Pokey Chatman's Replacement?

[GeauxTo]

Who should replace Pokey Chatman as LSU's women's basketball coach?

I think we should geaux after Kim Mulkey, coach at Baylor.

[Cianne]

They should hire the snitch that told on her.

[GeauxTo]

They should hire the snitch that told on her.

That would be assistant coach Carla Berry (as reported on a Baton Rouge TV station), whom, by the way, many applaud for coming forth:

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Carla Berry enters her sixth season as an assistant coach for the Lady Tigers and will coordinate all facets of recruiting and oversee academics. Berry was a guard for the LSU women's basketball team from 1988-92 and was a member of the 1991 SEC Tournament championship team.
Bringing four years of recruiting experience to the program, Berry joined the accomplished LSU staff that has had eight signing classes rank among the top 20 in the nation over the last 10 years, four of which have been ranked in the top 10.
Berry was an integral part of signing the 2004 freshman class that included all-Americans Sylvia Fowles, Quianna Chaney and Erica White.
In just her first year on the staff, Berry helped the Lady Tigers sign one of the nation's top classes that included National High School Player of the Year Seimone Augustus prior to the 2001-02 season.
The opportunity to return to LSU was one that Berry could not pass up after having played for Coach Gunter and the Lady Tigers. As one of the team's chief recruiters, her commitment to the program and its success is personal and transcends just her professional obligations as a coach.
As a former LSU player, Berry has the ability to discuss the strengths of the program with recruits and lay out the opportunities LSU has to offer its student-athletes.
Berry, an Academic All-SEC selection in 1992, helped LSU advance to three NCAA Tournament appearances and was a part of the Lady Tigers' 1991 SEC Tournament Championship team. In 1993, she earned her bachelor's degree in advertising.
After graduating, she returned home to Alabama where she spent one season as a graduate assistant coach for the University of South Alabama in 1993-94. Berry then took a position as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in 1994 as the Lady Mustangs made the difficult transition from NCAA Division II to Division I competition.
Taking a position at St. John's University in 1995, she spent three years with the women's basketball program as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator, working with current Lady Tiger administrative assistant Joe Carvalhido. Coaching a team that was in the process of rebuilding, the program showed improvement each year she was there, including a 13-win season in her final year. Additionally, in her three seasons at St. John's, the Red Storm penned a pair of recruiting classes ranked in the top 50 nationally, including one top 25 class that included former Lady Tiger and retired Washington Mystic Aiysha Smith.
In addition to her recruiting responsibilities at LSU, Berry will also oversee academics for the Lady Tigers. Working closely with the Cox Communication Academic Center for Student-Athletes, she will help coordinate study hall and tutoring, while monitoring the academic progress for the student-athletes. Her primary on-court assignment will be coaching LSU's guards.
Berry spent two years working in sales for Cingular Wireless (formerly BellSouth Mobility) in her hometown of Mobile, Ala., prior to joining the Lady Tigers staff. She took the two years off from coaching to assist with an illness in the family.


Birthdate: January 6, 1970
Age: 35
Hometown: Mobile, Ala.
College: LSU, 1993
Coaching Experience:
1993-94 - Graduate Assistant, South Alabama
1994-95 - Recruiting Coordinator, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo;
1995-98 - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - St. John's University
1999 - Assistant Coach - LSU
Playing Experience:
1989-92 - Guard, LSU

[Jay Bee]

Who should replace Pokey Chatman as LSU's women's basketball coach?

I think we should geaux after Kim Mulkey, coach at Baylor.

I'd consider someone not named Pokey! :thumpsup:

WDE!
jb

[BamaFanNKy]

I'd go for a high profile woman originally from New Orleans to replace Pokey:








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Coach Degeneres says "Geaux Tigers!!!"

[gatorunvrsty]

That would be assistant coach Carla Berry (as reported on a Baton Rouge TV station), whom, by the way, many applaud for coming forth:


Did someone say "ULTERIOR MOTIVE"?:unsure: Who's usually considered as a replacement, and named interim head coach when a coach leaves? Right.

[azamugg]

i refuse to commit brain juice beyond this posting to answer the thread.............REFUSE

bet USCe fans have a suggestion though :)

[crawfish]

I think we should geaux after Kim Mulkey, coach at Baylor.

I'm with GeauxTo. Kim Mulkey, a Louisiana High School and Louisiana Tech super star would be a great pick!

