Niele Ivey

Niele Ivey
	Ivey with Notre Dame in 2025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Position	Head coach
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	September 24, 1977; St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	149 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Cor Jesu Academy; (Affton, Missouri)
College	Notre Dame (1996–2001)
WNBA draft	2001: 2nd round, 19th overall pick
Drafted by	Indiana Fever
Playing career	2001–2005
Position	Guard
Number	33, 11
Coaching career	2005–present
Career history
As a player:
2001–2004	Indiana Fever
2005	Phoenix Mercury
2005	Detroit Shock
As a coach:
2005–2007	Xavier (admin. assistant)
2007–2015	Notre Dame (assistant)
2015–2019	Notre Dame (associate HC)
2019–2020	Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
2020–present	Notre Dame
Career highlights
	As player: NCAA champion (2001); Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (2001); First-team All-Big East (2001); Third-team All-American – AP (2001); As assistant coach: NCAA champion (2018); As head coach: 2× ACC regular season champion (2023, 2025); ACC Coach of the Year (2023); ACC tournament champion (2024);
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Niele Deirdre Jamillah Viveca Ivey (born September 24, 1977) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player for the Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, and Phoenix Mercury. Prior to her move to the NBA in August 2019, she was an assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team, where she played in college. She was an All-American point guard and became the 17th player in school history to record over 1,000 career points. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award presented for the nation's top player under 5'8" in 2001. She would go on to lead the Irish women to their first NCAA Championship in 2001, in her hometown of St. Louis as a fifth-year senior.

In the WNBA, she finished her career with 408 points, including over 100 in 2 separate seasons. She also had ninety 3-point field goals, 228 assists, and 94 steals.