Ebony Hoffman

Ebony Vernice Hoffman (born August 27, 1982) is a former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA. She played and won the EuroLeague Women's championship with Fenerbahce Istanbul in Turkey. She also played for Polisportiva Ares Ribera in Italy, Besiktas in Turkey, TEO Vilnius in Lithuania, and Ramat Hasharon in Israel.^[1]

Ebony Hoffman

Hoffman in 2015
Seattle Storm
Position	Assistant Coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 42) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Narbonne (Harbor City, California)
College	USC (2000–2004)
WNBA draft	2004: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Drafted by	Indiana Fever
Playing career	2004–2019
Coaching career	2022–present
Career history
As a player:
2004–2010	Indiana Fever
2011–2013	Los Angeles Sparks
2014	Connecticut Sun
As a coach:
2022–present	Seattle Storm (assistant)
Career highlights
WNBA Most Improved Player Award (2008) 3x All Pac-10 (2002–2004) Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (2001)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's Basketball Representing  United States FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship 2000 Argentina Team

Personal life

According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, of people from Sierra Leone.^[2]

High school

Hoffman played for Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored nine points.^[3]

College and professional

She was selected by the Indiana Fever as the ninth overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft. She attended the University of Southern California (USC).

In 2008, Hoffman was selected as the WNBA's Most Improved Player.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2004	Indiana	30	13	11.1	31.3	29.4	75.0	2.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.0
2005	Indiana	33	0	15.1	40.5	50.0	83.3	2.9	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.7	3.6
2006	Indiana	34	33	25.1	39.4	0.0	77.1	5.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	2.1	6.4
2007	Indiana	34	10	17.1	44.5	40.0	82.4	4.0	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.2	4.2
2008	Indiana	33	33	30.7	46.5	45.6	82.9	7.8	1.8	1.4	0.8	2.4	10.4
2009	Indiana	34	34	29.6	39.0	34.7	89.6	5.9	1.5	1.7	0.4	2.4	9.9
2010	Indiana	34	33	24.0	39.7	31.7	85.0	4.2	1.3	1.2	0.4	1.6	8.0
2011	Los Angeles	34	16	22.1	43.7	42.9	84.4	4.2	1.1	1.1	0.3	1.5	7.5
2012	Los Angeles	20	0	10.4	34.6	26.3	80.0	2.1	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.5
2013	Los Angeles	33	0	12.5	42.6	7.1	88.9	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.1
2014	Connecticut	8	0	8.5	33.3	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.5
Career	11 years, 3 teams	327	172	20.0	41.1	34.5	83.6	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.4	5.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2006	Indiana	2	2	26.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	6.0
2007	Indiana	4	0	10.5	41.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	2.5
2008	Indiana	3	3	34.0	42.4	36.4	66.7	8.3	1.7	2.0	0.7	1.0	11.3
2009	Indiana	10	10	29.5	55.3	40.0	86.4	4.8	0.8	1.1	0.5	1.8	11.9
2010	Indiana	3	3	29.7	33.3	33.3	87.5	4.7	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	11.0
2012	Los Angeles	2	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
2013	Los Angeles	1	0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Career	7 years, 2 teams	25	18	23.7	48.0	35.3	73.7	4.1	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.2	8.3

College career statistics

Source^[4]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000–01	USC	28	350	44.9	21.4	75.8	8.0	2.1	1.6	0.9	12.5
2001–02	USC	28	416	45.2	31.8	75.7	8.9	1.6	2.4	1.3	14.9
2002–03	USC	31	504	46.1	41.1	76.0	9.8	2.3	2.5	1.1	16.3
2003–04	USC	28	417	43.4	37.3	68.8	8.1	1.9	2.1	1.0	14.9
Career	USC	115	1687	44.9	35.8	74.0	8.7	2.0	2.2	1.1	14.7

USA Basketball

Hoffman was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Hoffman helped the team win all five games, scoring 6.8 points per game.^[5]

Hoffman was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.^[6] The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.^[6]

In popular culture

Hoffman appears as herself on season 3, episode 3 of the IFC television series Comedy Bang Bang!.^[7]