Credit: Baylor University Athletic DepartmentWhen Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey accepted the position of women’s basketball head coach at Baylor University, few could have redicted the dramatic and prestigious turn the program was about to take. In just six years at Baylor, the former All-American and Olympic Gold medalist has guided the Lady Bear basketball program to the pinnacle of women’s basketball, the 2005 NCAA national championship, five NCAA Tournament appearances and six 20-win seasons. The 2005 national title was Baylor’s first for a women’s team sport and is the only basketball national title, men’s or women’s, in the Big 12 Conference’s 10-year history.
In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey became the first person, man or woman, to win a basketball national championship as a player, assistant coach and head coach. En route to the NCAA championship, the Lady Bears won their first Big12 Conference championship and were the league’s tournament champion as well.
Mulkey has produced amazing results since taking over the reins of the program on April 4, 2000, averaging 26.1 wins a season. In her six years at the program’s helm, she has posted an impressive 157-45 (.777) record which ranks her No. 7 nationally in winning percentage. Since taking over a squad that was just 7-20 the season prior to her arrival, Mulkey has guided the Lady Bears to six postseason appearances, including five NCAA Tournaments and a trip to the WNIT finals. In 2004, the Lady Bears made their first trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 and have now played in three straight Sweet 16s. In 2001 Sheila Lambert was a Kodak All-American and was awarded the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, which recognized the nation’s best player 5-7 or under. Mulkey won the inaugural award in 1984.
The 2004-05 season proved to be the breakthrough year for Mulkey. The quad posted a 33-3 record and claimed the Big 12 Conference title with a 14-2 mark. En route to the NCAA championship, the Lady Bears defeated three No. 1 seeds. Steffanie Blackmon and Sophia Young were both named All-mericans with Young becoming Baylor’s third Kodak All-American. Blackmon became BU’s third WNBA draftee when the Seattle Storm took her. In addition to earning Big 12 Coach of the Year honors, Mulkey received the New York Athletic Club’s prestigious Winged Foot Award.
After losing two starters off the NCAA championship squad, Mulkey guided the 2005-06 Lady Bears to a a 26-7 record and a 12-4 Big 12 mark, good for a second place league finish and a final AP ranking of No.10. Although they didn’t repeat as national champions, the Lady Bears took consolation in the fact that, after making their third consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, they were eliminated from the title run by the eventual national champions, third-ranked Maryland. Year six under Mulkey produced the program’s first two-time Kodak All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year in Young. Young, as a first round WNBA pick of the San Antonio Silver Stars, ended her career as the Big 12’s leading scorer (2,480) and rebounder (1,316).
Mulkey, a 2000 inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, came to Baylor University from Louisiana Tech where she spent 19 years as either a player or coach in the legendary Lady Techster program. During her tenure in Ruston, Mulkey was associated with 11 Final Four squads and three national championship teams. She has either played or coached in the national campionship game on eight occasions. During her 15-year stint as an assistant and associate head coach at her alma mater, Louisiana Tech posted a 430-68 record and advanced to seven Final Fours. Mulkey held the title of associate head coach for four seasons. Her responsibilities at Tech included coordinating recruiting, tutoring Lady Techster guards, overseeing the players’ academic progress and running the summer camps. Because of her diligence, while Mulkey was overseeing the academic program, no Lady Techster was ever declared academically ineligible. As recruiting coordinator, Mulkey had the opportunity to recruit and coach several Lady Techsters who would go on to play in the WNBA. In 1999, Women’s Basketball Journal ranked Mulkey as one of the nation’s top three assistants. Those ratings were compiled during Women’s Basketball Journal’s annual coaches’ survey, which asks the nation’s top head coaches to send in votes on various topics. As a player, Mulkey led the Lady Techsters to a 130-6 record, two national titles and four Final Fours from 1980-84. During that time the 5-foot-4 playmaker, known for her spectacular passes and French braids, also led Louisiana Tech to its first two national championships (1981 and 1982) and was a part of the USA’s Gold medal-winning team at both the 1984 Olympics and the 1983 Pan American Games. Mulkey averaged 6.38 assists and 1.56 steals per game and ranks second on Tech’s all-time list in assists and 12th in steals. In addition, the summa cum laude scholar was a two-time Academic All-American.
Her athletic career began at an early age. Mulkey, a native of Hammond, La., played Dixie Youth baseball as a 12 year old as well as two years of Pony League baseball and made the all-star team two of the three years. At Hammond High School, she led the basketball team to four-straight state championships, posted a 136-5 record and finished her career with the national record for most points scored (4,075). She earned all-district, all-state and all-America honors each of her four years at Hammond High. She also graduated as her class’ valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Mulkey returned to Hammond four seasons ago when the Lady Bears played Hammond-based Southeastern Louisiana. She even has a street named after her in her hometown of Tickfaw, La. Mulkey is a member of the National High School Hall of Fame, the Louisiana High School Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1999 she was the lone female named among the LouisianaSports Writers top 25 athletes of the 20th century and was listed by Sports Illustrated as one of the top 50 sports figures of Louisiana for the 20th century. In June of 2000 she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame located in Knoxville, Tenn. In June 2003 she was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame. In her highly successful rookie season as a head coach, Mulkey was named National Coach of the Year by Real Sport magazine and honored by the Dallas Morning News and Waco Tribune-Herald as Big 12 Coach of the Year. She added Big 12 Coach of the Year honors and the prestigious Winged Foot Award to her resume in 2005. In addition, Mulkey was recently named to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Mulkey is a highly sought after motivational speaker. She speaks on a broad range of topics in addition to Lady Bear basketball and is frequently requested both locally and nationally. She is extremely active in and around the Waco community, donating her time and money to many organizations.
Mulkey has two children, daughter Makenzie (15) and son Kramer (12). Makenzie and Kramer are both extremely active in sports. Makenzie, a high school freshman, plays basketball, volleyball, softball and also participates in track while Kramer plays football, basketball and baseball. Makenzie plays on the same AAU basketball team her mother did, the Louisiana Domino’s, and was a member of Midway’s Little League Softball 2003 and 2004 World Series Championship team, which won its crowns in Oregon. Mulkey and her children enjoy time together by supporting one another in their sports events or relaxing at home.

[GeauxTo]

Kim Mulkey grew up and played her high school basketball in nearby Tangipahoa Parish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangipahoa_Parish%2C_Louisiana), about 50 miles from Baton Rouge. Tangipahoa Parish is also home to Britney Spears (town of Kentwood).

[shanksta13]

Kim Mulkey grew up and played her high school basketball in nearby Tangipahoa Parish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangipahoa_Parish%2C_Louisiana), about 50 miles from Baton Rouge. Tangipahoa Parish is also home to Britney Spears (town of Kentwood).

Well then, maybe that isn't such a great choice... something seems to have gotten in the water over there... :laugh: