Trisha Stafford-Odom
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| Born | November 11, 1970 Ladera Heights, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Westchester (Los Angeles, California) | |||||||||||||||||
| College | California (1988–1992) | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1996–1997 | San Jose Lasers | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Long Beach Stingrays | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Houston Comets | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Houston Stealth | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Miami Sol | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Tennessee Fury | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2005 | Westchester High School | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | UCLA (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Duke (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | North Carolina (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Concordia | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | North Carolina Central | |||||||||||||||||
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Trisha Stafford-Odom (née Stafford; born November 11, 1970) is an American former professional basketball forward and coach. She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears from 1988 to 1992 and was a two-time first-team All-Pac-10 Conference selection. She played professionally in the American Basketball League (ABL) from 1996 to 1998 for the San Jose Lasers and Long Beach Stingrays, in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 2001 to 2002 for the Houston Comets and Miami Sol, and in the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL) from 2002 to 2003 for the Houston Stealth and Tennessee Fury. As part of the United States women's national basketball team, she won bronze medals at the 1991 R. William Jones Cup and the 1993 Summer Universiade.
Stafford-Odom began her coaching career as the head girls' basketball coach at her alma mater, Westchester High School, from 2002 to 2005. From 2005 to 2013, she was an assistant coach for the UCLA Bruins, Duke Blue Devils, and North Carolina Tar Heels. She was the head women's basketball coach for the Concordia Eagles from 2013 to 2016 and was named the Great Southwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for the 2014–15 season. She then served as the head coach of the North Carolina Central Eagles from 2017 to 2023.