In a recent poll conducted among women's college basketball players, Kim Mulkey, the head coach for LSU, emerged as the least desired coach to play for, with 32 players voting her to the top of the list. The second place received only seven votes, highlighting a significant preference gap. The poll, which sought to understand players' preferences for coaches other than their own, highlighted Mulkey's controversial yet successful coaching career. Despite her achievements, including four national titles, players expressed reservations about her coaching style and off-court demeanor. Mulkey's distinctive approach and personality traits, such as her choice of outfits, were specifically mentioned as reasons for discomfort among players. In contrast, other coaches like Dawn Staley are celebrated and held in high regard, reflecting a divide in perceptions based on coaching styles and personal attributes.
College basketball players gave opinions of Kim Mulkey in an anonymous poll https://t.co/NeGxBFaLfA
From @TheAthletic: We asked women's basketball players: Which coach would you not want to play for? Feather-ruffling LSU coach Kim Mulkey is at the top of their list by a landslide. https://t.co/UuRnQMWyv1
Thirty-two women's college basketball players voted Kim Mulkey as the coach they'd not want to play for. Second place received seven votes. “The outfits get me. It’s a little scary.” “Off the court, too, I don’t know if I would vibe with her.” https://t.co/KgZUic8PDc https://t.co/mn2gNP5yOB
We asked women's basketball players: Which coach would you not want to play for? Feather-ruffling LSU coach Kim Mulkey is at the top of their list by a landslide. More on her controversial, but winning pedigree ⤵️ https://t.co/KgZUic8PDc https://t.co/FshI5gtm6d
College coaches are the reason so many high school athletes choose a school in the first place. If players could choose any coach — other than their own — who would it be? Or who would they not want to play for? We asked 95 women's basketball players ⤵️ https://t.co/KgZUic8PDc
Kim Mulkey and Dawn Staley: Players say they’d want one as a coach. The other? Not so much https://t.co/kCNvkpVw2u
Kim Mulkey is in it for the long haul. She’s been against the left her entire career. She’s got four national titles, but who’s the women’s coach that they parade around and treat as the greatest? Dawn Staley, because she fits the profile. https://t.co/yJEHsM2i21