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Related: About this forumHall of Fame women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey leaves Baylor for LSU
Hall of Fame women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey, who won three national championships in 21 seasons at Baylor, is leaving for LSU.
LSU announced the blockbuster hire on Sunday.
Mulkey, who grew up in Tickfaw, Louisiana, will be introduced in a news conference on Monday
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31334018/hall-fame-women-basketball-coach-kim-mulkey-leaves-baylor-lsu
This is probably about as big a story as you're gonna get in women's college basketball, short of Geno Auriemma retiring....which he is not, as far as anyone knows.
underpants
(187,334 posts)I dont follow womens ball but I know that anyone whos been somewhere that long and having won 3 National Championships leaving is a big deal. Very interesting.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,840 posts)How does someone make it into a Hall of Fame, any Hall of Fame, while still engaged in the work that gets them into that Hall of Fame?
I know my ignorance is showing, but I'd appreciate clarification here.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,106 posts)as a player even. She was a great point guard for La Tech.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,840 posts)Hope there might be more answers, but if not, this works.
rurallib
(63,291 posts)Pretty sure coaches like Coach K, Jim Boeheim and others are in the HOF. Just depends on who makes the rules.
rurallib
(63,291 posts)When Vivian Stringer decided to leave Iowa and go back east to Rutgers it was big.
Tara Vanderveer from Ohio State to Stanford was big.
I am a fairly big women's bball fan and this is truly surprising.
Ilsa
(62,280 posts)lost the championship game to USC, I think. I believe she had a son at LSU playing baseball, but I bet he's graduated by now.
redstatebluegirl
(12,503 posts)She is a great coach but a nasty person.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,106 posts)the SEC wants her? Not on your life!
sherinemuasher
(7 posts)Speaking of the hall of fame. Have you heard about the Poker Hall of Fame? Its early list is quite interesting, given that most inducted names were based on legends or tales.