Rhyne Howard is entering her second season at Florida for the 2024-25 season.
Howard joined the staff after her 2023 WNBA season concluded in the first round of playoffs. Under Kelly Rae Finley, Howard acts as the Gators Assistant Coach and the Director of Player Personnel.
Howard was named the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft and currently plays for the Atlanta Dream. Howard currently averages 15.1 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.1 assists. In her rookie season, Howard secured 681 points for the Dream in 2022, and averaged 17.5 points per game. Howard earned WNBA All-Star , WNBA Rookie of the Year, Associated Press Rookie of the Year, and was the first rookie in WNBA history to record four blocks and four three-pointers in their debut. Howard was also selected to represent Team USA during the 2024 Olympics in the 3x3 competition alongside Cameron Brinks and Hailey Van Lith.
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Rhyne Howard spent her collegiate career at the University of Kentucky where she left as the program's top three-point shooter of all-time, earned two-time SEC Player of the Year, was selected as the SEC Tournament MVP in 2022, was named SEC Player of the Year by league coaches two years in a row (2020, 2021), and made All-SEC First Team by league coaches in all four of her years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). Howard is also Kentucky's only player in program history to be drafted first overall by a WNBA franchise.
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