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The Dallas Wings are an American professional basketball team based in Arlington, Texas. The Wings compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team is owned by a group led by chairman Bill Cameron. Greg Bibb is president and CEO. Brad Hilsabeck joined the Dallas Wings ownership group in March 2019 with the acquisition of Mark Yancey’s interest in the Wings.
| Dallas Wings | |||
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 2024 Dallas Wings season | |||
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| Conference | Western | ||
| League | WNBA | ||
| Founded | 1998 | ||
| History | Detroit Shock 1998–2009 Tulsa Shock 2010–2015 Dallas Wings 2016–present | ||
| Arena | College Park Center | ||
| Location | University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas | ||
| Team colors | Navy, volt green, blue, cyan[1][2] | ||
| Main sponsor | American Fidelity | ||
| President | Greg Bibb | ||
| Team manager | Curt Miller | ||
| Head coach | Chris Koclanes | ||
| Assistant(s) | Zak Buncik Nola Henry Camille Smith | ||
| Ownership | Bill Cameron Chris Christian Mark Yancey Greg Bibb University of Texas at Arlington | ||
| Championships | 3 (2003, 2006, 2008) | ||
| Conference titles | 4 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008) | ||
| Website | wings | ||
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The team was founded in Auburn Hills, Michigan, as the Detroit Shock before the 1998 WNBA season began. It then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, before the 2010 season and became the Tulsa Shock. On July 20, 2015, Cameron announced that the franchise would move to Arlington[3] for the 2016 WNBA season.
The franchise has been home to players such as shooting guard Deanna Nolan, one of women's basketball's all-time leading scorers Katie Smith, Cheryl Ford, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Odyssey Sims, Australian center Liz Cambage, and Arike Ogunbowale.
The Shock were one of the first WNBA expansion teams and began play in 1998. The Shock quickly brought in a blend of rookies and veterans, but only qualified for the postseason once in its first five years of existence. The Shock went through two coaches (hall of famer Nancy Lieberman and Greg Williams) before hiring former Detroit Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer. Rumors arose that the Shock would fold after the team's awful 2002 season. Laimbeer convinced the owners to keep the team for another year, certain that he could turn things around. The Shock finished the next season with a 25–9 record and defeated the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Sparks in the 2003 WNBA Finals. Detroit became the first team in league history to go from last place one season to WNBA champions the next season.
After a couple of seasons of losing in the first round of the playoffs, the Detroit Shock returned to success and appeared in three straight finals from 2006 to 2008. They won the WNBA championship in 2006 over the Sacramento Monarchs and 2008 over the San Antonio Silver Stars, but lost to the Phoenix Mercury in 2007.
Tulsa had been mentioned as a possible future city for WNBA expansion, but efforts did not come together until the middle of 2009. An organizing committee with Tulsa businesspeople and politicians began the effort to attract an expansion team. The group was originally given a September 1 deadline, but WNBA President Donna Orender extended that deadline into October. The investment group hired former University of Arkansas head coach Nolan Richardson as the potential franchise general manager and head coach, and on October 15, 2009, the group made its official request to join the league.
On October 20, 2009, WNBA President Donna Orender, lead investors Bill Cameron and David Box, Tulsa mayor Kathy Taylor, Oklahoma governor Brad Henry, and head coach Nolan Richardson were present for a press conference announcing that the Detroit Shock would relocate to Tulsa. On January 23, 2010, the franchise announced that the team would remain as the Shock, but their colors were changed to black, red, and gold.[4]
On July 20, 2015, majority owner Bill Cameron announced he was moving the team to Dallas-Fort Worth.
