Minnesota Lynx general manager Clare Duwelius and assistant coach Katie Smith have moved on from the WNBA’s 2024 runner-up team.
Duwelius will become GM and executive vice president of Unrivaled, the 3×3 professional women’s league that launches in January in Miami. That league was co-founded by Lynx star Napheesa Collier.
Smith is joining her alma mater, Ohio State, as assistant women’s basketball coach. Smith, who led the Buckeyes to the national championship game as a freshman in 1993, starred at Ohio State from 1992 to 1996.
She spent two years with the short-lived ABL, winning championships both seasons with Columbus. Then she went on to a 15-year WNBA playing career in which she played 6½ years with the Lynx and won two league titles with Detroit. Smith also won three gold medals as part of the U.S. Olympic team, and is in the Naismith, Women’s Basketball and Ohio State halls of fame.
“Katie has been an integral part of the Lynx since her return in 2020,” Lynx coach and president of basketball operations Cheryl Reeve said…
