Duke Blue Devils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. | February 14, 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High school | West Springfield (Springfield, Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Tennessee (1999–2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2003: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Detroit Shock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2003–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2009 | Sacramento Monarchs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Boston Celtics (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Duke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 a shooting guard. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, a championship with the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2005 WNBA Finals, and coached the United States women's national 3x3 team to gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] Lawson retired from the WNBA in 2015 to focus on her broadcasting career.[4] She began her coaching career as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the NBA in 2019.
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