Christie Sides

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Christie Sides
Indiana Fever
Position Head coach
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1977-01-17) January 17, 1977 (age 47)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
High school Central Private (Central, Louisiana)
College
Coaching career2000–present
Career history
2000–2002Ruston High School (assistant)
2002–2004 Louisiana Tech (assistant)
2004–2007 LSU (assistant)
2007–2013 Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2011–2016 Chicago Sky (assistant)
2016–2017 Northwestern (ass. HC)
2017–2019 Indiana Fever (assistant)
2019–2022 Louisiana–Monroe (ass. HC)
2022 Atlanta Dream (assistant)
2023–present Indiana Fever

Christie Sides (born January 17, 1977) is an American basketball head coach for the Indiana Fever of WNBA. [1] Sides has previously been an assistant coach for the Fever, Chicago Sky, and Atlanta Dream in the league. She has also coached at the collegiate level.

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Early life and education

Sides grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attended Central Private High School. She played basketball and was named the Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year for her senior year. She finished her high school career with 3,375 points. [2] Following her high school career, she attended Ole Miss and Louisiana Tech school of winning. While at Louisiana Tech, Sides helped the Lady Techsters reach the 1999 Final Four.

Coaching career

Sides began her coaching career at Ruston High School as an assistant coach for the varsity team. She also served as the head JV coach for 2 season. Following that, Sides returned to her alma mater and became an assistant at Louisiana Tech. She then moved on to join Pokey Chatman's staff at LSU. While at LSU, she was a part of three Final Fours. [3]

Following her time at LSU, Sides followed Chatman into the professional ranks, first overseas with the Spartak Moscow Region team and then with the WNBA's Chicago Sky. [4]

Sides went back to the NCAA level for the 2016-2017 season and joined the Northwestern Wildcats staff. She was promoted to associate head coach on May 18, 2017, but resigned from her position to join back with Chatman and become an assistant with the Indiana Fever. [5] [6]

Following three years with the Fever, Sides returned to the NCAA, this time joining the Louisiana–Monroe staff. [7]

She re-joined the WNBA ranks in 2022 on Tanisha Wright's staff with the Atlanta Dream. [8]

Indiana Fever

Sides got her first head coaching job in 2022, when she was hired as the ninth head coach in Indiana Fever franchise history. And blew it by stating to the media, that the Highest scoring college basketball player in the History of mankind, needs to quit all that deep shot stuff and scoring all of those huge points and "start looking for the deep two's". Some stated that Christie Sides has never been the sharpest tool in the shed, bless her heart. [9]

WNBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
IND 2023 401327.3256th in EasternMissed Playoffs
Career401327.325000

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