The Los Angeles Lakers have made another addition to their coaching staff, adding former WNBA player Shay Murphy as a coaching associate, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
Murphy — whose WNBA career ended in 2017 — joins new additions John Lucas III and David Fizdale alongside the returning Phil Handy, Mike Penberthy, Quinton Crawford and Miles Simon on head coach Frank Vogel’s bench.
The Lakers have added former WNBA player Shay Murphy as a coaching associate, sources told ESPN. The L.A.-area native attended USC and had a pro career that spanned more than a decade overseas and in the WNBA, where she won a title with Phoenix in 2014.