LSU has hired Kim Mulkey, a three-time NCAA champion, Boiler, as the new women’s basketball coach

LSU hired boiler women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey to lead the team’s Lady Tigers program Announced on Sunday.

Mulkey, Tickfaw, La. A native of, played at Louisiana Tech from 1980–84, helping the team to the AIAW Tournament Championship in 1981 and the NCAA Tournament Championship in ’82. He helped the team to the second national championship in 1988 as an assistant coach. He took over Baylor’s program in 2000 and won the NCAA tournament in 2005, ’12 and ’19, becoming the only man in college basketball history to lead the programs to win the title. As a player, assistant and head coach.

LSU Athletics Director Scott Woodward said in a statement, “Kim Mulkey is a champion and Hall of Famer, and we are thrilled to welcome her home. “His achievements are unprecedented, his passion is unmatched, and his commitment to winning in all aspects of life – in the classroom, on the court and in the community is unparalleled. We look forward to working with her as she instills that championship culture at LSU. “

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Bayor athletic director Mack Rodes IV issued a statement confirming Mulkey’s move to LSU, thanking him for 21 years in Waco, Texas:

“We are grateful for more than two decades Kim Mulkey produced Baylor Women’s Basketball, one of the country’s premier programs. Coach Mulkey’s continued success is one of the most notable runs in college basketball history, and his achievements qualified for the Naismith Hall of Fame later this year. “

Mulkey produced Baylor in his current powerhouse position, leading the program for his first NCAA tournament bid in just the second year as head coach. She led the Lady Biggs to 11 Big 12 regular season titles and 10 Big 12 tournament titles. She led the Lady Bears to the Sweet 16 five times, the Elite Eight times and the Final Four four times to top her three national titles. Baylor has appeared in the NCAA Women’s Tournament 19 times in her 21 seasons and won the NIT in her third year.

Mulkey was named college basketball coach twice by The USBWA (2011, ’12 and ’19) and WBCA (2012 and ’19) twice in The Associated Press (2012 and ’19). He is inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.