Brian Agler | Head Coach
The 2009 WNBA season marks the second campaign as Seattle Storm head coach for Brian Agler, and his fifth year as a head coach in the WNBA. Agler was introduced as the Storm's head coach on Jan. 8, 2008 and is the third coach in Storm history. He also assumed the role of Director of Player Personnel. On Sept. 14, 2009, Agler signed a new two-year contract through the 2011 season with a third-year option.
Prior to joining the Storm last year, Agler was the head coach and general manager of the Minnesota Lynx from 1999-2002, where he compiled a 42-54 (.438) record. Before being named the first coach of the expansion Lynx, Agler served as the head coach of the Columbus Quest of the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL) from 1996-1999, compiling an 82-22 record.
Agler completed his third season as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2007. Prior to joining San Antonio, he served as assistant coach with the Phoenix Mercury and helped guide the team to a 17-17 record after the Mercury finished with an 8-26 record in 2003.
Agler spent 15 seasons coaching among the college ranks, including 13 seasons as a head coach. He posted an impressive collegiate record of 248-135 (.648 winning percentage). From 1993-96 he served as the head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State.
In 1988, Agler took over as the head women’s coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In five seasons at UMKC, Agler was 85-54 and took the Kangaroos from a 9-16 record in 1988-89 to four straight winning seasons with 17 or more victories. Under his direction, UMKC led the NCAA in scoring defense three consecutive seasons from 1990-93. In 1991, UMKC set an NCAA team record, allowing 51.8 points per game.
As the head women’s basketball coach at Northeast Oklahoma A&M Junior College from 1984-88, Agler compiled a 124-42 record (.747 winning percentage). In 1985-86, NEO A&M was ranked second nationally and posted a 30-2 record.
Agler attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where he starred on the basketball team for four seasons. He led the Tigers to their only NCAA Division III Championship in basketball as a freshman. He started all 112 games during his college career, leaving the school as the all-time assist leader (481). Agler helped lead his team to a 91-21 record during his four years with the Tigers, and was named most valuable player in the Ohio Athletic Conference and first-team All-America as a senior. In 1995, he was inducted into the Wittenberg Hall of Honor.
In 1980, Agler graduated with a degree in special education and physical education. He received his master’s degree in education from Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas) in 1985. Agler and his wife Robin, have one son, Bryce, and one daughter, Taylor
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Storm Signs Agler to New Contract
Roundtable with Brian Agler and Karen Bryant
