Kimberly Duane Mulkey was born on May 17,1962 and is an American college basketball coach and former player.
16 Facts About Kim Mulkey
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Kim Mulkey is the head coach for Louisiana State University's women's basketball team.
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Kim Mulkey has won NCAA championships as the coach of Baylor in 2005,2012, and 2019 and LSU in 2023.
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Kim Mulkey was one of the first girls in the US to play organized basketball with boys.
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Kim Mulkey later achieved high academic honors as an inductee into the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic Hall of Fame for her classroom achievements at Louisiana Tech.
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Kim Mulkey became an assistant at Tech in 1985 and was promoted to associate head coach in 1996.
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Kim Mulkey was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1983 Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Kim Mulkey played for the USA National team in the 1983 World Championships, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Kim Mulkey continued with the national team to represent the US at the 1984 Olympics.
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The rise of the Baylor program under Kim Mulkey was capped off in 2005 with a national title when the Bears defeated Michigan State in the championship game at Indianapolis.
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Since the inception of the NCAA women's tournament in 1982, Kim Mulkey has been involved in that tournament as a player or coach every year except 1985 and 2003.
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Kim Mulkey was enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 for her accomplishments as a player.
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Kim Mulkey's autobiography is called Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family.
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Kim Mulkey stated that the organization tasked with running the student tournament should "dump the COVID testing", commenting freely during a press conference despite not being asked about it by reporters.
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Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma later defended Kim Mulkey's comments, stating, "This past year has shown us that there's a lot of difficult topics to talk about".
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In 1987, Kim Mulkey married Randy Robertson, whom she met at Louisiana Tech where he was the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs for the 1974 and 1975 seasons.