Roneeka Hodges

Roneeka Hodges (born July 19, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the LSU Tigers and Florida State Seminoles. She was selected fifteenth overall by the Houston Comets in the 2005 WNBA draft and played in the WNBA for eleven seasons with the Comets, Minnesota Lynx, San Antonio Silver Stars, Indiana Fever, Tulsa Shock, and Atlanta Dream. Hodges also had an extensive playing career overseas, playing in many different countries until 2019.

Roneeka Hodges

Connecticut Sun
Position	Assistant coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1982-07-19) July 19, 1982 (age 43) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	O. P. Walker (New Orleans, Louisiana)
College	LSU (2000–2003) Florida State (2004–2005)
WNBA draft	2005: 2nd round, 15th overall pick
Drafted by	Houston Comets
Playing career	2005–2015
Position	Guard
Number	5, 15
Coaching career	2019–present
Career history
As a player:
2005–2008	Houston Comets
2005–2006	COB Calais
2006–2007	Adana ASKİ SK
2007–2008	CB Islas Canarias
2008–2009	Ros Casares Godella
2009	Baloncesto Rivas
2009	Minnesota Lynx
2009–2010	Adana ASKİ SK
2010	Lotos Gdynia
2010–2011	San Antonio Silver Stars
2010–2011	Bnot Herzliya
2011	Cortegada
2011	Tarbes Gespe Bigorre
2011–2012	İstanbul Üniversitesi SK
2012	Indiana Fever
2012–2014	Tulsa Shock
2012	CB Avenida
2012–2013	Americana
2014	Maranhao Basquete
2014–2015	Winnus Guri
2015	Atlanta Dream
2015–2016	Miskolc
2016–2017	Stadium Casablanca
2017–2018	Al-Riyadi Beirut
2019	Al-Qazeres
As a coach:
2020–2021	Old Dominion University (Asst.)
2021–2022	Colgate University (Asst.)
2022–2024	New York Liberty (Asst.)
2025–present	Connecticut Sun (Asst.)
Career highlights
As player: First-team All-ACC (2005) As assistant coach: WNBA champion (2024)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's Basketball Representing the USA Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Hodges started her coaching career in 2019 as a special advisor at LSU. She then worked as an assistant coach in the college ranks for the Old Dominion Monarchs and Colgate Raiders, before becoming an assistant coach in the WNBA with the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun.

Personal life

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges.

Professional career

A 5'11" guard, Hodges played for three seasons with the Houston Comets, who selected her in the second round, 15th overall, in the 2005 WNBA draft.^[1] On February 6, 2008, Hodges was selected by the Atlanta Dream in the expansion draft. She was then traded to the Seattle Storm with the fourth pick for Seattle's eighth pick and Iziane Castro Marques.^[2] She was then waived by the Storm and signed once again with the Comets.^[3] Through three seasons with the Comets, Hodges scored 382 points, collected 112 rebounds, 66 assists, 32 steals, and 4 blocks. In 2006, she scored a career high 247 points, with her career high of 21 coming against the Washington Mystics.

After the Comets folded in the fall of 2008, the Minnesota Lynx selected Hodges as the fourth pick in the dispersal draft for the former Comets players.^[4][5]

Coaching career

During the 2019–2020 college basketball season, Hodges worked as a special advisor to her alma mater LSU. The following academic year, she joined the coaching staff at Old Dominion University.^[6] In September 2021, she was named an assistant coach to the Colgate University women's basketball team.^[7]

In 2022, she joined the new coaching staff of the New York Liberty under Sandy Brondello.^[8]

In 2025, she joined the new coaching staff of the Connecticut Sun under Rachid Meziane,^[9] with a more expanded role than she had with the Liberty.^[10]

WNBA 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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2005	Houston	26	0	7.2	.277	.192	1.000	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.3
2006	Houston	33	8	21.2	.401	.367	.744	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.1	7.5
2007	Houston	29	4	11.4	.279	.299	.909	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	3.5
2008	Houston	15	6	18.3	.423	.371	1.000	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	7.3
2009	Minnesota	33	27	27.3	.417	.398	.909	3.0	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	9.9
2010	San Antonio	34	19	25.3	.357	.308	.758	3.2	1.4	0.4	0.3	1.2	7.7
2011	San Antonio	28	5	9.8	.404	.400	1.000	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	3.9
2012	Indiana	12	0	8.9	.318	.259	.500	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.2
2012	Tulsa	20	16	25.5	.420	.376	.773	2.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	1.7	10.2
2013	Tulsa	33	8	17.2	.387	.360	.875	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.5	5.0
2014	Tulsa	34	34	21.2	.346	.259	.793	1.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.6	5.3
2015	Atlanta	23	9	19.5	.382	.360	.750	2.0	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	6.4
Career	11 years, 6 teams	320	136	18.4	.379	.344	.803	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	6.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2005	Houston	2	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
2006	Houston	2	0	17.5	.294	.250	.500	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0
2010	San Antonio	2	2	28.5	.529	.429	.000	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	10.5
2011	San Antonio	1	0	5.0	.500	.500	.000	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Career	4 years, 2 teams	7	2	14.1	.417	.353	.500	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.6	5.4

LSU and Florida State statistics

Source^[11]

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	LSU	30	253	46.7	38.2	75.5	4.1	1.3	1.0	0.4	8.4
2001-02	LSU	30	266	44.9	30.3	72.1	5.3	1.4	0.9	0.7	8.9
2002-03	LSU	34	150	43.4	23.4	64.3	3.4	2.1	0.7	0.3	4.4
Career	LSU	94	669	45.3	29.9	71.0	4.2	1.6	0.9	0.5	7.1

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	Florida State	32	615	46.8	32.6	63.5	5.6	1.5	1.1	0.8	19.2
Career	Florida State	32	615	46.8	32.6	63.5	5.6	1.5	1.1	0.8	19.2