Today we have a very special guest - The Phoenix Mercury selected Pettis in the first round (seventh pick overall) of the 1997 WNBA draft. An Assistant Coach of the Chicago Sky Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) professional basketball team. She is an American former college and professional basketball player who was a guard in the WNBA for eight seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Pettis played college basketball for the University of Florida, and professionally for the Phoenix Mercury and the Indiana Fever of the WNBA. The Owner of Project Roots and The Bridgett Pettis Foundation. Today she will be Rep Your Brand Award winner.
Pettis attended Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Arizona, and played junior college basketball for the Central Arizona Vaqueras. She accepted an athletic scholarship to transfer to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1991 to 1993. Memorably, she completed eight three-point shots against the Georgia Bulldogs on January 20, 1993—still the Gators' single-game record.[1]
She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 1993.
In her final game, Pettis played for 4 minutes and only recorded 1 steal as a statistic.[3]
In 2013, Pettis Frank and Eddie Johnson started a club team called Team 2j Thunder. Three months later, Pettis was hired as an assistant coach for the LA Sparks.[4]
On March 6, 2014, Pettis was named Assistant Coach for the Dallas Wings. In October 2017 (after 4 seasons) Pettis announced her retirement from the Wings organization.
On January 23, 2019, Coach Pettis returned from retirement to accept a position as Assistant Coach with the Chicago Sky of the WNBA.[5]
Prior to the 2020 season, Coach Pettis left coaching to focus on her Nonprofit organization Project Roots.[6]
