Pokey Chatman

Dana "Pokey" Chatman (born June 18, 1969) is the current general manager and head coach of the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She is the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team and the Spartak Moscow women's basketball team.

Chatman spent the first 20 years of her adult life at LSU as a player (1987–1991), student assistant (1991–1992), assistant coach (1992–2004) and head coach (2004–2007). After succeeding longtime coach Sue Gunter in 2004, Chatman led the Lady Tigers to three consecutive NCAA Final Fours in 2004 (as acting head coach for the ailing Gunter), 2005, and 2006.

Notably, Chatman resigned from her post at LSU on March 7, 2007 amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with former players that were alleged to have begun when Chatman was coaching the players.

Biography

High school career

She played point guard in high school and was a 5-time AAU All-American.

LSU playing career

The 1991 Kodak All-American point guard played for Gunter from 1987 to 1991, starting all but one game and setting the all-time steals (346) and assists (570) records at LSU. Her assist record was broken in the 2003–2004 season by Temeka Johnson. Chatman played in the NCAA Tournament four times and posted a record of 82–38 as a player. She was a three-time All-SEC selection and led the Lady Tigers to their first ever SEC Tournament title in 1991, where she was the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP).

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Famous quotes by Pokey Chatman:

"I learned a lot about basketball. I learned more about life."
"It's obviously been a difficult day for me. Not only have I lost a great friend and mentor, but the game of basketball has lost one of its true pioneers. She not only made a huge difference in my life, but in the life of everyone associated with women's basketball."
"She had that gleam in her soft blue eyes and that smirk in the corner of her mouth. That said more to me than any words."
"I should be the least nervous person here. I only had to do one thing to stand here tonight and that was to choose Louisiana State University as a high school senior."
"18 years of witnessing Coach Gunter's mastery."
"She was an administrator. She probably taught a class. She drove the bus. She coached the team. I remember she told me when she became head coach at Stephen F. Austin she was making $6,500 a year and she thought she'd hit the lottery."
"(Game-planning) is never about one player. But you have to respect someone that's going to put up a double-double."
"I thought the biggest difference was the fact we were able to defend the basketball at the highest level."
"You don't feel like an outsider, because at the end of the day it's the basketball game and everything you work for so many years coming up to this point."
"She's the child that Baton Rouge raised. To see her on this stage is a compliment to her."
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