Kings' Lindsey Harding Joins Lakers Coaching Staff

The 2023-24 NBA G League Coach of the Year is joining JJ Redick's staff in Los Angeles.

Oct 9, 2022; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings assistant coach Lindsey Harding before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports / Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

The Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Lindsey Harding to join JJ Redick's coaching staff as an assistant, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

ESPN Sources: Lindsey Harding — the G League coach of the year — has agreed on a deal to become an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers. Harding leaves the Kings to rejoin JJ Redick, whom she spent time with on the Sixers staff and as a Duke All-American. pic.twitter.com/O0O0Gom3ic

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 16, 2024

After spending multiple seasons as a player development coach with the Sacramento Kings, Harding earned the head coaching position of Sacramento's G League affiliate in Stockton. Harding won the 2023-24 NBA G League Coach of the Year, becoming the first woman ever to win the award.

Harding joins Los Angeles to become the historic franchise's first-ever woman assistant, as she continues to break down the barrier for women in the NBA.

Harding was already in consideration to take the reigns of her own team, as the Charlotte Hornets interviewed her for their head coaching vacancy this offseason before hiring Charles Lee.

The WNBA 2007 first-overall pick has made a name for herself in the NBA coaching landscape, and the young, talented coach continues to climb the ranks. Securing a valuable position as an assistant with the Lakers is one step further than she was before, and the Kings community should be ecstatic for her, regardless of whether she is joining a division rival.

While Harding's coaching career is still fresh, she will likely continue to make history as it progresses.

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