Skip to main content
Join
Team Avatar
LSU

Greg Sankey praises Kim Mulkey's coaching following LSU national championship win

IMG_6598by:Nick Kosko•04/04/23•

nickkosko59

gettyimages-1246291067-594x594 (1)
(Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey was on hand for Kim Mulkey’s historic win for LSU in the women’s basketball national championship.

Sankey praised the Tigers’ head coach, who won a title in just her second year with the program. It was the fourth of her career following three with Baylor.

Joining Sirius XM’s College Sports Radio, Sankey revealed his observations of Mulkey up close during the win over Iowa.

“There’s obviously an intensity,” Sankey said. “But it’s interesting to sit behind the bench. I did it last year with South Carolina and watched Dawn (Staley) interact with their players. And obviously there are those moments of very clear, you know, there’s the dictator and a coach, but also teaching, calm, thinking, the relationship. You can see that play out and it’s a privilege to be that close. 

“And I often tell people, one of the greatest rewards of the job is to see those that others see on TV or in an arena, but to see them up close and see that work. (Kim) obviously attracts talent, but you don’t just attract talent when at a high level you have to build and develop and teach and grow.”

Towards the end of the game, television cameras caught Mulkey on the sideline very emotional. Safe to say, this title meant a lot compared to others.

“With about 1:30 to go, I couldn’t hold it, Mulkey said. “I got very emotional. That’s really not like me until the buzzer goes off, but I knew we were going to hold on and win this game.

“I don’t know if it’s the mere fact that we’re doing this in my second year back home. I don’t know if it was the fact that I am home. I don’t know if it was looking across there at my daughter and my grandchildren. I don’t know if it was looking across at LSU. I don’t know what it was, but I lost it. So that should tell you what I think about it. Very, very emotional and tears of joy.”

It took just two years for Mulkey to reach the top in Baton Rouge. She immediately turned around the LSU women’s program after a historic run with Baylor.

CLICK HERE to subscribe to the On3 YouTube channel today for all of the latest news on college football, recruiting, NIL, more! 

Mulkey is now 692-112 in her career with Baylor and LSU and has four national titles.