Celtics assistant coach Kara Lawson, who just 13 months ago was hired as the first female coach in team history, will accept Duke University’s offer to become their next women’s basketball head coach, according to a report from The Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn.
Kara Lawson has accepted the women's basketball coaching position at Duke University, according to an NBA source. #Celtics
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) July 11, 2020
The Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach reported Friday that Duke had offered Lawson the position. Lawson, a Virginia native, played college basketball at Tennessee under Pat Summitt before playing in the WNBA from 2003-2015 with the Sacramento Monarchs, Connecticut Sun, and Washington Mystics.