If there was any doubt that Kim Mulkey deserves a spot on the Mount Rushmore of women’s college basketball coaches, that was erased on Sunday night.
With LSU’s 102-85 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes in the national championship, the Tigers captured their first title in program history. For Mulkey, it was the fourth of her career after winning three during her 22-year stint at Baylor.
That puts her in elite company. She becomes just the third coach in women’s college basketball history to win four or more titles, joining legends Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt. She’s also just the second coach to win a title in the first two years with a program, and she’s the first to win titles at multiple programs.
Kim Mulkey cements her place among the all-time greats 🙌
đź‘Ź Joins Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt as only women's coaches with 4+ national titles
👏 2nd women’s coach to win a title in her first 2 seasons at a school
đź‘Ź 1st women's coach to win a title at 2 different programs pic.twitter.com/K0nkYFy11P— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 2, 2023
Mulkey has cemented herself as one of the all-time greats, and this could just be the beginning of what she will accomplish at LSU.
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