Kim Mulkey (March 2026)

Mulkey snubbed for SEC Coach of the Year, Pointer earns 1st team status

Despite leading the LSU Women’s Basketball team on a historic turnaround in the SEC, LSU head coach Kim Mulkey did not receive SEC Coach of the Year honors for the 2021-22 season as voted on by the leagues head coaches. LSU guard Khayla Pointer was named to the first team All-SEC squad while fellow guard Alexis Morris made the second team. Dawn Staley, the head coach of the top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, won the Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time in her career. Under Mulkey’s guidance, the LSU Tigers improved their win total from nine regular season wins a year ago to 25 this year, and they are the second place team in the conference behind South Carolina heading into the start of the SEC Tournament in Nashville. Coach – Dawn Staley Player – Aliyah Boston Defensive Player – Aliyah Boston Freshman – Samara Spencer Sixth-Woman – Angel Baker Scholar-Athlete – Mikayla Coombs First Team All-SEC Kiara Smith Florida Jenna Staiti Georgia Rhyne Howard Kentucky Khayla Pointer LSU Shakira Austin Ole Miss Aliyah Boston South Carolina Destanni Henderson South Carolina Jordan Horston Tennessee Second Team All-SEC Brittany Davis Alabama Amber Ramirez Arkansas Aicha Coulibaly Auburn Que Morrison Georgia Alexis Morris LSU Anastasia Hayes Mississippi St Aijha Blackwell Missouri Hayley Frank Missouri Zia Cooke South Carolina Tamari Key Tennessee All-Freshman Team Samara Spencer Arkansas Jersey Wolfenbarger Arkansas Alberte Rimdal Florida Jada Walker Kentucky Denae Carter Mississippi State Sara Puckett Tennessee Sacha Washington Vanderbilt Iyana Moore Vanderbilt All-Defensive Team Kiara Smith Florida Que Morrison Georgia Aliyah Boston South Carolina Tamari Key Tennessee Jordyn Cambridge Vanderbilt More information can be seen below from a LSU sports release: Pointer and Morris are the only players from the same team to rank inside the Top-10 in the SEC in scoring, helping LSU score 74.1 points per game to rank second in the conference. The Tigers have their first 25-win regular season since 2007-08 and will enter the SEC Tournament as the No. 2 seed later this week. This marks the third year in a row that Pointer has earned All-SEC honors and the second straight season she has been on the First Team. The Marietta, Georgia native will go down as one of the best players in program history. Earlier this season she became the first players in LSU men’s or women’s history to put up 1,500 points, 500 assists and 500 rebounds in a career. She is also one of just five players in SEC history with multiple career triple-doubles, both coming this season, and she has dished out the second most assists in program history. Averaging 18.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.1 rebounds, Pointer is on pace to set new career marks in each of those categories. She has scored 20+ points in 14 games and had a stretch of 16 straight games scoring in double figures. Pointer became the first LSU player since Seimone Augustus to score 35 points during the Tigers’ game at Florida. Including her two triple-doubles, Pointer has seven total double-doubles this year. Starting all 29 games, Pointer’s durability has been elite. She has played every minute of 12 games, including all 45 minutes of LSU’s overtime game against Missouri when she hit the game-winning layup with 5.7 second remaining. Pointer leads the SEC and is No. 2 in the nation averaging 36.8 minutes per game. In her first season at LSU, Morris has electrified the Tigers’ offense with 15.8 points per game. During SEC play she averaged 17.3 points per game. After transferring to LSU from Texas A&M, Morris scored in double-figures in her first 11 games wearing purple and gold. She helped LSU pick up its first ranked win over No. 14 Iowa State on December 2 with a new career high 25 points. In the game against the Cyclones the Beaumont, Texas native hit five triples. Soon enough she set a new career high with 30 points against her former team on January 2 versus Texas A&M. Morris has been a go-to player in late game situations for the Tigers. Her and Pointer both scored 16 second half point in LSU’s second matchup against Texas A&M in College Station to earn the road victory. In the following game at Mississippi State, Morris took over with 15 fourth quarter points that allowed LSU to close the game on a 17-3 run. She has clinched multiple games for the Tigers, sinking free throws down the stretch. Permalink Comments (https://www.wbrz.com/news/mulkey-snubbed-for-sec-coach-of-the-year-pointer-earns-1st-team-status/)