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On July 23, 2015, WNBA league owners unanimously approved the Tulsa Shock's relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to play out of the College Park Center at the University of Texas at Arlington.[5] College Park Center is also home to the UT Arlington Mavericks basketball and volleyball teams. At a press conference at College Park Center on November 2, 2015, the team was announced to be renamed the Dallas Wings.[6]
Uniforms were revealed at the First Annual Wings Draft Party April 14, 2016. The light uniforms were primarily lime green, while the dark uniforms were predominantly blue. As a result of a league-wide initiative for its 20th season, all games featured all-color uniform matchups, thus no white uniforms were unveiled for this season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Regular season | Playoff Results | Head coach | |||
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| W | L | PCT | ||||||
| Detroit Shock | ||||||||
| 1998 | 1998 | East | 4th | 17 | 13 | .567 | Did not qualify | Nancy Lieberman |
| 1999 | 1999 | East | 2nd | 15 | 17 | .469 | Lost Conference Semi-finals (Charlotte, 0–1) | Nancy Lieberman |
| 2000 | 2000 | East | 5th | 14 | 18 | .438 | Did not qualify | Nancy Lieberman |
| 2001 | 2001 | East | 7th | 10 | 22 | .313 | Did not qualify | Greg Williams |
| 2002 | 2002 | East | 8th | 9 | 23 | .281 | Did not qualify | G. Williams (0–10) B. Laimbeer (9–13) |
| 2003 | 2003 | East | 1st | 25 | 9 | .735 | Won Conference Semi-finals (Cleveland, 2–1) Won Conference Finals (Connecticut, 2–0) Won WNBA Finals (Los Angeles, 2–1) |
Bill Laimbeer |
| 2004 | 2004 | East | 3rd | 17 | 17 | .500 | Lost Conference Semi-finals (New York, 1–2) | Bill Laimbeer |
| 2005 | 2005 | East | 4th | 16 | 18 | .471 | Lost Conference Semi-finals (Connecticut, 0–2) | Bill Laimbeer |
| 2006 | 2006 | East | 2nd | 23 | 11 | .676 | Won Conference Semi-finals (Indiana, 2–0) Won Conference Finals (Connecticut, 2–1) Won WNBA Finals (Sacramento, 3–2) |
Bill Laimbeer |
| 2007 | 2007 | East | 1st | 24 | 10 | .706 | Won Conference Semi-finals (New York, 2–1) Won Conference Finals (Indiana, 2–1) Lost WNBA Finals (Phoenix, 2–3) |
Bill Laimbeer |
| 2008 | 2008 | East | 1st | 22 | 12 | .647 | Won Conference Semi-finals (Indiana, 2–1) Won Conference Finals (New York, 2–1) Won WNBA Finals (San Antonio, 3–0) |
Bill Laimbeer |
| 2009 | 2009 | East | 3rd | 18 | 16 | .529 | Won Conference Semi-finals (Atlanta, 2–0) Lost Conference Finals (Indiana, 1–2) |
B. Laimbeer (1–3) R. Mahorn (17–13) |
| Tulsa Shock | ||||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | West | 6th | 6 | 28 | .176 | Did not qualify | Nolan Richardson |
| 2011 | 2011 | West | 6th | 3 | 31 | .088 | Did not qualify | N. Richardson (1–10) T. Edwards (2–21) |
| 2012 | 2012 | West | 5th | 9 | 25 | .265 | Did not qualify | Gary Kloppenburg |
| 2013 | 2013 | West | 6th | 11 | 23 | .324 | Did not qualify | Gary Kloppenburg |
| 2014 | 2014 | West | 5th | 12 | 22 | .353 | Did not qualify | Fred Williams |
| 2015 | 2015 | West | 3rd | 18 | 16 | .529 | Lost Conference Semi-finals (Phoenix, 0–2) | Fred Williams |
| Dallas Wings | ||||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | West | 5th | 11 | 23 | .324 | Did not qualify | Fred Williams |
| 2017 | 2017 | West | 4th | 16 | 18 | .470 | Lost in first round to Washington | Fred Williams |
| 2018 | 2018 | West | 5th | 15 | 19 | .441 | Lost in first round to Phoenix | F. Williams (14–17) T. McWilliams-Franklin (1–2) |
| 2019 | 2019 | West | 6th | 10 | 24 | .294 | Did not qualify | Brian Agler |
| 2020 | 2020 | West | 6th | 8 | 14 | .364 | Did not qualify | Brian Agler |
| 2021 | 2021 | West | 5th | 14 | 18 | .438 | Lost in first round to Chicago | Vickie Johnson |
| 2022 | 2022 | West | 3rd | 18 | 18 | .500 | Lost First round (Connecticut, 1–2) | Vickie Johnson |
| 2023 | 2023 | West | 2nd | 22 | 18 | .550 | Won First round (Atlanta, 2–0) Lost Second Round (Las Vegas, 0–3) |
Latricia Trammell |
| 2024 | 2024 | West | 5th | 9 | 31 | .225 | Did not qualify | Latricia Trammell |
| Regular season | 392 | 514 | .442 | 4 Conference Championships | ||||
| Playoffs | 33 | 29 | .532 | 3 WNBA Championships | ||||
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| Detroit Shock Head Coaches | |||||||||||
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| Name | Start | End | Seasons | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||
| W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | ||||
| Nancy Lieberman | January 12, 1998 | August 28, 2000 | 3 | 46 | 48 | .489 | 94 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 |
| Greg Williams | September 20, 2000 | June 19, 2002 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .238 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Bill Laimbeer | June 19, 2002 | July 15, 2009 | 8 | 137 | 93 | .596 | 230 | 27 | 16 | .628 | 43 |
| Rick Mahorn | July 15, 2009 | end of 2009 | 1 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 |
| Tulsa Shock Head Coaches | |||||||||||
| Nolan Richardson | September 29, 2009 | July 8, 2011 | 2 | 7 | 38 | .156 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Teresa Edwards | July 8, 2011 | January 3, 2012 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .087 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Gary Kloppenburg | January 3, 2012 | October 15, 2013 | 2 | 20 | 48 | .313 | 68 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Dallas Wings Head Coaches | |||||||||||
| Fred Williams | January 23, 2014 | August 13, 2018 | 5 | 71 | 96 | .425 | 167 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 |
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin | August 13, 2018 | December 18, 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 |
| Brian Agler | December 18, 2018 | October 14, 2020 | 2 | 18 | 38 | .321 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Vickie Johnson | December 9, 2020 | September 19, 2022 | 2 | 32 | 36 | .471 | 68 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 |
| Latricia Trammell | November 7, 2022 | October 18, 2024 | 2 | 31 | 49 | .388 | 80 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5 |
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Currently, Bally Sports Southwest or Bally Sports Southwest Plus broadcast the majority of games. Previously, while in Tulsa, some Shock games were broadcast locally on The Cox Channel (COX).[7] Some games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2, Ion Television, CBS, CBS Sports Network and ABC.
