Michelle Edwards (basketball)

Michelle Edwards
Illinois Fighting Illini
Position	Assistant coach
League	Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born	March 6, 1966; Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Cathedral; (Boston, Massachusetts)
College	Iowa (1984–1988)
WNBA draft	1997: Initial allocation round
Drafted by	Cleveland Rockers
Position	Guard
Number	44
Coaching career	2004–2005, 2019–present
Career history
As a player:
1997–2000	Cleveland Rockers
2000–2001	Seattle Storm
As a coach:
2004–2005	Rutgers (assistant)
2019–present	Illinois (assistant)
Career highlights
	WBCA Player of the Year (1988); All-American – Kodak, USBWA (1988); Big Ten Player of the Year (1988); Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (1988); 3x First-team All-Big Ten (1986–1988); No. 30 retired by Iowa Hawkeyes;
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball
Representing the United States
Pan American Games

Michelle Edwards (born March 6, 1966) is an American retired professional women's basketball player. She was a member of the United States women's national basketball team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. Edwards was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Edwards was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.

Allocated to the Cleveland Rockers in the 1997 WNBA draft, the 5'9" guard out of the University of Iowa played for Cleveland and the Seattle Storm during her career. She also coached at Rutgers University.