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My Take
What grabs me about Kara Lawson is not just the playing resume but the arc of it. A shooting guard who lived and died by scoring decisions, she now coaches Duke's women and the U.S. national team, which is a far harder kind of pressure. Winning a sportsmanship award tells me she carried herself with grace even in a cutthroat sport, and that quality usually translates into the kind of coach players actually want to play for. I find people who can both compete ruthlessly and then teach generously genuinely rare. Lawson's second act interests me more than her first.
Overview
Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team and the U.S. women's national team. She played professionally in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and has also been a basketball television analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards. Lawson primarily played as a shooting guard.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kara Lawson
- Name (Japanese)
- カーラ・ローソン
- Reading
- かーら・ろーそん
- Born
- February 14, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- West Springfield High School
- University
- University of Tennessee
Awards & achievements
- Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.