A longtime WNBA participant and school assistant with a successful observe file will be part of an HBCU teaching workers this season.
Plenette Pierson, who performed 15 seasons within the WNBA, was added to new Prairie View girls’s basketball coach Tai Dillard’s workers final week.
🔥 WNBA legend within the constructing!@3SSBGCircuit⁰We had the glory of catching up with Plenette Pierson, former WNBA star and now the most recent assistant coach at @PVAMU_WBB 🏀💜⚡️
Coach Pierson stopped by to speak all issues PV hoops and gave us a glimpse into what you’ll be able to count on… pic.twitter.com/oQFg4BL5gb
— Sportslifetalk Media🎙🎧 (@sportslifetalk) Could 18, 2025
Pierson, a Houston native, performed school ball at Texas Tech earlier than being chosen by the Phoenix Mercury within the 2003 WNBA draft. She finally made her strategy to the Detroit Shock, serving to that crew win the 2006 and 2008 league championships.
Pierson additionally performed for the New York Liberty and Dallas Wings earlier than wrapping up her profession with the Minnesota Lynx and a 3rd league title in 2017. Over 15 years, she averaged 9.6 factors and 4.1 rebounds per sport.
Pierson returned to Texas Tech as an assistant in 2022 earlier than accepting the place at Prairie View.
Dillard was employed final month to exchange Sandy Pugh, who stepped down after eight seasons as head coach.
