In his recent piece for DBR on Duke women’s basketball, Jim Sumner touched briefly on possible successors, saying this:
“You’ll likely hear lots of speculation about her successor and the [Gail] Goestenkors rumors are not baseless. Neither are the rumors that Alana Beard and/or Lindsey Harding might be interested in coming back home, although possibly not in an assistant role.
“Goestenkors is 57 and hasn’t coached at the collegiate level since 2012.
“Worth a roll of the dice? Or better to go with a young up-and-comer?”
The concern there is that neither Beard or Harding have run a college program.