{"id":19206,"date":"2024-07-24T09:49:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=19206"},"modified":"2024-07-24T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:49:55","slug":"jj-redick-hires-lindsey-harding-as-lakers-first-female-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/07\/jj-redick-hires-lindsey-harding-as-lakers-first-female-assistant-coach.html","title":{"rendered":"JJ Redick Hires Lindsey Harding as Lakers&#8217; First Female Assistant Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19215\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2024\/07\/lindsey-harding-los-angeles-lakers-credit-nbc-sports-california-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19215\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2024\/07\/lindsey-harding-los-angeles-lakers-credit-nbc-sports-california-youtube.png\" alt=\"lindsey harding\" width=\"1000\" height=\"672\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NBC Sports Bay Area &amp; California\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sacramento Kings\u00a0G League coach Lindsey Harding is joining the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/40575959\/sources-lakers-adding-lindsey-harding-jj-redick-staff\">ESPN reports<\/a>, making her the first female full-time coach in the organization&#8217;s storied history. Harding will join\u00a0J.J. Redick&#8217;s staff\u00a0after guiding the Stockton Kings to a regular-season best 24-10 record. She was named the 2023-24 G League Coach of the Year in her lone season in Stockton.<\/p>\n<p>Harding and Redick have been connected for years since they both played basketball at Duke. Harding was also a player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers when Redick played for the organization. Harding was a star for the Blue Devils women&#8217;s basketball team. She was named the 2007 Naismith National Player of the Year and is the career assist leader at Duke. She was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, who traded Harding to the Minnesota Lynx in a draft day deal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umVCLFiOcbA?si=hCr5fdLeGM5fNglj\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She played nine seasons in the league, with stints with the\u00a0Lynx, Washington Mystics,\u00a0Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty and Mercury. She joined the coaching ranks after ending her WNBA career. After her time in Philadelphia, she became an assistant coach for the Kings in 2019. She was on the staff of the team that broke\u00a0the NBA&#8217;s longest playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Harding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/hornets\/2024\/04\/08\/charlotte-interview-g-league-lindsey-harding-head-coach\/73256432007\/\">reportedly interviewed for the head coaching position<\/a>\u00a0for the Charlotte Hornets. The job was ultimately given to Boston Celtics assistant Charles Lee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Kings\u00a0G League coach Lindsey Harding is joining the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff,\u00a0ESPN reports, making her the first female full-time coach in the organization&#8217;s storied history. Harding will join\u00a0J.J. Redick&#8217;s staff\u00a0after guiding the Stockton Kings to a regular-season best 24-10 record. 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