HoopGurlz Columnists

Chris Bown, who writes The Drill, is the head girl's basketball coach at Lakeside, a coach with the Northwest HoopGurlz traveling girl's team, and a former assistant with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA. He previously was head coach at Holy Names and an assistant coach under legendary Sandy Schneider at Lakeside for five seasons. In 2002, Chris was the Coordinator of Individual Player Development for the Storm. Click Here for Chris Bown columns.


Shimmy Gray is in her first year at head women's basketball coach at St. Louis University. Previously, she was an assistant with the University of Arizona Wildcats and the University of Washington. A native of Flint, Mich., and standout at Carman-Ainsworth High, Shimmy played college basketball at Michigan from 1991-94, where she was a three-year starter for the Wolverines and team captain as a senior. Click Here for Shimmy Gray columns.


Gary Kloppenburg is an assistant coach with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. Before joining Charlotte, Gary was an assistant with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and Seattle Storm. The son of legendary coach Bob Kloppenburg, Gary is a 1981 University of California-San Diego graduate who also served as an assistant with the Continental Basketball League’s Rockford Lightning and the Quad City Thunder. Click Here for Gary Kloppenburg's workout program.


Tim Vagen, who writes Making the Athlete, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who is the founder and owner of Athletes Unlimited, a Kent, Wash., athletic development consulting service. He has more than 22 years of experience teaching athletes in many sports to move more efficiently. His clients include NFL players, baseball clubs, soccer clubs, Seattle Police S.W.A.T., and U.S. Rugby team. Click Here for Making the Athlete columns.


Teresa Wippel, who writes the popular Dear Hoop Mom advice column for basketball parents, is team manager of the Warriors Basketball Club, a 7th Grade girls' basketball team from the Seattle area, and mom to Warriors post player Amanda Waldron. In her other life, she is a freelance writer and editor. To ask Teresa a question about sports parenting issues, email her at teresawippel@earthlink.net. Click Here for Dear Hoop Mom columns.


Ernie Woods is the winningest coach in the history of Washington State community college basketball. Woods' coaching expertise and knowledge has been recognized both nationally and abroad. Ernie has long been active in computer technology and its application to basketball as chief designer/advisor to CyberSports, Dynasport, and SportsSoftware, and a consultant to Microsoft's NBA Drive 2000. Click Here for Ernie Woods columns.