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Rhyne Howard was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft after a stellar career at Kentucky where she scored over 2,000 points, was a two-time SEC Player of the Year and was a unanimous All-American.
Now she’s also getting ready to begin her second year as an assistant coach/director of player personnel at Florida.
“She’s a tremendous young coach. She’s going to be elite in our game for a very long time, if that’s what she chooses to do,” Florida coach Kelly Rae Finley said at SEC Media Day.
The coach said Howard can be an inspiration to her players because of what she’s already done in college and continues to do in the WNBA where she’s been named an All-Star. Howard also has played in the 3×3 competition in the Olympics.
“Having somebody like her around our student-athletes that is currently living their dreams is just such a valuable asset to our coaching staff,” Finley said. “In terms of her development, she’s always been a little on the quieter side. She’s really growing into her voice, her leadership, finding solutions.
“She’s obviously a brilliant basketball player. Her ability to both jump in and do scouts and things of that nature, do a little bit of recruiting here and there, it’s been very, very fun to watch her development as a coach.”
