Former Stockton Kings HC Lindsey Harding to be Lakers' first female assistant coach, sources say
LOS ANGELES — Lindsey Harding, the coach of the year last season with the Sacramento Kings' G League affiliate, is joining JJ Redick's coaching staff with the Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN first reported Tuesday.
The Lakers haven't publicly announced Redick's first coaching staff, which also includes former NBA head coaches Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks. Harding, 40, will be the 17-time NBA champion team's first female assistant coach.
Harding became the first woman to win the G League Coach of the Year award. The former No. 1 overall WNBA draft pick previously was an assistant coach, a player development coach and a scout for the Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers.
Harding and Redick have been close since both collegiate stars played at Duke over the same four-year span. Harding was the Naismith College Player of the Year in 2007 before she embarked on a nine-year WNBA playing career, including two seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks.
Harding's Stockton Kings went 24-10 and reached the G League's conference finals last season.