Know All About Seattle Storm: Roster, Owner, Coach and More

Seattle Storm is the team that has been most successful in the WNBA league and stands parallel to franchises like the Minnesota Lynx and the Houston Comets. The organization has won the most number of championships. The Storm is one of a kind when it comes to the WNBA Finals, as they have not lost a WNBA Finals if they reach one. Only the Houston Comets were the team that had the same ability as a team under tense situations.

Out of 15 players who have scored 6000+ points in the league as of January 2025, two players are from the Storm’s ex-roster. Let’s explore the journey of this legendary team that carved its way to the top.

Seattle Storm Overview

Seattle Storm has seen different phases throughout their stint in the league. Also, it is the organization that groomed players like Breanna Stewart during the initial part of their careers. Later on, such players went on to secure a championship for teams like the New York Liberty,

Seattle Storm Roster

The current roster of the Seattle Storm is potentially a powerhouse for winning the WNBA championship. Even in the 2024 season, the Storm entered the playoffs. However, they could not get past the Las Vegas Aces. Here is what the roster is going to look like for now, as per the official website of the Seattle Storm:

Seattle Storm Coach

The regular playoff appearances of the Seattle Storm are the output of their coaching team that consistently instructs them on their next move. It is the team that conditions and prepares the players for the best. Let’s get to know the members who comprise this team.

Head Coach

The head coach of the Seattle Storm currently is Noelle Quinn. She joined the Seattle Storm as a coach in 2019 when she was hired as an assistant coach.

But later she became the head coach in 2021 after the previous head coach, Gary Hughes, retired abruptly. So her stint as head coach of the Storm kicked off in 2021.

Seattle Storm Assistant Coach

Coming the Assistant coaches of the Seattle Storm, it has two contributors. The first one is Pokey Chatman, who is also the Associate General Manager of the team. The second one is Ebony Hoffman holding the responsibility of the assistant coach in the team.

Seattle Storm Coaching Staff

As per the Seattle Storm data, the rest of the coaching staff consists of the following members:

Seattle Storm Owner

The team is currently owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of Seattle businesswomen Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder, along with former player Sue Bird.

Seattle Storm – Famous Players

Seattle Storm is a home to many gifted played who blessed the world of WNBA with significant achievements. The latest example of that feat is Nneka Ogwumike. However, before Nneka, there were other athletes who changed the landscape of the WNBA by being a Storm player. Here are the most prominent of them as follows:

Player Details

Jewell Loyd: Jewell Loyd is the cutting-edge Seattle Storm sensation. She joined the league in 2015 but soon led her team to the WNBA Championship twice in 2018 and 2020. She was named WNBA Rookie of the Year by averaging 10.7 points per game. She was a peak performer honoree in 2023 when she recorded 939 points in a season.

Breanna Stewart: Breanna Stewart’s contributions to the Seattle Storm include helping the team win two WNBA championships and being named WNBA Finals MVP in both seasons(2018 and 2020).

She also led the Storm to a new dynamic as a young star alongside Jewell Loyd. She came just a year after Loyd and earned the Rookie of the Year title as well in 2016.

Lauren Jackson: Australian legend  Lauren Jackson was the first overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft and played for the Storm for 12 seasons. She won the championship with the Storm in 2004 and 2010. However, due to her exceptional performance, she earned the WNBA MVP title three times in 2003, 2007, and 2010. Her scoring was unmatchable as she was the youngest player in WNBA history to score 3,000 and 4,000 career points.

Sue Bird: Sue is the WNBA legend who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm. She was the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft. She led the Storm to four WNBA championships in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020. Bird is the only one of a kind WNBA player to win titles in three different decades.

Bird is the WNBA’s all-time leader in assists with 3,234. She was also the first player in WNBA history to play 500 games. 

Seattle Storm Arena/Stadium

The Climate Pledge Arena, a multipurpose arena is the home stadium for the Seattle Storm fans in recent times. It opened on October 19, 2021, at Seattle Center and is a home arena to other sports like NHL Seattle Kraken along with live music performances and events.

