Angela Lawson is the head women's basketball coach at the University of the Incarnate Word

University of the Incarnate Word

The University of the Incarnate Word is a private Catholic university located within the cities of San Antonio and Alamo Heights in Texas, United States....

. She played college basketball

College basketball

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 at Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

 where she was a three year starter for Leon Barmore

Leon Barmore

Leon Barmore is a college women's basketball coach. He coached at Louisiana Tech University from 1982 to 2002, serving the first three years as co-head coach with Sonja Hogg, who had begun the program in 1974 at the invitation of university president F. Jay Taylor...

 and the Lady Techsters

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

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 and won the 1988 NCAA Division I National Championship in her senior season. Lawson went to the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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 to earn a master's degree and serve as a graduate assistant for Pat Summitt

Pat Summitt

Patricia "Pat" Head Summitt is an American women's college basketball coach. She is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. She is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division...

 and the Lady Vols

Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball

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. In her second season as GA, Tennessee won the 1991 NCAA Division I National Championship. Lawson then took an assistant coaching position at Texas State

Texas State University–San Marcos

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, which she served for 3 seasons. Then she took an assistant coaching position at Baylor

Baylor University

Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...

 with former Louisiana Tech coach Sonja Hogg

Sonja Hogg

Sonja Hogg is the former head woman's basketball coach at Louisiana Tech University and at Baylor University.Hogg was a physical education teacher at Ruston High School when she interviewed at Louisiana Tech for a position in its P.E. department. School president Dr. F. Jay Taylor remarked that...

. After serving 6 years at Baylor, Lawson took the head coaching position which she currently holds at the University of the Incarnate Word

University of the Incarnate Word

The University of the Incarnate Word is a private Catholic university located within the cities of San Antonio and Alamo Heights in Texas, United States....

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