2008 | access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref> 

The couple separated in 2011. Later that year, Swoopes got engaged to Chris Unclesho, a longtime male friend. After a long engagement, the couple wed on July 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maya-rupert/sheryl-swoopes-marriage_b_909288.html |title=Maya Rupert: What Sheryl Swoopes' Engagement Means: Understanding the Role of Identity and Combo Guards |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= August 1, 2011|access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>

Swoopes is an honorary member of [[Sigma Gamma Rho]] sorority; she was inducted on July 5, 2025.<ref>[https://www.watchtheyard.com/sgrhos/sheryl-swoopes-honorary-member-of-sigma-gamma-rho/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLWg-5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjMX9LKADF3tVn5eRY0jAcoqd-2ZTgICa1gLh-5Fg8dwkRrNphCvJZvhrabn_aem_EE8IGS_ee0hng_Xa_IzwkQ Basketball Legend Sheryl Swoopes Is Now an Honorary Member of Sigma Gamma Rho]</ref>

==WNBA career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Swoopes won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
|}

===Regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 9 || 0 || 14.3 || .472 || .250 || .714 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.4 || '''0.44''' || 7.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1998 WNBA season|1998]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 29 || 29 || 32.3 || .427 || .360 || .826 || 5.1 || 2.1 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 2.00 || 15.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 32 || 32 || 34.4 || .462 || .337 || .820 || '''6.3''' || 4.0 || 2.4 || '''1.4''' || 2.59 || 18.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 31 || 31 || 35.2 || '''.506''' || '''.374''' || .821 || '''6.3''' || 3.8 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''2.8'''° || 1.1 || 2.65 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''20.7'''°
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 32 || 32 || 36.1 || .434 || .288 || .825 || 4.9 || 3.3 || '''2.8''' || 0.7 || 2.72 || 18.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 31 || 30 || 35.0 || .406 || .304 || '''.887''' || 4.6 || 3.9 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|2.5° || 0.8 || 2.35 || 15.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 31 || 31 || 34.5 || .422 || .308 || .856 || 4.9 || 2.9 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 1.90 || 14.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| '''33''' || '''33''' || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''37.1'''° || .447 || .360 || .850 || 3.6 || '''4.3''' || 2.0 || 0.8 || 2.18 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|18.6°
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 31 || 31 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|35.8° || .413 || .278 || .764 || 5.9 || 3.7 || 2.1 || 0.3 || 2.39 || 15.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || 35.3 || .360 || .143 || 1.000 || 5.7 || 3.7 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 3.00 || 7.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
| 29 || 25 || 24.3 || .391 || .222 || .695 || 4.3 || 2.1 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 1.07 || 7.1 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Tulsa Shock|Tulsa]]
| 33 || 28 || 29.9 || .398 || .319 || .870 || 4.1 || 2.3 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 1.36 || 8.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|12 years, 3 teams
| 324 || 205 || 32.7 || .436 || .316 || .825 || 4.9 || 3.2 || 2.0 || 0.7 || 2.09 || 15.0
{{S-end}}

===Postseason===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#1997 season|1997]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 2 || 0 || 7.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || '''0.00''' || 0.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#1998 season|1998]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 5 || 5 || 37.6 || .443 || .278 || .933 || '''10.0''' || 5.2 || 1.8 || '''1.4''' || 3.20 || 14.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#1999 season|1999]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| '''6''' || '''6''' || 36.0 || .358 || .308 || .929 || 3.7 || 1.2 || 2.3 || 0.5 || 2.00 || 14.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2000 season|2000]]<sup>†</sup>
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| '''6''' || '''6''' || 36.7 || '''.471''' || '''.471''' || .793 || 5.7 || 3.2 || 2.8 || 0.0 || 2.00 || 18.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2002 season|2002]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''42.3'''° || .397 || .333 || .800 || 7.3 || '''5.7''' || '''4.0''' || 0.7 || 2.67 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|'''24.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2003 season|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 3 || 3 || 36.7 || .435 || .100 || '''.938''' || 6.3 || 4.3 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 1.67 || 18.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[WNBA Playoffs#2005 season|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 5 || 5 || 37.8 || .402 || .357 || .810 || 5.6 || 3.8 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 3.00 || 18.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 WNBA Playoffs|2006]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Houston Comets|Houston]]
| 2 || 2 || 31.0 || .389 || .167 || .875 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.00 || 11.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008 WNBA Playoffs|2008]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Seattle Storm|Seattle]]
| 3 || 2 || 24.0 || .320 || .200 || .889 || 3.3 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 1.67 || 8.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|9 years, 2 teams
| 35 || 32 || 34.3 || .406 || .293 || .861 || 5.5 || 3.1 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 2.14 || 15.5
{{s-end}}

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach | conference = | postseason= }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      =[[Loyola Ramblers]]
 | conference=[[Missouri Valley Conference]]
 | startyear =2013
 | endyear   = 2016
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]]
| name         = Loyola (Chicago)
| overall      = 11–21
| conference   = 6–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2014–15]]
| name         = Loyola (Chicago)
| overall      = 6–25
| conference   = 3–15
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = 
| season       = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2015–16]]
| name         = [[2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team|Loyola (Chicago)]]
| overall      = 14–16
| conference   = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = Loyola (Chicago)
| overall    = 31–62
| confrecord = 19–35
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 31–62
| legend = no
}}

==See also==
* [[List of WNBA players]]

==References==
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<ref name="NCAA Coaches">{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball Coaches Career|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=Records>{{cite web|title=Championship records remembered|date=April 2012 |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2012-04-01/championship-records-remembered|publisher=NCAA|access-date=May 15, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Sportswoman">{{cite web|title=Sportswoman of the Year|url=http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/home/programs/awards/sportswoman-of-the-year|publisher=Women's Sports Foundation|access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="1994 WC">{{cite web|title=Twelfth<!-- "Twelvth" in original --> World Championship For Women -- 1994|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/twelvth-world-championship-for-women-1994.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905195924/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/twelvth-world-championship-for-women-1994.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="1995 Pan Am">{{cite web|title=Twelfth<!-- "Twelvth" in original --> Pan American Games -- 1995|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/twelvth-pan-american-games-1995-1.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929045436/http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/twelvth-pan-american-games-1995-1.aspx|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="1996 Olympics">{{cite web|url=http://usabasketball.com/womens/national/woly_1996.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914205425/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/woly_1996.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2010|title=Games of the XXVIth Olympiad – 1996|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=July 3, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="2002 WC">{{cite web|title=Fourteenth World Championship For Women -- 2002|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fourteenth-world-championship-for-women-2002.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905200622/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fourteenth-world-championship-for-women-2002.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="2006 WC">{{cite web|title=Fifteenth World Championship For Women -- 2006|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fifteenth-world-championship-for-women-2006.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905200902/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fifteenth-world-championship-for-women-2006.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

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

}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|last=Ikard|first=Robert W.|year=2005|title= Just for Fun: The Story of AAU Women's Basketball |publisher=The University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-55728-889-9}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|1=http://www.sherylswoopes.net}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160613205201/http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/sheryl_swoopes_844854.html Loyola bio]
*[http://www.wnba.com/player/sheryl-swoopes/ WNBA listing]

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