Despite leading the LSU Women’s Basketball team on a historic turnaround in the SEC, LSU head coach Kim Mulkey did not receive SEC Coach of the Year honors for the 2021-22 season as voted on by the leagues head coaches. LSU guard Khayla Pointer was named to the first team All-SEC squad while fellow guard Alexis Morris made the second team. Dawn Staley, the head coach of the top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, won the Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time in her career. Under Mulkey’s guidance, the LSU Tigers improved their win total from nine regular season wins a year ago to 25 this year, and they are the second place team in the conference behind South Carolina heading into the start of the SEC Tournament in Nashville. Coach – Dawn Staley Player – Aliyah Boston Defensive Player – Aliyah Boston Freshman – Samara Spencer Sixth-Woman – Angel Baker Scholar-Athlete – Mikayla Coombs First Team All-SEC Kiara Smith Florida Jenna Staiti Georgia Rhyne Howard Kentucky Khayla Pointer LSU Shakira Austin Ole Miss Aliyah Boston South Carolina Destanni Henderson South Carolina Jordan Horston Tennessee Second Team All-SEC Brittany Davis Alabama Amber Ramirez Arkansas Aicha Coulibaly Auburn Que Morrison Georgia Alexis Morris LSU Anastasia Hayes Mississippi St Aijha Blackwell Missouri Hayley Frank Missouri Zia Cooke South Carolina Tamari Key Tennessee All-Freshman Team Samara Spencer Arkansas Jersey Wolfenbarger Arkansas Alberte Rimdal Florida Jada Walker Kentucky Denae Carter Mississippi State Sara Puckett Tennessee Sacha Washington Vanderbilt Iyana Moore Vanderbilt All-Defensive Team Kiara Smith Florida Que Morrison Georgia Aliyah Boston South Carolina Tamari Key Tennessee Jordyn Cambridge Vanderbilt More information can be seen below from a LSU sports release: Pointer and Morris are the only players from the same team to rank inside the Top-10 in the SEC in scoring, helping LSU score 74.1 points per game to rank second in the conference. The Tigers have their first 25-win regular season since 2007-08 and will enter the SEC Tournament as the No. 2 seed later this week. This marks the third year in a row that Pointer has earned All-SEC honors and the second straight season she has been on the First Team. The Marietta, Georgia native will go down as one of the best players in program history. Earlier this season she became the first players in LSU men’s or women’s history to put up 1,500 points, 500 assists and 500 rebounds in a career. She is also one of just five players in SEC history with multiple career triple-doubles, both coming this season, and she has dished out the second most assists in program history. Averaging 18.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.1 rebounds, Pointer is on pace to set new career marks in each of those categories. She has scored 20+ points in 14 games and had a stretch of 16 straight games scoring in double figures. Pointer became the first LSU player since Seimone Augustus to score 35 points during the Tigers’ game at Florida. Including her two triple-doubles, Pointer has seven total double-doubles this year. Starting all 29 games, Pointer’s durability has been elite. She has played every minute of 12 games, including all 45 minutes of LSU’s overtime game against Missouri when she hit the game-winning layup with 5.7 second remaining. Pointer leads the SEC and is No. 2 in the nation averaging 36.8 minutes per game. In her first season at LSU, Morris has electrified the Tigers’ offense with 15.8 points per game. During SEC play she averaged 17.3 points per game. After transferring to LSU from Texas A&M, Morris scored in double-figures in her first 11 games wearing purple and gold. She helped LSU pick up its first ranked win over No. 14 Iowa State on December 2 with a new career high 25 points. In the game against the Cyclones the Beaumont, Texas native hit five triples. Soon enough she set a new career high with 30 points against her former team on January 2 versus Texas A&M. Morris has been a go-to player in late game situations for the Tigers. Her and Pointer both scored 16 second half point in LSU’s second matchup against Texas A&M in College Station to earn the road victory. In the following game at Mississippi State, Morris took over with 15 fourth quarter points that allowed LSU to close the game on a 17-3 run. She has clinched multiple games for the Tigers, sinking free throws down the stretch. Permalink Comments

LSU Women’s Basketball knocking on door of top-5 ranking

BATON ROUGE Fresh off the biggest turnaround in program history, the LSU Women’s Basketball program finished the regular season ranked sixth in the latest Associated Press poll. Kim Mulkey’s Tigers beat Tennessee on Sunday in Knoxville to wrap up their 25 win of the year, to move to 25-4, winning 86 of their games. Last year’s Tigers finished the season 9-13 and the 16-game improvement is the most in school history and the most since the 1995-1996 turnaround that saw a team improve from 7-20 a year prior to finish 21-11. LSU moved up two spots in the latest poll from No. 8 as they gear up for the start of the SEC Tournament in Nashville later this week. The Tigers, as the No. 2 seed, earned a double-bye and will not play until Friday against the winner of Mississippi State and Kentucky, which is scheduled for Thursday evening. Tiger fans wishing to send off the women’s team to Nashville may do so Wednesday afternoon as the team departs for the SEC Tournament opn March 2 from the parking lot of LSU’s Athletic Administration Building at 12:45 p.m. Permalink Comments (https://www.wbrz.com/news/lsu-women-s-basketball-knocking-on-door-of-top-5-ranking/)

