Harding – the G League Coach of the Year with Stockton last season – has made a steady climb on to an NBA bench after retiring from a nine-year WNBA playing career.
The Lakers have hired former Sacramento Kings assistant coach Lindsey Harding. Harding, a former WNBA and international star, was the head coach of the Kings’ G League affiliate in Stockton last season. LAS VEGAS — The Lakers are hiring Lindsey Harding, the reigning G League Coach of the Year, as an assistant coach to new head coach JJ Redick. She will be the first female full-time assistant coach in franchise history.
Harding, 39, was the head coach of the Stockton Kings, the Sacramento Kings’ G League affiliate, last season. She led Stockton to a G League-best 24-10 record during the regular season and was the first woman to win G League Coach of the Year. She’s also been the head coach of the Mexico women’s national team and also coached the South Sudan women’s national team, which participated in the FIBA AfroBasket qualifier, becoming the country’s first team to enter a women’s tournament.
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