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| Year | Average | High | Low | Sellouts | Total for year | WNBA game average | |
| 1998 | 10,229 (6th) | 16,246 | 7,102 | 0 | 153,434 | 10,869 | |
| 1999 | 8,485 (9th) | 12,378 | 6,771 | 0 | 135,753 | 10,207 | |
| 2000 | 6,716 (13th) | 10,147 | 4,480 | 0 | 107,449 | 9,074 | |
| 2001 | 6,834 (14th) | 13,378 | 4,013 | 0 | 109,348 | 9,105 | |
| 2002 | 5,886 (16th) | 10,893 | 3,315 | 0 | 94,171 | 9,228 | |
| 2003 | 7,862 (9th) | 12,414 | 3,532 | 0 | 133,647 | 8,826 | |
| 2004 | 9,462 (4th) | 14,435 | 6,542 | 0 | 160,860 | 8,589 | |
| 2005 | 9,374 (3rd) | 14,932 | 5,635 | 0 | 159,356 | 8,172 | |
| 2006 | 9,643 (1st) | 12,985 | 6,932 | 0 | 163,924 | 7,476 | |
| 2007 | 9,749 (1st) | 14,109 | 7,421 | 0 | 165,738 | 7,819 | |
| 2008 | 9,569 (1st) | 15,210 | 6,842 | 0 | 162,669 | 7,948 | |
| 2009 | 8,011 (5th) | 14,439 | 5,239 | 0 | 136,184 | 8,029 | |
| Tulsa Shock | |||||||
| Year | Average | High | Low | Sellouts | Total for year | WNBA game average | |
| 2010 | 4,812 (11th) | 7,806 | 3,333 | 0 | 81,811 | 7,834 | |
| 2011 | 4,828 (12th) | 7,509 | 3,435 | 0 | 82,069 | 7,954 | |
| 2012 | 5,203 (12th) | 7,509 | 4,102 | 0 | 88,453 | 7,452 | |
| 2013 | 5,474 (12th) | 7,381 | 4,107 | 0 | 93,055 | 7,531 | |
| 2014 | 5,566 (12th) | 7,256 | 4,107 | 0 | 94,626 | 7,578 | |
| 2015 | 5,168 (11th) | 7,256 | 4,145 | 0 | 87,854 | 7,184 | |
| Dallas Wings | |||||||
| Year | Average | High | Low | Sellouts | Total for year | WNBA game average | |
| 2016 | 5,298 (12th) | 7,275 | 4,027 | 1 | 90,060 | 7,655 | |
| 2017 | 3,872 (12th) | 5,169 | 2,805 | 0 | 65,824 | 7,716 | |
| 2018 | 4,752 (10th) | 6,459 | 3,483 | 0 | 80,782 | 6,721 | |
| 2019 | 4,999 (8th) | 6,885 | 3,562 | 0 | 84,988 | 6,535 | |
| 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was played in Bradenton, Florida without fans.[8][9] | ||||||
| 2021 | 2,101 (8th) | 3,604 | 1,372 | 0 | 33,617 | 2,636 | |
| 2022 | 3,788 (10th) | 5,796 | 2,791 | 0 | 68,181 | 5,679 | |
| 2023 | 4,641 (9th) | 6,251 | 3,392 | 2 | 92,811 | 6,615 | |
| 2024 | 5,911 (11th) | 6,251 | 5,129 | 8 | 118,217 | 9,807 | |
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