Kara Lawson is a former American Professional Player for the Women National Basketball Association and a basketball television analyst for ESPN like Rebecca Lobo and the Washington Wizards. She attended the Sidwell Friends School from her first year and went to West Springfield High School. For her collegiate year, Kara attended the University of Tennessee. She retired from WNBA to focus on her broadcasting career. Lawson is working as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils basketball team in the WNBA.
Kara Lawson, Born on February 14, 1981, under the star sign Aquarius. The American Native, who has an incredible height of 5 ft 9 in, is the daughter of the late William Lawson and Kathleen Lawson. She also has a sister, Susan lawson. She grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and belonged to the African-American ethnicity.
The Net Worth of Kara Lawson amounts to $2 million. Being dedicated all her life to the sports field, she has been able to accumulate such net worth. Katie Feenstra-Mattera also has a similar net worth as Kara.
The Former Basketball star was the assistant coach for the Boston Celtics. The average salary for the assistant coach in Boston Celtics summed up to $49,611 per year, excluding incentives and bonuses. As per sources, Kara makes more than $500,000 as she annul salary as the head coach.
Kara Lawson along with Sarah Kustok SOURCE: wtop On the other hand, she also works as an analyst for the ESPN network. Particularly, the ESPN analyst is expected to earn $59,684 as a salary. Rebecca Lobo also worked with Kara Lawson in ESPN as a sports analyst.
Lawson became the primary television guide for the Washinton wizards replacing long-time analysts Phil Chenier as a full-time host. She is the first primary analyst for an NBA team joining Sarah Kustok of the Brooklyn Nets.
Kara has a long history in the WNBA. She started her professional career from 2003 and finally retired in 2015. She has also represented her country in the World University Games held in Beijing, China. Representing the USA women's Basketball Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
She would have received thousands of dollars from her professional career during her professional career. She was the 5th overall pick in Round 1 of 2003, Drafted by the Detroit Shock. After being drafted, the former athlete would have signed a contract worth $150,000-$200,000 during her active year.
The 41-years-old has been married to Damien Barling since 2008. It's going to be 14 years in their marital life. There aren't any controversies in their married life, and things seem to be going well in the married life. Damien met Lawson while he was working at the Sacramento soon after the monarchs' WNBA championship win. Barling was a radio broadcaster in the Sacramento area for KHTL, a commercial radio station. He interviewed lawson on his show following her officially being named as a color analyst.
Kara Lawson and her Husband SOURCE: liverampup However, there isn't any report of any children from the couple. Whatever the reason, the couple seems to have been private about the matter. We do hope for a happy life for the couple.
The 5' 9'' belongs to an African-American Ethnicity. Kara was bron to the late William Lawson and Kathleen Lawson. Her father passed away in August 2017. She wrote a long letter about her father, which she posted on her Twitter account.
The Former Basketball player also has a sister named Susan Lawson. Her sister's life is private, so there isn't much information available about her sister.
Kara joined the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association as their assistant coach. The following year, She was hired as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils Womens Basketball team. The following year, The United States hired her as their head coach for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She led the team to the gold medal.
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