Last Tuesday (20), through an official statement by the Stockton Kings, Lindsey Harding was chosen to be the team’s head coach during the G League competition. The news also reported that Anjali Ranadivé will be in attendance and will be the general manager of the team.
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“I don’t think about the ‘pioneer’ label. I’m just doing what I love. I’m a former player, but there’s nobody who looks like me. First of all, for a black woman to be in the front seat – that’s a whole new way. So, as a woman in general, being a head coach is different. So that’s what I’m trying to do. What we’re doing is just taking one day at a time and creating that path”.
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The news reinforces a milestone in the history of professional basketball, as with the choice, Lindsey Harding is the second woman to lead a men’s team. The former athlete has an unmatched track record, in 2007 she was chosen as the number 1 of the WNBA Draft, went through the positions of assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors and worked with Philadelphia 76ers.
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