BATON ROUGE Fresh off the biggest turnaround in program history, the LSU Women’s Basketball program finished the regular season ranked sixth in the latest Associated Press poll. Kim Mulkey’s Tigers beat Tennessee on Sunday in Knoxville to wrap up their 25 win of the year, to move to 25-4, winning 86 of their games. Last year’s Tigers finished the season 9-13 and the 16-game improvement is the most in school history and the most since the 1995-1996 turnaround that saw a team improve from 7-20 a year prior to finish 21-11. LSU moved up two spots in the latest poll from No. 8 as they gear up for the start of the SEC Tournament in Nashville later this week. The Tigers, as the No. 2 seed, earned a double-bye and will not play until Friday against the winner of Mississippi State and Kentucky, which is scheduled for Thursday evening. Tiger fans wishing to send off the women’s team to Nashville may do so Wednesday afternoon as the team departs for the SEC Tournament opn March 2 from the parking lot of LSU’s Athletic Administration Building at 12:45 p.m. Permalink Comments

LSU’s Kim Mulkey previewing NCAA Tournament play

BATON ROUGE LSU Women’s Basketball head coach Kim Mulkey stopped by the WBRZ television studio Wednesday evening to break down her Tigers as they head into the NCAA Tournament this weekend. Mulkey has guided the Tigers to a 25-5 record and a No. 3 seed in the Spokane Regional of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in less than a year on campus. The Tigers will play host to No. 14 seed Jackson State inside the Maravich Center at 4 p.m. on Saturday, with a chance at playing again in the second round on Monday at the PMAC. LSU is led by three guards who push the pace and score the ball, with senior guard Khayla Pointer leading the charge after an All-SEC season. Guards Jailin Cherry and Alexis Morris fill it up for the Tigers as they play more of a scoring role on the team. Coach Mulkey is hopeful to have Morris back in action as she missed the season finale and SEC Tournament game due to a sprained MCL she suffered on Feb. 24 against Alabama. The Tigers are in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018 and hosting for the first time since 2014. Permalink Comments (https://www.wbrz.com/news/lsu-s-kim-mulkey-previewing-ncaa-tournament-play/)

BATON ROUGE LSU Women’s Basketball head coach Kim Mulkey stopped by the WBRZ television studio Wednesday evening to break down her Tigers as they head into the NCAA Tournament this weekend. Mulkey has guided the Tigers to a 25-5 record and a No. 3 seed in the Spokane Regional of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in less than a year on campus. The Tigers will play host to No. 14 seed Jackson State inside the Maravich Center at 4 p.m. on Saturday, with a chance at playing again in the second round on Monday at the PMAC. LSU is led by three guards who push the pace and score the ball, with senior guard Khayla Pointer leading the charge after an All-SEC season. Guards Jailin Cherry and Alexis Morris fill it up for the Tigers as they play more of a scoring role on the team. Coach Mulkey is hopeful to have Morris back in action as she missed the season finale and SEC Tournament game due to a sprained MCL she suffered on Feb. 24 against Alabama. The Tigers are in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018 and hosting for the first time since 2014. Permalink Comments

Kentucky upsets No. 2 seed LSU women’s basketball, Kim Mulkey in SEC Tournament

No. 2 seed LSU was upset by No. 7 seed Kentucky in an SEC women’s tournament quarterfinal game Friday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. (http://rssfeeds.theadvertiser.com/~/684675537/0/lafeyettela/sports~Kentucky-upsets-No-seed-LSU-womens-basketball-Kim-Mulkey-in-SEC-Tournament/)

No. 2 seed LSU was upset by No. 7 seed Kentucky in an SEC women’s tournament quarterfinal game Friday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

How LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey’s NCAA Tournament focus trumped SEC concerns

The fact LSU women’s basketball lost its opening game at the SEC Tournament in Nashville may not have been expected, but it shouldn’t be a surprise. (http://rssfeeds.theadvertiser.com/~/684682842/0/lafeyettela/home~How-LSU-womens-basketball-coach-Kim-Mulkeys-NCAA-Tournament-focus-trumped-SEC-concerns/)

The fact LSU women’s basketball lost its opening game at the SEC Tournament in Nashville may not have been expected, but it shouldn’t be a surprise.

Why Kim Mulkey can and can’t get LSU women’s basketball to NCAA Tournament Final Four

The third-seeded LSU women’s basketball team opens NCAA Tournament play against No. 14 seed Jackson State on Saturday in Baton Rouge. (http://rssfeeds.theadvertiser.com/~/686356324/0/lafeyettela/sports~Why-Kim-Mulkey-can-%e2%80%94-and-cant-%e2%80%94-get-LSU-womens-basketball-to-NCAA-Tournament-Final-Four/)

The third-seeded LSU women’s basketball team opens NCAA Tournament play against No. 14 seed Jackson State on Saturday in Baton Rouge.

