Cheryl Reeve, Head Coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Episode 516 of the Sports Media Podcast features Cheryl Reeve, the Head Coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx. Reeve's resume includes coaching the Lynx to four WNBA titles, winning two championships with the former Detroit Shock and coaching the 2024 U.S. women's Olympic team to a gold medal. In this podcast Reeve discusses how much she thinks about media coverage; how she looks at local coverage versus national media; why Lynx star Napheesa Collier did not have a higher profile prior to this year; the history of media coverage in the WNBA; what she would do if she was in charge of WNBA broadcasting; whether the league can be more transparent when it comes to fines for coaches/players; how much of a motivator last season is for her team; her comments last year after the Finals loss; what she learned about coaching Hall of Fame caliber players; her best leadership lessons and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.3	I'm your host, Richard Dyche.
0:45.1	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:46.6	One guest on this episode, but if you are a basketball fan, it is a name very familiar
0:53.7	to you.
0:54.5	Charles Reeve is the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Minnesota
0:58.4	Lynx. She's the most accomplished coach in WMBA history. It's my words, but that's not
1:04.9	really a subjective take. I think that's an objective take. Her resume includes four WMBA
1:10.1	titles. As a head coach, she also won two championships
1:13.1	when she was with the Detroit Shock in 2006 and 2008 and as an assistant. She coached four
1:19.2	Hall of Famers, Simone Augustus, Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles, Lindsay Welland. He's coaching currently
1:24.6	a Hall of Famer to be now in Ephesa Collier. Two of those Hall of
1:29.5	Famers, Sylvia Fowler, I believe will be enshrined in the 2025 class come September.
1:37.4	As we tape this podcast, the links are 9-0, best record in the league. I believe their best record in terms to start the season is 13 and
1:46.9	no. So we'll see that. And then on a personal note, I've known Cheryl for a bit. I've always enjoyed
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