It has a capacity of 18,300 fans in total for basketball matches.

Seattle Storm Stats & Records

The Seattle Storm have qualified for the playoffs in 19 seasons out of the total 25 seasons that they have played in the league. It is a marvelous feat considering the other franchises in the league. But the credit for such achievement goes to players like Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, and powerhouse Lauren Jackson who led Storm to their ambitions. Here is a breakdown of Storm’s top achievements over the years according to the Basketball Reference data:

Seattle Storm Jersey & Logo

The Seattle Storm franchise adopted their current logo in 2021. It has the background colors of dark green, yellow, and light green. The primary logo retained the Seattle Space Needle as the main highlight of the upper half. However, it was redesigned with a light green lightning bolt below it. Behind the tower, there is also a yellow basketball below which the team name is written(arch form) in white. The entire logo is placed on a green and light green shield.

Currently, The Storm’s jersey colors have taken inspiration from their Seattle-based NBA franchise, Seattle Supersonics, the green and yellow jerseys. However, the team also uses jerseys with grey and black color themes.

Seattle Storm Retired Jersey

There are two jerseys that the Seattle Storm have retired from their franchise. The two of them are jersey number 15, Lauren Jackson, and jersey number 10, Sue Bird. The team retired Lauren Jackson’s number 15 jersey on July 15, 2016, whose ceremony took place at Key Arena. Jackson played a long 12 seasons for the Storm from 2001 to 2012, during which they got two championships and three WNBA MVP titles. Her jersey was the first number retired by the Seattle Storm as Lauren led the league in scoring nine times and was a top 10 all-time rebounder and top 5 all-time blocker.

The second jersey that the Storm retired was Sue Bird’s #10. It happened on June 10, 2023, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle after a WNBA game between the Storm and the Washington Mystics. It was a grand jersey retirement with a 13,000 audience in attendance. Mostly, it was because of Sue Bird’s dedication that she gave to her team with her 21-year-long career winning four championships for the Storm.

Seattle Storm Mascot

The official mascot of the Seattle Storm is a fuzzy, huggable entity called Doppler.

As per WNBA, Karen Bryant once said, “We just wanted to be really visible and vocal about inviting families to be a part of our organization. Doppler was a huge part of the representation of our ideals right from the start.”

Seattle Storm Rivalries

Seattle Storm’s spicy rivalry with the Los Angeles Sparks and the Phoenix Mercury is not just limited to regular season games. The franchise went against the Sparks in the 2000s playoffs five times and only emerged victorious once, losing four times in seven years. However, the Sparks secured victory in 2019, shutting down the trio of Breanna Stewart, Jewell Loyd, and Sue Bird.

Another rival from the Western Conference, Phoenix Mercury, led by Diana Taurasi, was one of the guard core rivals for Sue Bird’s Seattle Storm. They destroyed Seattle Storm by crushing their championship hopes four times in the playoffs. But the Storm was not competitive as they defeated them twice on their way to the WNBA title.

Seattle Storm Instagram

Seattle Storm are a little different when it comes to their social media presence on Instagram. They are not just obsessed with their players but are also active in social duties and celebrating the legacy of the nation to which they belong. Here and then, the social media team of the franchise uploads a quote from a legendary personality or community work services. Such a humanitarian approach, apart from the team publicity, has garnered the Seattle Storm a following of 209K fans on their Instagram profile titled @seattlestorm.

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Seattle Storm Other Social Presence

In addition to the Instagram activities, Seattle Storm has a profile on X with the handle name @seattlestorm. Their X page has 119.3K followers, with the nature of the content in sync with their Instagram feed. The franchise also has a Facebook page with 133K following for their discrete range of audiences on different social media platforms.

Apart from these X and Facebook pages, Seattle Storm also has a LinkedIn profile with 9K followers. It is more of an official front with opening and declarations for the working fans of the franchise. The Storm management has also opened a YouTube channel with 6.4K subscribers. Their channel is yet to grow at the speed with which the YouTube of their WNBA counterparts is growing.