Jennifer Gillom

Jennifer Gillom
Personal information
Born	June 13, 1964; Abbeville, Mississippi, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Lafayette; (Oxford, Mississippi)
College	Ole Miss (1982–1986)
WNBA draft	1997: Allocated round
Drafted by	Phoenix Mercury
Playing career	1997–2003
Position	Forward - Center
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As a player:
1997–2002	Phoenix Mercury
2003	Los Angeles Sparks
As a coach:
2004–2010, 2017-current	Xavier College Preparatory
2008	Minnesota Lynx (assistant)
2009	Minnesota Lynx
2010–2011	Los Angeles Sparks
2012	Washington Mystics (assistant)
2013–2015	Connecticut Sun (assistant)
Career highlights
	WNBA All-Star (1999); All-WNBA First Team (1998); All-WNBA Second Team (1997); No. 22 retired by retired by Phoenix Mercury; Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2002); Kodak All-American (1986); SEC Female Athlete of the Year (1986); USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (1985);
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
World University Games
FIBA World Championship for Women
Olympic Games
Assistant Coach for Women's Basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
FIBA World Championship for Women

Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom (born June 13, 1964) is an American former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002, before finishing her playing career with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2003. Gillom is also a former Sparks head coach, also coached the Minnesota Lynx, and was, until 2015, an assistant coach of the Connecticut Sun.

Born in Abbeville, Mississippi, Gillom played college basketball at the University of Mississippi and helped the United States Basketball Team to a gold medal in women's basketball in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Gillom signed with the Mercury in 1997 where she was All-WNBA in 1999 and won the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in her final season.

Gillom became the head coach of the Xavier College Preparatory High School basketball team in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004. Starting in the 2008 season, Gillom served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx. In June 2009, she was named head coach of the Lynx and stayed as the head coach until the end of 2009 when she was succeeded by Cheryl Reeve (who still coaches the team as of 2023).

In March 2024, Gillom led her high school team, the Xavier College Preparatory Gators to win their first-ever WBB championship against defending champs the Desert Vista Thunder.

In 2009, Gillom was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.