Brian Agler

Brian Agler

Los Angeles Sparks
Position	Head coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1958-08-02) August 2, 1958
Nationality	American
Career information
High school	Elgin (Marion, Ohio)
College	Wittenberg (1976–1980)
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As coach:
1993–1996	Kansas State (women's)
1996–1998	Columbus Quest (ABL)
1999–2002	Minnesota Lynx
2004	Phoenix Mercury (assistant)
2005–2007	San Antonio Silver Stars (assistant)
2008–2014	Seattle Storm
2015–present	Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights and awards
ABL Coach of the Year Award (1997) 2x ABL champion (1997, 1998) WNBA Coach of the Year Award (2010) WNBA champion (2010)
Stats at WNBA.com

Brian Agler (born August 2, 1958) is a basketball coach, currently the head coach of WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. He has been the head coach of two other professional women's teams, and won three professional titles as coach.

Agler attended college at Wittenberg University in Ohio, where he helped the Tigers win the 1977 Division III NCAA Championship as a point guard. He graduated in 1980. He received his master's degree in education from Pittsburg State University in 1985.

As head coach of the Columbus Quest of the American Basketball League, Agler led the team to a combined 82-22 record and two ABL Championships. He was named ABL Coach of the Year in 1997.

After the ABL collapsed in late 1998, Agler made the shift to the WNBA. He became the first head coach of the Minnesota Lynx, piloting them to a 48-67 record from 1999-2002. He served as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Mercury in the 2004 season, then with the San Antonio Silver Stars from 2005 to 2007. The Seattle Storm named Agler head coach on January 9, 2008. He succeeds Anne Donovan who resigned in November 2007.

Agler coached the Seattle Storm to win their second championship in 2010.

He now lives in Ohio, while he was still coaching the Storm.

On January 5, 2015, it was announced that Agler would become the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks.

External links

• Brian Agler named head coach of the Seattle Storm

Sporting positions
Preceded by Susan Yow	Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball Head Coach 1993–1996	Succeeded by Jack Hartman (interim)
Preceded by Position Created	Minnesota Lynx General Manager 1999-2002	Succeeded by Roger Griffith
Preceded by Karen Bryant	Seattle Storm General Manager 2011–2014	Succeeded by Alisha Valavanis

Los Angeles Sparks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 0 Beard, Alana 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-14-1982 Duke 12 F 10 Belyakova, Evgeniya 6' 0" (1.83m) 150 lb (68kg) 06-27-1986 Russia R G/F 17 Carson, Essence 6' 0" (1.83m) 163 lb (74kg) 07-28-1986 Rutgers 8 G 23 Dabović, Ana 6' 0" (1.83m) 157 lb (71kg) 08-18-1989 Serbia 1 F 28 Dubljević, Jelena 6' 3" (1.91m) 179 lb (81kg) 05-07-1987 Montenegro R G 12 Gray, Chelsea 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-08-1992 Duke 1 G 35 Knight, Whitney 6' 3" (1.91m) 156 lb (71kg) 01-09-1993 Florida Gulf Coast R C 42 Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 11-12-1988 Ohio State 5 F 30 Ogwumike, Nneka 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 07-02-1990 Stanford 4 F/C 3 Parker, Candace 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 04-19-1986 Tennessee 8 G 20 Toliver, Kristi 5' 7" (1.7m) 130 lb (59kg) 01-27-1987 Maryland 7 C 21 Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 10-12-1980 Belgium 8 East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Amber Stocks (Cincinnati) Athletic trainer Courtney Watson (California) Strength and conditioning coach Kelly Dormandy (Springfiled College) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page