Mulkey tabbed Women’s Coach of Year

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Former Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters star player and assistant coach Kim Mulkey was honored Thursday, as the AP coach of the year award for the second time.

She has led topranked Baylor to a 35-1 record and helped the Lady Bears reach the Final Four for the first time since 2012. That was when Mulkey won the coach of the year, leading Baylor to a 40-0 record and the national championship.

Mulkey received 17 votes while Wes Moore of North Carolina State and Vic Schaefer of Mississippi State each received five and Bluder one.

“Listen, any award that I receive, you know good and well that goes back to the kids you coach, period,” Mulkey said. “We are only as good as those kids on that floor, and I’ve been blessed to coach numerous great players. And I would trade any award for every one of them to experience a national championship. Let’s get that straight.

“But at the end of the day, that award brings recognition to the program, to the players, and to the school first.”