Kara Lawson

Kara Lawson
Duke Blue Devils
Position	Head coach
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	February 14, 1981 (age 43); Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Career information
High school	West Springfield; (Springfield, Virginia)
College	Tennessee (1999–2003)
WNBA draft	2003: 1st round, 5th overall pick
	Selected by the Detroit Shock
Playing career	2003–2015
Position	Point guard
Number	20
Coaching career	2019–present
Career history
As player:
2003–2009	Sacramento Monarchs
2010–2013	Connecticut Sun
2014–2015	Washington Mystics
As coach:
2019–2020	Boston Celtics (assistant)
2020–present	Duke
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA champion (2005); WNBA All-Star (2007); 2× Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2009, 2012); Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award (2013); Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (2003); 2x All-American – USBWA (2002, 2003); Kodak All-American (2003); Second-team All-American – AP (2003); Third-team All-American – AP (2002); 4x First-team All-SEC (2000–2003); SEC All-Freshman Team (2000);
	Stats at WNBA.com
Women's basketball
Representing the United States
World University Games
Olympic Games
Women's 3x3 basketball
Head coach for the United States
Olympic Games

Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. She is a former American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a basketball television analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards.^[1]^[2] Lawson primarily played as a shooting guard. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, a championship with the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2005 WNBA Finals, and coached the United States women's national 3x3 team to gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3] Lawson retired from the WNBA in 2015 to focus on her broadcasting career.^[4] She began her coaching career as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the NBA in 2019.