The Charlotte Hornets have been granted permission to interview Lindsey Harding, the coach of the G League’s Stockton Kings, for Charlotte’s head-coaching job, a league supply confirmed Monday. ESPN first reported the information.
If Harding is employed, she would turn into the primary lady to be named head coach of an NBA workforce.
Harding, 39, was the No. 1 choose by the Phoenix Mercury within the 2007 WNBA Draft. Final 12 months, she grew to become the one lady head coach in both the NBA or G League when she coached Sacramento’s G League workforce of their opener, a loss, in opposition to the Santa Cruz Warriors in November 2023.
Harding, a former Duke standout whose No. 10 jersey was retired by this system, was named the Naismith Participant of the 12 months in 2007. She performed 9 seasons within the WNBA and, after her taking part in profession, labored as a scout and participant improvement coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. She then spent 4 seasons as an assistant for the Sacramento Kings earlier than being named the pinnacle coach of the Stockton Kings.
Final week, Harding grew to become the primary lady to be named the NBA G League Coach of the 12 months after main the Stockton Kings to a 24-10 regular-season document.
Harding has additionally coached the Mexican ladies’s nationwide workforce since 2022 and beforehand served in the identical function for South Sudan’s ladies’s workforce.
Whereas ladies teaching within the NBA continues to be uncommon, extra ladies are working as participant improvement coaches or as second or third assistants. Becky Hammon was a high assistant to San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich for years. She grew to become the primary lady to be the pinnacle coach in an NBA recreation when Popovich was ejected in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 30, 2020. She additionally was a head coach for the Spurs in the course of the NBA Summer season League, a showcase for rookies and younger gamers hoping to make a workforce within the fall.
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