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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVES WHEAT, ROBBY CARTER, FRIEMAN, AND
MUSCARELLO
A RESOLUTION
To commend Kim Mulkey on being named head coach of the Louisiana State University
women's basketball program.
WHEREAS, Kim Mulkey was born on May 17, 1962, in Santa Ana, California, and
grew up in Tickfaw, Louisiana; she attended Hammond High School where she led the girls'
basketball team to four consecutive state championships and finished her high school career
with 4,075 points, which was a national record at the time; she also graduated as her class's
valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 grade point average; and
WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey continued to build her basketball resumé at Louisiana
Tech University; as a player from 1980 until 1984, she led the Lady Techsters to a 130-6
record, two national titles, and four Final Four appearances; she was a member of the United
States' gold medal-winning team at both the 1984 Olympics and the 1983 Pan-American
Games; she also graduated with summa cum laude honors and was a two-time Academic
All-American; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from LA Tech, Coach Mulkey served as an assistant
and associate head coach at her alma mater; during this time, Louisiana Tech posted a 430-
68 record and advanced to seven Final Fours; as associate head coach, she was responsible
for coordinating recruiting, tutoring the Lady Techster guards, overseeing the team's
academic progress, and running the summer basketball camps; and
WHEREAS, for the past twenty-one years, Coach Mulkey has helmed the Baylor
University women's basketball program and led the Lady Bears to four Final Four
appearances and three national championships; her teams reached the Elite Eight six times
and the Sweet Sixteen five other times; in 2012, she led the Baylor Lady Bears to the first
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40-0 record in NCAA basketball history, which was capped off by a national championship
game victory over Notre Dame; and
WHEREAS, at Baylor, Coach Mulkey was named National Coach of the Year and
the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year eight times each; she also took home the New
York Athletic Club's Winged Foot Award after each of her three national championships as
Baylor's head coach; and
WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey's basketball resumé is truly astonishing; she is the only
individual in college basketball history to win national championships as a head coach,
assistant coach, and player; she is also the fastest coach in NCAA Division I history to reach
six hundred career wins, which she accomplished in only seven hundred games; and
WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey is a true leader who has helped to develop some of the
top players in recent women's basketball history; at Baylor, she coached nineteen All-
Americans and eight first-team All-Americans; and
WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey is also an amazing leader off of the court; players who
started and finished their careers with her at Baylor have a one-hundred percent graduation
rate; and
WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey is a member of the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame class; she already holds membership in numerous prestigious halls of fame,
including the National High School Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Writers Hall of
Fame, the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame,
the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame, and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, Coach Mulkey returns to Louisiana as a genuine coaching legend and
as the most accomplished head coaching hire in the history of Louisiana State University's
prestigious athletic program; she brings an unprecedented resumé, both on and off the court,
to Louisiana's flagship university, and she is most deserving of recognition as she takes
charge of the LSU Lady Tigers' basketball team.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Kim Mulkey on being named head coach
of the Louisiana State University women's basketball program; does hereby recognize Coach
Mulkey's awe-inspiring achievements throughout her career; does hereby laud Coach
Mulkey's commitment to the academic success of athletes; and does hereby extend sincere
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hopes that Coach Mulkey and the LSU Lady Tigers' basketball team enjoy tremendous
success for many years to come.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Kim
Mulkey.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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