Is it total career wins or the most league titles that make a coach worthy of the well-worn sports term, \u201cwinningest?\u201d <\/p>\n
If the No. 1-seeded Lynx<\/a> come away with a WNBA-record fifth title in October, it won\u2019t matter when discussing head coach Cheryl Reeve. It\u2019s either. Or both. <\/p>\n Leading Minnesota through next week\u2019s second-round series against Phoenix \u2014 which defeated the Liberty 79-73 on Friday night \u2014 to another Finals win would break a stalemate with Van Chancellor, who coached the Houston Comets to the league\u2019s first four trophies, from 1997 to 2000.<\/p>\n Reeve already picked up her record 414th victory as a head coach \u2014 all with the Lynx \u2014 in a 101-72 blowout<\/a> against Golden State to open the first round of the playoffs. The win edged her past Mike Thibault, who spent two decades as coach of the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics.<\/p>\n \u201cTurning over every rock to see where we can get an edge and an advantage, to be able to do that day in day out, with all the other things she has to juggle on her plate, managing an organization,\u201d said Eric Thibault, Mike\u2019s son, who joined Reeve\u2019s coaching staff<\/a> as associate head coach this offseason. \u201cShe just is full commitment to every part of the job,\u201d <\/p>\n