Shanele Stires

Shanele Marie Stires (born May 21, 1972) is an American retired professional women's basketball player and current college basketball coach.

Shanele Stires

Cal Poly Mustangs
Position	Head coach
League	Big West Conference
Personal information
Born	(1972-05-21) May 21, 1972 Junction City, Kansas
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Salina Central (Salina, Kansas)
College	Cloud County CC (1991–1992) Kansas State (1992–1995)
WNBA draft	2000: 4th round, 56th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	1996–2002
Position	Forward
Number	3
Coaching career	2003–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1999	Columbus Quest
2000–2002	Minnesota Lynx
As coach:
2003–2006	Ohio (assistant)
2006–2008	San Francisco (assistant)
2008–2010	San Diego State (assistant)
2010–2011	Stetson (assistant)
2011–2012	Nebraska–Omaha (assistant)
2012–2014	San Francisco (assistant)
2014–2016	San Francisco (associate HC)
2016–2022	Cal State East Bay
2022–present	Cal Poly
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Big 8 (1995)
Career WNBA statistics
Points	92 (1.9 ppg)
Rebounds	47 (1.0 rpg)
Assists	22 (0.5 apg)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Career

She is the head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball team since April 2022.

Stires attended Cloud County Community College during her freshman year before transferring to Kansas State University, where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in Social Science. With Kansas State, Stires scored 1,344 career points, and as a senior was selected for Kodak All-America honorable mention and All-Big 8 First Team accolades.

She started her American professional career playing for the Columbus Quest in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL). After the ABL ceased operations, she joined the Women's National Basketball Association and played for the Minnesota Lynx for three seasons after being drafted with the 56th overall pick in 2000.

After her playing career she served three years as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Ohio University. In August 2006, she was named as an assistant coach at University of San Francisco. Stires also pursued a Master's Degree in Coaching Education from Ohio University.

Stires served as head coach for Cal State East Bay, coaching the Pioneers to their first-ever Division II NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2022.

Her brother, Sean Stires, is a play-by-play radio announcer for the University of Notre Dame's women's basketball team.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2000	Minnesota	21	0	5.6	.448	.500	.667	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.7
2001	Minnesota	18	5	11.2	.377	.240	.714	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.8
2002	Minnesota	9	0	2.4	.500	.500	.500	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.7
Career	3 years, 1 team	48	5	7.1	.407	.324	.667	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1992–93	Kansas State	27	-	-	41.3	24.1	66.7	9.0	2.2	2.0	0.3	-	13.4
1993–94	Kansas State	27	-	-	47.3	33.0	75.4	8.7	2.4	2.2	0.0	-	17.1
1994–95	Kansas State	27	-	-	47.8	34.3	68.8	8.3	1.9	2.0	0.1	-	19.3
Career		81	-	-	45.7	32.4	70.3	8.7	2.2	2.1	0.1	-	16.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.

External links

• WNBA Player Profile
• August 10, 2006 article on her joining the University of San Francisco's coaching staff