Lindsey Harding … Head Coach of the G League’s Stockton Kings

       The Charlotte Hornets have been granted permission to interview Lindsey Harding, the daughter of Tampa native, Lillian Andrews Ponquinette, and the coach of the G League’s Stockton Kings. The Hornets are looking for a new head coach and want to speak with Harding for Charlotte’s head-coaching job.

     If the Hornets hire Harding, she would be the first woman to be named head coach of an NBA team.

      Harding, a former Duke standout whose No. 10 jersey was retired by the program, was named the Naismith Player of the Year in 2007. She was first pick by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2007 WNBA Draft. Last year, she became the only woman head coach in either the NBA or G League when she coached Sacramento’s G League team.

       Recently, Harding became the first woman to be named the NBA G League Coach of the Year after leading the Stockton Kings to a 24-10 regular-season record.

     Harding has also coached the Mexican women’s national team since 2022. She previously coached the South Sudan women’s team.