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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3622813, member: 5798"] [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/29531772/new-duke-women-basketball-coach-kara-lawson-hires-three-assistants'][SIZE=4][B]New Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson hires three assistants[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [B]Winston Gandy[/B] joined the Duke women's basketball staff in July of 2020 and serves as an assistant coach. 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. Part of the best stretch in Rice women's basketball history, Gandy helped the Owls to a 72-22 overall record and 42-8 mark in Conference USA action over the last three seasons. In 2018-19, the Owls won a school single-season record 28 game with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament and the school's first Conference USA Tournament title. Prior to his coaching stint at Rice, Gandy spent three years as the Coordinator of Player Development for the Washington Wizards. During his tenure with the Wizards, Gandy worked with a pair of multi-year NBA All-Stars in John Wall (5-time selection) and Bradley Beal (2-time selection) as Washington advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals three times. He also served as the Director of Recruiting Operations at the University of Maryland in 2013-14. In his one season in College Park, the Terrapins went 28-7 and advanced to the NCAA Final Four. Gandy graduated from Maryland in 2013 with a degree in economics and volunteered as a scout team player for the Terrapins from 2009-2013. [B]Lawson on Gandy:[/B] [I]“Winston is a rising star in the profession,” “He’s one of the finest player development coaches in the country; that’s one of his superpowers. Winston is also a very well-rounded coach. He’s coming from academically intense institution as well. So, he understands the type of kids we want to recruit -- kids that have big dreams; kids that want to impact the world in a lot of ways and he’s got a great feel for that. He’s also really, really good at building relationships and really, really good in terms of Xs and Os.”[/I] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1595683522325.png"]56937[/ATTACH] Winston Gandy [/QUOTE]

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