Kara Lawson has been at Duke two years now and while the pandemic was very disruptive, her reputation continues to grow. Brad Stevens was really impressed with her when she was with the Boston Celtics, she got to coach the Olympic three-on-three basketball team, and now she has another feather in her coaching cap: she’ll be assisting the US National Team during the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney, Australia this fall.
Here’s what Lawson had to say about her new gig: “Over the last 25 years, every minute I’ve spent working with USA Basketball has been an absolute joy.