Keturah Jackson no longer appears on the coaching staff list at
https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/coaches
Jim Sumner had previously posted on p.7
Keturah Jackson no longer appears on the coaching staff list at
https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/coaches
Last edited by pfrduke; 08-05-2020 at 11:58 AM.
Definitely worth a listen, I had not realized she had such a close connection with Coach Cut. This interview makes me feel even better about the hire!
https://www.theringer.com/2020/8/4/2...ch-kara-lawson
Russillo, as everyone knows, is a U. of Vermont grad, so there's that...
Sarah Wilkinson rounds out Lawson's staff.
https://goduke.com/news/2020/8/7/law...all-staff.aspx
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Former
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head coach Gail Goestenkors has been named an associate head coach at Central Michigan
Didn't know where to put this. Congrats Gail and good luck.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Happy with the Lawson hire but I'll always have a soft spot for Coach G. Wish we could've gotten her at least one national championship.
Yep... player execution has nothing to do with it. It's all on the coaches.
Coach G did an outstanding job of employing strategies and tactics that put our players in the best position to have success. After that, it's on the players.
THAT'S the way these things work.
Here endeth the lesson.
Last edited by bullettoothtony; 08-15-2020 at 11:00 PM.
I like Russillo. He's got a GenX too-cool-for-school dry wit, which puts me at ease. It has its drawbacks but it helps you survive.
I was initially disappointed with the hiring of Coach Lawson because of her lack of head coaching experience. However, DukeWBB has posted on twitter several clips of Coach Lawson coaching her players and color me impressed. The latest is her explaining the difference between working hard and competing. She's not an in-your-face type of motivator but her words are very powerful. These young ladies have a coach and a teacher.
I'm so excited for her. I'm glad Duke is committed to the program moving forward. Whether this works out or not, they took a shot on being among the upper echelon moving forward when few would have faulted them for being conservative. I just wish Coach L (or is it Coach K????) could have a full complement of crazies and fans to give her a proper welcome this year.
April 1
Nice story in the WaPost on Lawson who's from the area. (Sorry if it's paywalled.)
Loved this opening:
-jkLike many children who took to basketball at an early age, Kara Lawson aspired to make a professional career out of the sport. The difference between the Northern Virginia native and many other youthful dreamers was Lawson’s inclination toward coaching, not just playing.
That’s how Lawson’s former high school coach at West Springfield, where the Spartans went undefeated in her final two seasons on the way to consecutive state championships, tells it when recounting a conversation they had her junior year.
It began with Lawson showing up at Bill Gibson’s office, as his point guard had on many occasions since arriving at the school one year previous. During this visit, they discussed, among other topics, Lawson’s plans not only several years down the road but also where she envisioned herself perhaps over the ensuing decades.
“She goes, ‘Well, I want to become a coach,’ ” Gibson said. “And I said, ‘Well, a high school coach isn’t that.’ And she goes, ‘No, I don’t want to be a high school coach.’ ‘Oh, you want to be a college coach?’ ‘No, I don’t want to be a college coach. I want to be an NBA coach.’
“I said, ‘Damn, if you need an assistant, call me.’ ”