Fans react to LSU women’s basketball, Kim Mulkey upset by Kentucky Wildcats in SEC tournament

Here’s how fans reacted to LSU being upset by Kentucky (http://rssfeeds.theadvertiser.com/~/684677514/0/lafeyettela/sports~Fans-react-to-LSU-womens-basketball-Kim-Mulkey-upset-by-Kentucky-Wildcats-in-SEC-tournament/)

Here’s how fans reacted to LSU being upset by Kentucky

Top WNBA Draft Prospect NaLyssa Smith is Ready to Seize the Moment at Baylor

Know this: if the status quo had held at Baylor and NaLyssa Smith completed her college career playing for Kim Mulkey instead of Nicki Collen, Smith was still destined to hear her name called early on in April at the WNBA Draft. Smith is a 6-2 forward who plays bigger than that, with a wingspan The post Top WNBA Draft Prospect NaLyssa Smith is Ready to Seize the Moment at Baylor appeared first on SLAM. (https://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/nalyssa-smith-ready-to-seize-the-moment-at-baylor-slam-236/)

Know this: if the status quo had held at Baylor and NaLyssa Smith completed her college career playing for Kim Mulkey instead of Nicki Collen, Smith was still destined to hear her name called early on in April at the WNBA Draft. Smith is a 6-2 forward who plays bigger than that, with a wingspan The post Top WNBA Draft Prospect NaLyssa Smith is Ready to Seize the Moment at Baylor appeared first on SLAM.

Kim Mulkey delivers NCAA tournament games in Baton Rouge in her first season at LSU

LSU coach Kim Mulkey is a veteran of watching March Madness Selection Sunday broadcasts for women’s college basketball. Her reactions might have seemed subdued when LSU popped onto the big screen at the Pete Maravich Center on Sunday. (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_a413f90e-a33b-11ec-9838-ebec9c31fd09.html)

LSU coach Kim Mulkey is a veteran of watching March Madness Selection Sunday broadcasts for women’s college basketball. Her reactions might have seemed subdued when LSU popped onto the big screen at the Pete Maravich Center on Sunday.

Why the LSU women enter SEC tournament with a little less significance attached to games

Talking with LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey for five seconds is all that’s needed to understand she takes no basketball games lightly, but after 38 years as a coach she knows there are times for a team to take (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_7eb6f6a6-9b58-11ec-bd47-bf20dac9f51c.html)

Talking with LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey for five seconds is all that’s needed to understand she takes no basketball games lightly, but after 38 years as a coach she knows there are times for a team to take

Scott Rabalais: SEC coach of the year snub for LSU’s Kim Mulkey looks like pure politics

It’s always a shame when sports gets entangled with politics. But it has happened countless times in the past, and it will happen countless times in the future. (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_4343fdfa-9a7f-11ec-8d61-3b9ca224864d.html)

It’s always a shame when sports gets entangled with politics. But it has happened countless times in the past, and it will happen countless times in the future.

LSU transfer Autumn Newby’s decision to join best friend Khayla Pointer pays off big

Less than a month before Kim Mulkey was hired at LSU, the Tigers made another key acquisition that as one player said was the piece that was missing. (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_e283234a-9a8f-11ec-a7ad-5f8a05e5a3cb.html)

Less than a month before Kim Mulkey was hired at LSU, the Tigers made another key acquisition that as one player said was the piece that was missing.

WATCH: LSU’s Kim Mulkey gets in face of official, draws technical in loss to Kentucky

It was a rough night for the No. 6-ranked LSU women’s basketball team, which suffered a defeat at the hands of unranked Kentucky 78-63 (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_583a174e-9c28-11ec-a796-ebd941ffe74f.html)

It was a rough night for the No. 6-ranked LSU women’s basketball team, which suffered a defeat at the hands of unranked Kentucky 78-63

LSU guard Khayla Pointer earns second-team All-America honors

Asked to give an assessment of her senior point guard earlier this season, Kim Mulkey didn’t hold back. (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_a6803390-a57c-11ec-a6ca-bf0fe3fe94d8.html)

Asked to give an assessment of her senior point guard earlier this season, Kim Mulkey didn’t hold back.

Kim Mulkey Loses Cool at Ref During LSU’s Loss to Kentucky

Mulkey made sure to let the referee know she didn’t agree with a no-call late in the game. (https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/03/05/kim-mulkey-loses-cool-lsu-kentucky)

Mulkey made sure to let the referee know she didn’t agree with a no-call late in the game.

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