Heartbreak: The head coach of LSU women’s basketball, Kim Mulkeys, has announced his departure due to the comback of…
The missing component of the LSU women’s basketball program was coach Kim Mulkey. Mulkey turned Baylor into a dominant force in women’s basketball, so many were shocked when she decided to transfer to LSU, but she had to take advantage of the opportunity to go back home.
The program has recovered in her first season, as predicted by the six-time National Champion, eight-time National Coach of the Year, and most recently the fastest women’s college basketball coach to reach 650 wins. In the previous 14 years, Mulkey has guided the team to its best start through 22 games. The Tigers made their season debut after the team began 6-1, including a 69-60 victory over a No. 14 Iowa State squad.
in the AP Top-25 Rankings for women’s basketball. They haven’t been ranked lower than No. 11 thus far, so that was just the beginning for them.
Kentucky Women’s Hoops versus LSU
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, during LSU’s 78-69 victory over Kentucky in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on North Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, head coach Kim Mulkey addresses the players on the court.
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Mulkey has guided the Tigers to great heights with her basketball acumen and invaluable coaching experience, but it’s her inspiration off the court that keeps this team going.
The Tigers faced a challenge after dropping their next two road games, a heartbreaking 73-72 at Florida and a 90-76 at Arkansas. This was the first significant road.
block the team has encountered this season, but Mulkey maintained his composure.
In her press conference after their defeat by Florida, Mulkey stated, “There’s nothing to change; it’s not broken,” and after their defeat by Arkansas, she stated, “The sky is not falling.”
Though she is regarded as one of the greatest women’s college basketball coaches of all time, Coach Mulkey stands out for her ability to maintain her team’s focus even when things aren’t going according to plan.
“You can’t expect everything to go your way all the time,” she remarked during the press conference following the Florida defeat. “You have to persevere despite errors.”
Mulkey has also succeeded in winning over the confidence of a fresh group, school, and state so swiftly because she enjoys her work, which is coaching basketball.
Mulkey remarked, “I absolutely love what I do,” at a recent Greater Baton Rouge Business Report seminar. “I believe that if you lead your people and your business in that way, they have to appreciate it. I’m real, honest, passionate, and intense.”
