{"id":135639,"date":"2017-12-28T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=135639"},"modified":"2017-12-28T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T22:31:57","slug":"lynx-coach-reeve-gets-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=135639","title":{"rendered":"Lynx Coach Reeve gets contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-135641\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ReeveCheryl2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ReeveCheryl2.jpg 279w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ReeveCheryl2-271x175.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The Minnesota <span style=\"color: red;\">Lynx<\/span> have signed coach Cheryl Reeve to a multiyear contract extension and made her general manager of the four-time WNBA champions.<\/p>\n<p>Reeve&#8217;s record in eight seasons with the <span style=\"color: red;\">Lynx<\/span> is 195-77, winning titles in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. During the 11 years before Reeve&#8217;s arrival, the <span style=\"color: red;\">Lynx<\/span> made the playoffs only twice.<\/p>\n<p>Her .715 career winning percentage is the highest in WNBA history.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: red;\">Lynx<\/span> also announced multiyear contract extensions with assistant coaches Shelley Patterson and Walt Hopkins on Thursday. The team promoted basketball operations manager Clare Duwelius to assistant GM.<\/p>\n<p>Executive vice president Roger Griffith previously held the role of general manager. Reeve becomes the sixth dual coach\/GM in the league.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The Minnesota Lynx have signed coach Cheryl Reeve to a multiyear contract extension and made her general manager of the four-time WNBA champions. Reeve&#8217;s record in eight seasons with the Lynx is 195-77, winning titles in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. During the 11 years before Reeve&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135642,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135639\/revisions\/135642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}