Lindsey Harding is leaving the Kings organization to join the Lakers’ coaching staff, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Last season, Harding was named G League Coach of the Year in her first season with the Stockton Kings. The previous four years, Harding was as an assistant/player development coach with the NBA’s Kings.
She will be the first full-time female assistant coach in Lakers’ history, according to Khobi Price of the Orange County Register.
New Lakers head coach J.J. Redick and Harding are Duke alums. Harding was a player development coach and pro personnel scout with the Sixers when Redick played for Philadelphia from 2017-19.
Harding interviewed for the Hornets’ head coaching job this offseason. Charlotte wound up hiring Boston assistant Charles Lee.
Harding has also coached the Mexican women’s national team since 2022 and previously served in the same role for South Sudan’s women’s team.
Former Hornets assistant coach Bob Beyer is also expected to join Redick’s staff, The Athletic’s Johan Buha reports. Beyer has been in attendance for multiple Lakers summer league games.
Former head coaches Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks will reportedly be Redick’s top assistants.
Like the idea of hiring 2 ex-NBA head coaches to sit on his side, we will see if it works out better than Stotts in Milwaukee last year. Hopefully JJ shows them more respect.
I think JJ should have been an assistant before sitting in the big boys’ chair. I can understand if JJ went to the place with zero pressure but LA and LBJ it doesn’t get any hotter if LBJ is still hoping to get to 7 rings