HLS 21RS-1704 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVES WHEAT, ROBBY CARTER, FRIEMAN, AND
MUSCARELLO
ATHLETICS: Commends Kim Mulkey on being named head coach of the Louisiana State
University women's basketball program
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Kim Mulkey on being named head coach of the Louisiana State University
3 women's basketball program.
4 WHEREAS, Kim Mulkey was born on May 17, 1962, in Santa Ana, California, and
5grew up in Tickfaw, Louisiana; she attended Hammond High School where she led the girls'
6basketball team to four consecutive state championships and finished her high school career
7with 4,075 points, which was a national record at the time; she also graduated as her class's
8valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 grade point average; and
9 WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey continued to build her basketball resumé at Louisiana
10Tech University; as a player from 1980 until 1984, she led the Lady Techsters to a 130-6
11record, two national titles, and four final four appearances; she was a member of the United
12States' gold medal-winning team at both the 1984 Olympics and the 1983 Pan-American
13Games; she also graduated with summa cum laude honors and was a two-time Academic
14All-American; and
15 WHEREAS, after graduating from LA Tech, Coach Mulkey served as an assistant
16and associate head coach at her alma mater; during this time, Louisiana Tech posted a 430-
1768 record and advanced to seven Final Fours; as associate head coach, she was responsible
18for coordinating recruiting, tutoring the Lady Techster guards, overseeing the team's
19academic progress, and running the summer basketball camps; and
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HR NO. 55
1 WHEREAS, for the past twenty-one years, Coach Mulkey has helmed the Baylor
2University women's basketball program and led the Lady Bears to four Final Four
3appearances and three national championships; her teams reached the Elite Eight six times
4and the Sweet Sixteen five other times; in 2012, she led the Baylor Lady Bears to the first
540-0 record in NCAA basketball history, which was capped off by a national championship
6game victory over Notre Dame; and
7 WHEREAS, at Baylor, Coach Mulkey was named National Coach of the Year and
8the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year eight times each; she also took home the New
9York Athletic Club's Winged Foot Award after each of her three national championships as
10Baylor's head coach; and
11 WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey's basketball resumé is truly astonishing; she is the only
12individual in college basketball history to win national championships as a head coach,
13assistant coach, and player; she is also the fastest coach in NCAA Division I history to reach
14six hundred career wins, which she accomplished in only seven hundred games; and
15 WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey is a true leader who has helped to develop some of the
16top players in recent women's basketball history; at Baylor, she coached nineteen All-
17Americans and eight first-team All-Americans; and
18 WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey is also an amazing leader off of the court; players who
19started and finished their careers with her at Baylor have a one-hundred percent graduation
20rate; and
21 WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey is a member of the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball
22Hall of Fame class; she already holds membership in numerous prestigious halls of fame,
23including the National High School Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Writers Hall of
24Fame, the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame,
25the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame, and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame; and
26 WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey returns to Louisiana as a genuine coaching legend and
27as the most accomplished head coaching hire in the history of Louisiana State University's
28prestigious athletic program; she brings an unprecedented resumé, both on and off the court,
29to Louisiana's flagship university, and she is most deserving of recognition as she takes
30charge of the LSU Lady Tigers' basketball team.
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HR NO. 55
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Kim Mulkey on being named head coach
3of the Louisiana State University women's basketball program; does hereby recognize Coach
4Mulkey's awe-inspiring achievements throughout her career; does hereby laud Coach
5Mulkey's commitment to the academic success of athletes; and does hereby extend sincere
6hopes that Coach Mulkey and the LSU Lady Tigers' basketball team enjoy tremendous
7success for many years to come.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Kim
9Mulkey.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 55 Original 2021 Regular Session Wheat
Commends Kim Mulkey on being named head coach of the Louisiana State University
women's basketball program.
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