Kara Lawson Hires Beth Cunningham, Winston Gandy, Tia Jackson As Her Assistant Coaches
Earlier this month Kara Lawson who is a former WNBA player, Broadcaster and Assistant Coach in the NBA added another title to her name.
What was it?
Head Coach of the Duke Women’s Basketball Program.
She replaced Joanne P. McCallie who resigned after thirteen seasons as the head coach of Duke.
McCallie was 330-107 in her 13 seasons and was a three-time league coach of the year. Her teams won at least a share of the regular-season title four times and three ACC tournament titles while also making 10 trips to the NCAA tournament, including four consecutive trips to the Elite Eight in 2010-13. “according to an article by Mechelle Voepel on espn.com
But with the arrival of Notre Dame and Louisville into the ACC, Duke's success began to wane. The Blue Devils have not been in the league's top three in the regular season in four of the past seven seasons.according to an article by Mechelle Voepel on espn.com
Recently, Kara Lawson announced who is going to be on her coaching staff. Who are they?
Her coaching staff will include Beth Cunningham, Winston Gandy and Tia Jackson as assistant coaches.
The trio boasts a combined 46 years of collegiate coaching experience including one NCAA Championship, 17 NCAA Tournament selections and six NCAA Final Four appearances.
Cunningham, who owns 19 years of collegiate experience including nine as a head coach, will arrive in Durham from Notre Dame where she helped lead the Irish to one of the best stretches in NCAA history with a 244-19 record over a span of seven seasons (2013-19). This run of success included the 2018 National Championship, five NCAA Final Four appearances and six conference championships. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/7/24/womens-basketball-lawson-announces-coaching-staff.aspx
Gandy, who recently completed his third year on the Rice University women's basketball staff, helped guide the Owls to three straight 20-win seasons, including one NCAA Tournament appearance and one Conference USA Championship.https://goduke.com/news/2020/7/24/womens-basketball-lawson-announces-coaching-staff.aspx
A 24-year coaching veteran, Jackson spent the last five seasons at Miami where she helped the Hurricanes to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances and 109 wins. Jackson will make Durham, N.C., home for a second time as she spent the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons at Duke as an assistant coach, helping the Blue Devils to 63 victories and a trip to the 2006 NCAA championship game.https://goduke.com/news/2020/7/24/womens-basketball-lawson-announces-coaching-staff.aspx