‘heartbroken’ Kim Mulkey Skips Postgame Press Conference After Lsu Fires Ad

Kim Mulkey was successful nan mediate of coaching an accumulation crippled betwixt LSU and Langston University connected Thursday nighttime erstwhile she heard nan latest shocking news to deed Baton Rouge—athletic head Scott Woodward had been fired.

The assemblage announced Thursday nighttime that Woodward was fired aft six years successful nan role. Among Woodward’s signature moves successful his tenure arsenic diversion head was hiring Mulkey successful 2021. Two years later, he signed Mulkey to a 10-year statement worthy $32 million, making her nan highest-paid women’s hoops coach successful nan country.

In ray of nan news, Mulkey opted to not reside nan media pursuing nan game. Instead, subordinate caput coach Bob Starkey chatted pinch nan media and described Mulkey arsenic “heartbroken” astir Woodward’s exit.

“It made its measurement to nan bench,” Starkey said of nan news. “Scott has a heavy emotion for coaches and student-athletes. He useful incredibly difficult to make judge we person nan resources. He has a passion of emotion astir this assemblage and astir this state. We, and maine personally, are a batch amended for him.”

The determination to occurrence Woodward continued a chaotic week successful LSU’s diversion department. The Tigers fired caput shot coach Brian Kelly connected Sunday, and now they don’t person a full-time diversion head successful place—or a assemblage president, for that matter.

Mulkey didn’t person excessively overmuch to beryllium heartbroken complete connected nan tribunal Thursday night, however. The Tigers, successful their last accumulation crippled of nan season, defeated Langston 121–41 astatine Maravich Center. Every Tigers subordinate who saw nan level against Langston scored, led by Amiya Joyner, who tallied a team-high 24 points successful 27 minutes.

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