The Tigers turned in another fine season under Mulkey, going 29-6 and reaching as high as No. 5 in the AP polls.
A testy Mulkey didn’t sound like she would be done anytime soon after her fifth season in Baton Rouge came to an end while referencing rumors of her exit. “I’m not retiring. Do I look that bad?” she told reporters.
“I don’t know where that came from. I’m only 63. And I’m healthy, with a few stents in my heart. Doctor says I’m good to go … As we get older, as coaches, they want to say, ‘How much longer is she going to be in the game?’ I’m going to be in this game unless LSU fires me, OK, until I can’t put a product on that floor that’s competitive, or my health fails me.” Louisiana State Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey against the Duke Blue Devils at the Sweet Sixteen game of the Sacramento Regional 2 of the women’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Golden 1 Center.The Tigers turned in another fine season under Mulkey, going 29-6 and reaching as high as No. 5 in the AP polls. She has made the NCAA Tournament for 23 straight seasons, including all five with LSU, while winning a national championship in 2023 and adding two other trips to the Elite Eight. Her resume speaks for itself as the only person in the women’s game to win a national title as a player, and as an assistant coach.She's probably right, we should do more to shout out the dumb posts, bc unfortunately people do fall for them all the time. Mulkey didn’t add another title this year because Duke’s Ashlon Jackson beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer while trailing, 85-84. “Nothing I say is going to make them feel better in the moment,” Mulkey said. “The sun will come up tomorrow and you’re going to have wonderful memories from your time at LSU. And then you go and you hug each one of them and you let them cry … I don’t find that a bad thing.”Popular ESPN personality out at network after a decade Mulkey will have some work to do with her staff next season, with assistant Gary Redus II already gone as he became the head coach at Rutgers, taking fellow assistant Daphane Mitchell to Piscataway with him to try to help turn around the Scarlet Knights. Star Flau’jae Johnson is graduating and heading to the WNBA draft but a good portion of this year’s team could return, including leading scorer MiLaysia Fulwiley.Head coach Kim Mulkey of the Louisiana State Tigers reacts against the Duke Blue Devils during the fourth quarter in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Golden 1 Center on March 27, 2026 .Mulkey sounded like she wants to get things set with her staff and roster as soon as possible. “I plan to hire two coaches quickly. I plan to get in the portal and get two or three more players and take a little time off, go see my grandchildren, who actually flew in and got in late and didn’t even see the game, but I’ll get to visit with them tonight in the hotel,” Mulkey said. “But there is no retiring.”Stream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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