You might as well put Duke in the official U.S. Olympic basketball coach description because women’s coach Kara Lawson is now the head coach of the women’s U.S. Olympic team.
This follows the epic three-peat orchestrated by former Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Needless to say, this is an enormous honor and, if she handles it as well as Coach K did, will help her program a great deal.
Lawson told ESPN that “To win a gold medal as a player was amazing, and one of the earliest goals that I set out
when I was young. I think that is what drives you because you know how great that feels and you want the players you coach to experience that. You get to have this permanent memory in your sport and so the goal is to try to help them create that for themselves at the different world events.”
It’s an incredible honor and adds to the general sense that Duke Basketball is on a different level.
- Kara Lawson named USA Basketball women’s national team coach for 2026 World Cup, 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
- Kara Lawson will coach U.S. women’s basketball team at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
- Kara Lawson named head coach of USA Basketball Women’s National Team
- USA Women keep the faith with Kara Lawson
- Kara Lawson named the next Team USA women’s basketball coach
- Duke’s Kara Lawson will coach US Olympic women’s basketball team in 2028 games
