Boston Celtics assistant coach and former Wizards lead analyst, Kara Lawson, is expected to be hired as the next head women's basketball coach at Duke, according to the Raleigh News & Observer.
The 39-year-old Springfield, Va. natives basketball resume is quite impressive. Lawson played college basketball at Tennessee under legendary coach Pat Summit and won a gold medal with Team USA during the 2008 Beijing Games. In the WNBA she played 13 seasons in the and helped guide Sacramento Monarchs to a WNBA championship in 2005.
Lawson was hired in 2017 by NBC Sports Washington to serve as the lead analyst for Wizards broadcasts. Last summer, the Boston Celtics hired Lawson as an assistant coach.
Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, who also is a Duke Board of Trustees member, supports Lawson's hiring at the school, sources told the Raleigh News & Observer.
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Report: Kara Lawson expected to be Duke's next women's basketball coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
