Rebekkah Brunson

Rebekkah Brunson (born December 11, 1981) is an American basketball coach and broadcast analyst. She is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Brunson is a former forward for the Lynx and is the only player to win five WNBA championships. She held the WNBA record for rebounding, which she ceded to Lynx center Sylvia Fowles in 2020.

Brunson was born in Washington, D.C., and attended Oxon Hill High School in Maryland. Brunson graduated from Georgetown University in 2004 as its women's basketball program's all-time leading rebounder. She also played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Pan American Games.

College statistics

Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

2000–01 Georgetown 32 474 .509 – .563 9.2 0.7 1.8 0.9 14.8

2001–02 Georgetown 18 272 .481 .083 .670 8.5 0.6 1.9 1.1 15.1

2002–03 Georgetown 29 481 .463 .438 .670 10.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 16.6

2003–04 Georgetown 28 535 .485 .182 .608 12.0 1.3 1.7 1.8 19.1

Career 107 1,762 .485 .256 .625 10.2 1.1 1.9 1.4 16.5

Source In 2011, Brunson tied a WNBA record with six consecutive double-doubles, and was named WNBA Player of the Month for June, the first member of the Lynx to be so honored. She was later named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, and started in place of an injured Candace Parker.

Brunson led the Lynx in field goal percentage and rebounds in a year where the team had the best record in the WNBA. She was honored with her first appearance on the WNBA All-Defensive First Team; she had earned second-team honors three previous times. The Lynx would go on to win the 2011 WNBA Championship.

Brunson won her third league title in 2013. Brunson again made the All-Star Game, starting in place of the injured Brittney Griner. Brunson set the career mark for rebounds in the Finals, with 130, breaking the record held by former teammate Taj McWilliams-Franklin. She also broke McWilliams-Franklin's record for Finals games played, with 19.

In 2015, Brunson would win her fourth WNBA championship with the Lynx as they defeated the Indiana Fever in five games.

Following a finals loss in 2016 to the Los Angeles Sparks, Brunson would be selected into the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, replacing an injured Brittney Griner, making it her fourth career all-star game appearance. As of 2017, Brunson also became the all-time league leader in career offensive rebounds.

Later on in the 2017 season, Brunson became the first player in league history to win 5 WNBA championships, as the Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks in five games, avenging the previous year's Finals loss.

In 2018, Brunson passed Tamika Catchings, who had 3,317 career rebounds, to become the league's all-time rebounding leader. She was also announced as an all-star replacement for Nneka Ogwumike in the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her fifth all-star appearance. Brunson however missed the playoffs due to injury. The Lynx finished 18–16 with the number 7 seed and lost in the first round elimination game to the Los Angeles Sparks, ending their streak of three consecutive finals appearances.

Brunson officially retired in February 2020, when she was hired as assistant coach of the Lynx. The Lynx retired her jersey on July 3, 2022. In 2023, Brunson was named to the Lynx All-25 Team as one of the best 25 players in the team's history.

Overseas career During WNBA offseasons, Brunson has played for Taranto, an Italian professional basketball team, for the Dynamo team based in Russia, and Dexia Namur, a professional club in Belgium, and for Nadezhda team based in Orenburg, Russia. She then played for USK Praha, with which she won the Czech League title (4–2 vs BK Brno) and reached the Women's Euroleague Top 16. She played with Dynamo Kursk, along with Lynx teammate Seimone Augustus from 2013 to 2016.

USA Basketball Brunson was named to the team representing the US at the 2003 Pan American Games. She has continued as an analyst in addition to her coaching work. In the 2023-24 Timberwolves season, Brunson has joined Kevin Lynch and Marney Gellner in providing analysis after regular season games on the Wolves Live broadcast.

Personal life Brunson established and manages the 32 Foundation (named for her jersey number), which sponsors academic and athletic opportunities for youth in the metropolitan DC area. Rebekkah Brunson and wife Bobbi Jo Lamar Brunson welcomed their son Graham Matteo Lamar Brunson on September 29, 2018. The two had a second son in November 2023. Brunson and her wife own and operate Sweet TrooVī, which began as a Belgian waffle food truck inspired by Brunson's time playing professional basketball in Belgium and has since evolved into a mission-driven company offering authentic Liege waffles and gourmet plant-based cookies distributed at both local and national levels.

WNBA career statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Brunson won a WNBA championship

Regular season

Postseason