(1962-05-17) May 17, 1962 (age 62) Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1984
Louisiana Tech
1983–1984
USA National Team
Position(s)
Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1996
Louisiana Tech (assistant)
1996–2000
Louisiana Tech (associate HC)
2000–2021
Baylor
2021–present
LSU
Head coaching record
Overall
723–118 (.860)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As player: NCAA Division I tournament (1982) AIAW Division I tournament (1981) As assistant coach: NCAA Division I Tournament (1988) As head coach: 4× NCAA Division I Tournament (2005, 2012, 2019, 2023) 5× NCAA Regional—Final Four (2005, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023) 12× Big 12 regular season (2005, 2011–2021) 11× Big 12 tournament (2005, 2009, 2011–2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Awards
3× AP College Basketball Coach of the Year (2012, 2019, 2022)
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2012)
3× USBWA National Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2019)
2× WBCA National Coach of the Year (2012, 2019)
8× Big 12 Coach of the Year (2005, 2011–2013, 2015, 2018–2020)
Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1992)
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (1984)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2020 (profile)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
Team competition
Pan American
1983 Caracas
Team Competition
FIBA World Championship for Women
1983 Rio de Janeiro
Team Competition
Jones Cup
1984 Taipei
Team Competition
Kimberly Duane Mulkey (born May 17, 1962)[1] is an American college basketball coach and former player. Since 2021, she has been the head coach for Louisiana State University's women's basketball team. A Pan-American gold medalist in 1983 and Olympic gold medalist in 1984, she is the first coach in NCAA basketball history to win national championships as a player, assistant coach, and head coach.[2] Since the inception of the NCAA women's tournament in 1982, Mulkey has participated as a player or coach every year except 1985 and 2003.
As head coach, her teams won NCAA championships at Baylor in 2005, 2012, and 2019 and at LSU in 2023. Mulkey is one of seven coaches to have led teams to more than one championship win, ranking third behind UConn's Geno Auriemma's 11 titles and former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt's 8 wins.[3]
Mulkey was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.[2][4][5][6]
In 2007, Mulkey penned her autobiography, titled Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family.
^Cite error: The named reference NCAA Coaches was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Rabalais, Scott (May 15, 2021). "Kim Mulkey on Hall of Fame journey: 'Incredibly honored,' being feminine but 'tough as hell,' more". The Advocate. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^Guilbeau, Glenn (May 15, 2021). "LSU coach Kim Mulkey gets Hammond, Tickfaw in Basketball Hall of Fame acceptance speech". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^Nagy, Zack (May 16, 2021). "LSU Women's Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey Inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
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