Kara Lawson emerges as leading candidate for Duke WBB job

[triaddukefan]

But we will all sorely miss your self-deprecating comedic genius

well.... we will have to wait and see. Maybe in a few years worth of results.... we will wistfully longing for the McCallie era

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[DefenseBB]

Shouldn't this be the picture you crop and use as your avitar? She is wearing blue with DUKE on the front.

 

[triaddukefan]

Shouldn't this be the picture you crop and use as your avitar? She is wearing blue with DUKE on the front.

working on it

 

[triaddukefan]

Good to see the support she's been getting so far from past players #karaera

 

[maccca3232]

 

[maccca3232]

 

[Adriacus]

Don’t think that Duke WBB will be welcomed back in Oz anytime soon. https://twitter.com/AusEliteGirlsBa

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Don’t think that Duke WBB will be welcomed back in Oz anytime soon. https://twitter.com/AusEliteGirlsBa

So this reads that Lucy Cochrane was "maybe" headed to Duke as a transfer? Am i reading that correctly?

 

[eebmg]

Detailed article from the Undefeated about the Kara Lawson hiring

Kara Lawson is all-in as Duke’s women’s basketball coach: ‘I understand the stakes’

A nine-hour drive can be an opportunity to reflect. It can also be a long and tedious journey. But for Kara Lawson — who was driving from the NBA bubble in Orla…

theundefeated.com

 

[triaddukefan]

The coaching staff will be formally introduced later today. I'm pleased with the hires.

Detailed article from the Undefeated about the Kara Lawson hiring

Kara Lawson is all-in as Duke’s women’s basketball coach: ‘I understand the stakes’

A nine-hour drive can be an opportunity to reflect. It can also be a long and tedious journey. But for Kara Lawson — who was driving from the NBA bubble in Orla…

theundefeated.com

The Triangle has 3 local sports radio shows..... and the Triad has one local sports radio show. She was a guest on all 4. She was did one afternoon interview driving on her way to Durham. While I expected the 3 triangle appearances... I was shocked yet pleased to learn that my local show had her on... as they always talk about the Big 4 basketball on the men's side.... them talking about women's basketball is rare.

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[WFFL]

Nice to see B.Cunningham get picked up after Ivey let her loose.

 

[BobbyJ]

She'll be an excellent coach and a wily, smooth speaking recruiter.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

A few of CamrnCrz1974's points to remember/consider…

• All three assistant coaches have recruited at academic institutions, understanding what it takes to recruit top academics with athletics - Tia Jackson (Stanford and Duke, and to degree, UCLA); Beth Cunningham (Notre Dame); and Winston Gandy (Rice).

• Two assistant coaches bring WNBA/professional experience - Beth Cunningham (ABL/Washington Mystics) and Tia Jackson (Phoenix Mercury).

• Two assistant coaches landed huge, high profile transfers that were instrumental in their former institutions’ successful seasons - Tia Jackson (Beatrice Mompremier, from Baylor to Miami) and Winston Gandy (Erica Ogwumike, from Pepperdine to Rice; Nancy Mulkey, from Oklahoma to Rice; Nicole Iademarco, from Arizona State to Rice).

• There will not be an associate head coach; all three will be assistant coaches. This will eliminate the “pecking order” (if you will) and allow all three to be equal contributors (which is a good thing, given that both Tia Jackson and Beth Cunningham are former head coaches while Winston Gandy was most recently an associate head coach).

@ucbart , @EricLA , @Dillon77 , @triaddukefan , @Tonyc , @UConnCat , @CocoHusky

 

[Dillon77]

So this reads that Lucy Cochrane was "maybe" headed to Duke as a transfer? Am i reading that correctly?

It reads that way to me. Was Cochrane heading to Durham?
I wonder if Samantha Tomlinson had anything to do with Miela Goodchild ending up in Duke? If so, I wonder if this decision might/might not curtail a pipeline from down under.