COVERSTORY
KIM
MULKEY
HEAD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH, LSU
BIO
Hometown: Hammond Age: 59 Family: Son Kramer Robertson and daughter Makenzie Fuller Years with company: 1 year
MILESTONES
1984: Plays for Team USA and becomes an Olympic gold medalist. • Only person in college basketball history—men’s or women’s—to win national championships as a head coach, assistant coach and a player. 2022: Wins 650th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach in men’s or women’s Division 1 college basketball history (758 games) to reach that milestone. 2021-22: In first season at LSU, leads the greatest single-season turnaround by a firstyear head coach in SEC history with a 26-6 record after taking over a team that went 9-13 the previous season. • Nine-Time National Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. • Coached 20 players who have earned AllAmerica honors by various entities. • Student-athletes, throughout her head coaching career, have a 100% graduation rate.
Q&A
Proudest business achievement Influence young women by being a leader they want to follow. Giving them confidence in what they are doing. And lastly, show them how to handle success and failure. Hardest lesson learned How to deal with things out of your control, like death, divorce and discrimination as a 12-year-old playing baseball with boys. Best advice Always be you! Learn from other leaders and incorporate it into your own leadership style.
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