Kara Lawson is another bullet point for an already impressive curriculum with US basketball.
The organization announced on Tuesday that Duke’s female basketball coach will be the head coach of the US team. In the FIBA Women’s Americanup this summer in Chile. Help Lawson in the tournament that will take place from June 28 to July 6 will be the coach of the old Dominion, Delisha Milton-Jones, and Jennie Baranczyk of Oklahoma.
“The opportunity to work with some of the best players in the country, and the opportunity to train with some of the best coaches in the country is something that excites me,” Lawson said in a statement. “I always hope to serve the US basketball. Uu. In any ability to ask me.”
Lawson has won three Olympic gold medals with the US team. She was the 3X3 team chief who won in Tokyo in 2021, an assistant coach with the 5×5 team who won in Paris last summer, and captured the gold as a player in the 2008 team. On the course of her various training roles with the US team. Uu. 75-5.
“It is a gift that has given me a lot over the years as a player, as a member of the committee and as a coach,” Lawson added. “I have always tried to compete and give my best in the different roles they have given me. That will not change this summer. The goal is to put together a competitive team, one that represents all the standards that we advance.
A product from the University of Tennessee where he played under the legendary Pat Summitt, Lawson has just finished his fifth season at the head of the Duke Blue Devilsthat marked his best season in more than a decade. Duke captured the ACC Tournament Title and advanced to the elite Eight for the first time since 2013.
The Americans won money in 2023 FIBA American, falling to Brazil in the title game. That team mainly presented university stars, such as Angel Reese, Rickea Jackson, Lauren Betts, leaves Kelly, Rayah Marshall and Raven Johnson. Washington stateKamie Ethridge was the coach of that team.
The United States has won four American Gold Medals, with the most recent in 2021, with a squad driven by Rhyne Howard, Aliyah Boston and Elissa Cunane.
In the next tournament, the US team will be in Group B with Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
