Le'coe Willingham Explained

Le'coe Willingham
Position:Assistant coach
League:WNBA
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:200
Birth Date:1981 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
High School:Hephzibah (Hephzibah, Georgia)
College:Auburn (1999–2004)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2004
Career Start:2004
Years1:2004–2007
Team1:Connecticut Sun
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:Phoenix Mercury
Years3:2010–2011
Team3:Seattle Storm
Years4:2010–2012
Team4:Elitzur Ramla
Years5:2012
Team5:Chicago Sky
Years6:2013
Team6:Atlanta Dream
Cyears1:2021–2022
Cteam1:Dallas Wings (assistant)
Cyears2:2022–2023
Cteam2:Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
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Le'coe Willingham (born February 10, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title.[1] She last played the forward position for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA.

College career

Among Auburn's top ten career leaders in starts, points, field goals made, field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, rebounds. Willingham is Auburn's seventh all-time scorer and sixth all-time rebounder.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Connecticut|23||0||7.6||63.2||0.0||76.9||1.9||0.3||0.3||0.1||0.5||3.0|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Connecticut|18||0||5.1||41.2||0.0||50.0||0.9||0.2||0.1||0.0||0.8||1.3 |-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Connecticut|29||0||7.2||47.2||60.0||53.8||1.9||0.6||0.2||0.0||0.5||2.2 |-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Connecticut|28||5||11.4||38.5||0.0||72.0||2.8||0.4||0.3||0.2||0.7||2.1 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Phoenix|34||27||24.5||57.0||18.5||74.1||5.9||0.9||0.6||0.2||1.4||10.1|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Phoenix|34||34||21.0||53.3||12.5||84.8||4.2||1.0||0.6||0.3||1.4||10.0|-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Seattle|33||2||15.6||53.8||45.2||66.7||4.1||0.7||0.5||0.2||0.9||5.5 |-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Seattle|34||8||19.1||47.3||27.5||64.2||4.2||1.1||0.5||0.2||1.3||6.4 |-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Chicago|33||1||18.5||31.3||27.4||60.9||2.9||0.9||0.5||0.1||1.7||3.5|-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Atlanta|34||28||22.2||42.4||30.4||71.4||4.2||0.8||0.8||0.3||1.2||4.1 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 10 years, 5 teams|300||105||16.2||49.0||29.6||71.3||3.5||0.7||0.5||0.2||1.1||5.2

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Connecticut|8||0||7.5||38.9||0.0||75.0||2.4||0.1||0.0||0.1||0.4||2.1|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Connecticut|3||0||3.3||0.0||0.0||100.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.3||0.3||0.7|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Connecticut|3||0||3.3||40.0||100.0||0.0||1.3||0.0||0.0||0.3||0.3||1.7|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Connecticut|3||0||13.7||75.0||100.0||100.0||3.3||0.7||0.0||0.3||1.0||5.3|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Phoenix|11||11||23.1||53.8||0.0||83.3||4.4||0.9||0.4||0.5||1.3||8.2|-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Seattle|7||0||13.3||50.0||28.6||71.4||2.9||1.0||0.0||0.0||0.6||4.7|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Seattle|3||0||13.0||27.3||0.0||0.0||3.3||0.7||0.3||0.0||0.7||2.0 |-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Atlanta|4||2||18.0||10.0||0.0||0.0||1.8||1.0||0.8||0.3||0.8||0.5|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 8 years, 4 teams|42||13||13.8||46.2||23.5||78.6||2.8||0.6||0.2||0.2||0.7||4.1

College

Source

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999–00Auburn2730549.6073.17.61.11.20.311.3
2001–02Auburn2934849.35062.78.11.11.10.212
2002–03   Auburn3331648.331.7716.21.31.20.29.6
2003–04Auburn3150660.833.376.59.11.61.40.416.3
CareerAuburn120147552.631.3717.71.31.20.312.3

WNBA career

Willingham began her career with the Connecticut Sun. She was not drafted, but instead signed as a free agent by the Sun. During the 2008 offseason, the Phoenix Mercury signed her as a free agent. In the 2010 offseason, she signed a free agent deal with the Seattle Storm. Willingham helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MERCURY: Mercury's Willingham Makes Jump to Starter. www.wnba.com. 2017-08-30.
  2. Web site: Second title even sweeter for Storm. Voepel. Mechelle. 16 September 2010. ESPN. 17 September 2010.