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Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. She is a former American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a basketball television analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards. [1] [2] Lawson primarily played as ...
Former WNBA and Olympic Champion Kara Lawson was named Duke University’s sixth head women’s basketball coach on July 11, 2020. Lawson enters her fourth year at the helm in...
D uke’s Kara Lawson can say her players’ names a certain way and get her point across — sort of like a mother figure. That intimate understanding is something the Blue Devils are embracing ...
Mar 15, 2024 · DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke coach Kara Lawson keeps the messages sent to her over the last year and a half in a tidy three-ring binder in her office. They only tell a fraction of the story.
Jul 17, 2020 · There’s something else about Lawson that makes her even more of the right fit for Duke at the right time: Lawson is now the first Black head coach in Duke basketball history.
Sep 9, 2020 · Former Tennessee guard Kara Lawson played under the late Pat Summitt from 1999 to 2003. She led her team to four straight SEC championships and three NCAA Final Four appearances in 2000, 2002...
Aug 20, 2024 · Kara Lawson. Position Coach. As of Aug. 20, 2024. Kara Lawson, the head women’s basketball coach at Duke University and a 2008 Olympic gold medalist, led the inaugural U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women's Basketball Team to an 8-1 record and gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was the debut of 3x3 as an Olympic event.
Jul 15, 2020 · Kara Lawson is still figuring out the logistics of how to move amid a pandemic. On Saturday, she was named head coach of Duke women’s basketball, a program that’s made 11 trips to the...
Duke head coach Kara Lawson has been a winner throughout her life, with her playing accomplishments including a WNBA title and Olympic gold medal. Lawson then earned praise for her work as a TV...
Dec 1, 2023 · Can Kara Lawson Build Duke’s Next Basketball Powerhouse? The former WNBA All-Star left an assistant coaching gig with the Boston Celtics for the chance to run the Duke women’s basketball program.
