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Former Duke star Lindsey Harding is first woman ever to win G-League Coach of the Year

Former Duke player Lindsey Harding wins the G-League Coach of the Year. She is the first woman in NBA history to win the award.

Former Duke women’s basketball player Lindsey Harding made history on Tuesday after she was named the G-League Coach of the Year.

Harding became the first woman in NBA history to win the award after she led the Stockton Kings to a G-League-best 24-10 record.

She led the Kings to this record in just her first season as Stockton’s head coach.

Harding played at Duke from 2002 to 2007, winning both National Player of the Year and National Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Harding, who was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury, played in the WNBA for nine seasons. She was inducted into the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.

Before taking the head coaching position with Stockton, she began her coaching career with the Mexico women’s national basketball team in 2022.

Lindsey Harding, a former Duke …

Lindsey Harding, a former Duke basketball standout who is now on the coaching staff of the Sacramento Kings, said she is preparing for everything. Back in March, Harding, the Kings’ player development coach, was in the midst of helping her team fight for a playoff spot. “It’s funny we were sitting in the locker room for like 45 minutes; like they said, postponed, but we didn’t know if it was going to go on that day,” she said. “We had no idea until everyone was like, the season is postponed just go home. We weren’t sure, we were working out some of the guys cautiously, as much as possible, for almost a week until we realized it was postponed indefinitely. A lot of our players went home, a lot of our coaches that are close kind of went home and it’s kind of a wait and see right now.”

Harding said that while she misses the …

Harding said that while she misses the day-to-day grind of being a coach, she has loved this time, and it’s given her a chance to reflect on who she is off the court. “I think we always define ourselves with our career and what we’ve done and what we’ve accomplished and now it’s kind of stripped away now who are you?” she said. “I’ve had a chance to really look inside and get a lot of clarity. It’s been a great growth for me. As far as the coaching goes, it doesn’t go away. We’ve had a lot of meetings, looking towards the future.”