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Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. She played professionally in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and has also been a basketball television analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards.
Steve Spurrier won the most recent conference championship at Duke as head coach in 1989. The Duke Blue Devils college football team represents Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches since it began play during ...
Portions of its performances were not good enough, the team was not ready enough to win big games, Lawson said Sunday after Duke completed a 16-point comeback to upset No. 2 seed Ohio State, 75-63 ...
On April 18, 2007, Joanne P. McCallie, or Coach P, was introduced as the new coach of Duke's women's basketball team after Goestenkors left for the University of Texas. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Through 2011, the Blue Devils have won seven ACC Championships, the third most in the ACC.
In December 2007, Tennessee offensive coordinator and former Ole Miss head coach David Cutcliffe was hired as Duke's 22nd head football coach. [80] [81] Duke went 4–8 in 2008 [82] and 5–7 in 2009, [83] the closest the school had come to bowl eligibility since 1994. [84] Cutcliffe fielded back-to-back 3–9 seasons in 2010 and 2011.
Duke’s coach since 2001, Church led Duke to three appearances in the College Cup, the sport’s final four. Duke made national championship game appearances in 2011 and 2015.
Tip off of a Duke women's game in 2013. In 1974, Duke hired Emma Jean Howard to teach physical education, and to serve as the head coach of the women's basketball and volleyball teams. Initially, women's basketball was played as a club sport. In the first season, 1974–75, the team played locally, finishing second in the state with a 6–7 record.
Duke Women's Soccer was established in 1988 under head coach Bill Hempen, who was a Duke Men's soccer coach prior to this position. [2] Hempen was assisted by Carla Overbeck, [3] a previous player at UNC Chapel Hill. While at UNC, Overbeck remained unbeaten for four seasons, and won four national championships.