The Los Angeles Lakers have hired their first female head coach, Lindsey Harding.
Harding will become an assistant under new head coach JJ Redick.
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She will join Jenny Boucek at the Indiana Pacers, Brittni Donaldson at the Atlanta Hawks and Sonia Raman at the Memphis Grizzlies as women’s coaches in the NBA.
Harding led the Stockton Kings to first place in the Western Conference and an appearance in the semifinals of the G League playoffs.
She was named G League Coach of the Year for her achievements.
The news was reported by ESPN Senior NBA Fellow Adrian Wojnarowski.
“Lindsey Harding – the G League Coach of the Year – has agreed to a deal to become an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers,” he posted on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
“Harding leaves the Kings to join JJ Redick, with whom he spent time on the Sixers staff and as a Duke All-American.”
Fans were quick to respond with their verdicts on the news.
“I don’t know what Redick is cooking but I’m going to let him cook it,” said one fan.
“This is exciting, great things are happening for the Lakers,” another fan posted.
“JJ is not kidding, this season will be great to watch,” commented a third fan.
“Wow, I didn’t expect that to happen,” said a fourth fan.
“Amazing job for Lindsey, good luck to her,” said a fifth fan.
The 2023-24 season ended disappointingly for the Lakers with a first-round playoff exit.
Darvin Ham was fired as head coach after two years in the role.
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Redick stepped into the top role despite having no previous coaching experience.
He brought several veterans onto his staff, including longtime NBA coaches Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks.
Redick hosted the “Mind The Game” podcast with Lakers great LeBron James.
But he recently confirmed that this would end when he takes on this new role.
“For now, and I hope for a long, long time, I am excommunicated from the content space,” Redick said.
“So there will be no podcast. For now, I’m done podcasting.”
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