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Marynell Meadors was born on 27 August, 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., is an American basketball coach. Discover Marynell Meadors's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Age 80 years old
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Born 27 August, 1943
Birthday 27 August
Birthplace Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1943

Marynell Meadors (born August 27, 1943) is an American women's basketball coach at the college and professional level.

1965

She graduated with a B. S. in Physical Education in 1965 and with an M. S. in Physiology of Exercise in 1966.

Meadors was allowed by MTSU to begin coaching women's sports, and coached basketball at MTSU before it was a varsity sport and before Title IX was passed.

1970

In 1970, women's basketball became a varsity sport.

Her total budget (not salary) for her first year was $100.00 She would coach sixteen seasons at Tennessee Tech, finishing with a 363-138 (.724) lifetime record.

Meadors would win six consecutive Tennessee state championships, four Ohio Valley Conference championships and two Metro Conference championships.

1986

Looking for opportunities on a larger stage, she coached at Florida State University from 1986 to 1996 where she led the Seminoles to two NCAA tournament appearances and the 1991 Metro Conference Championship.

1995

She left Florida State after the 1995–96 season to take over coaching duties of the Charlotte Sting.

1997

She most recently served as head coach and general manager of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and was one of the original eight head coaches when the WNBA started in 1997.

Meadors grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing basketball at a young age, shooting at a backboard mounted against a willow tree.

According to Meadors, she decided in seventh grade to become a basketball coach.

After graduating from Hillsboro High School, she attended Middle Tennessee State University not far from Nashville.

In 1997, Meadors was hired as the head coach and general manager of the Charlotte Sting.

It was the first year of the WNBA's existence, and she led the Sting to a 15-13 record, and a spot in the playoffs.

1998

In 1998, the Sting finished 18-12, and again were in the WNBA playoffs.

1999

However, during a 5–7 start in 1999, Meadors was fired after an 82–56 loss to the Cleveland Rockers.

Between coaching jobs, Meadors would become director of scouting for the Miami Sol in 1999, before the team began play in 2000.

2002

She would keep the job until the team folded in 2002.

This tied for the largest win turnaround in WNBA history of 14 game win total from the previous year (Detroit Shock 9 wins in 2002; 25 wins in 2003).

As general manager, Meadors was responsible for convincing veteran Chamique Holdsclaw to return from retirement, drafting rookies Angel McCoughtry (forward) from Louisville and Shalee Lehning (guard) from Kansas State, and getting Michelle Snow and Sancho Little in the supplemental draft from the folding of the Houston Comets.

Meadors was named WNBA Coach of the Year receiving 30 votes, finishing ahead of Lin Dunn of the Indiana Fever who received 6 votes.

2003

Meadors also served as an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball from 2003 to 2005.

Meadors was then hired as an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball and coach there between 2003 and 2005.

2005

In April 2005, Meadors was hired as an assistant coach by former Washington Mystics head coach Michael Adams.

Adams resigned from the Mystics in the same month to join the coaching staff at the University of Maryland, and new Mystics head coach Richie Adubato kept Meadors on the coaching staff.

2007

Meadors remained with the Mystics during Adubato's stint with the Mystics, and finished 2007 with Tree Rollins as head coach.

(The Mystics went 50–52 while Meadors was on the coaching staff.)

On November 27, 2007, Marynell Meadors was hired by owner Ron Terwilliger to become the coach of the new, Atlanta Dream WNBA franchise in Atlanta.

Meadors presented detailed plans for the new franchise in an interview, and had a master list of WNBA players and college players, with notations as to which players might be protected and which college players might be worth acquiring.

"I wouldn't give them the list until they hired me," said Meadors.

With the new team forced to acquire much of its talent from an expansion draft, and with key players being injured or not signing, the Dream endured an 0–17 start to the season and only won four games during their inaugural season.

The next year, the Dream went 18–16, finishing second in the Eastern Conference, and making the playoffs.

2010

In 2010, the Dream went 19–15, finishing fourth in the Eastern Conference, and making the playoffs despite new ownership.

Likewise, they lost Snow and Holdsclaw to the San Antonio Silver Stars.

In the playoffs, the swept through No. 1 seed Washington and No. 2 seed New York to advance to the WNBA Finals for the first time in their history.

Despite the odds, they played three close games with the Seattle Storm which featured Swin Cash, Sue Bird, and Finals MVP Lauren Jackson.

The next year, the Dream went 20–14, finishing third in the Eastern Conference, and making the playoffs despite another ownership change.

They added Lindsay Harding from a trade with the Washington Mystics as well as adding players in Courtney Paris and Sandora Irvin.

Angel McCoughtry made her first All-Star debut with an outstanding season as well as contributions from Sancho Lyttle, Iziane Castro-Marques and Erika DeSouza.

2017

In December 2017, Meadors was hired as Coach of a new addition to the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League, the Atlanta Monarchs.