Kim Mulkey Attacks Potential Washington Post Story Before Its Release

Earlier this yr, Mulkey appeared to criticize Caitlin Clark—the Iowa College star and all-time NCAA scoring chief—saying LSU didn’t have gamers “taking pictures 40 instances a sport,” and whereas Mulkey didn’t point out Clark, it appeared clear she was speaking in regards to the rival participant on one other high workforce.

LSU and the College of South Carolina brawled throughout an SEC championship sport earlier this yr, however whereas South Carolina’s head coach apologized for her workforce’s habits, Mulkey didn’t, and as an alternative stated she wished South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso, who pushed an LSU participant, had shoved LSU’s Angel Reese, who is way taller.

In March 2021—because the pandemic nonetheless raged—she criticized the COVID-19 testing coverage put in place throughout the March Insanity event that yr and argued the event ought to “dump” the testing protocols in order that the entire gamers may compete within the event’s closing video games.

A month later, throughout her first press convention as head coach at LSU, Mulkey dramatically ripped her “rattling masks” off, saying she had “lots to say.”

In 2017, Mulkey then publicly dismissed a sexual misconduct scandal at Baylor College, the place she was coach, saying “the issues that we’ve got at Baylor are not any totally different than the issues at every other faculty in America,” however after many criticized her remarks as insensitive to victims, she later apologized.

In 2013, ESPN printed a report that stated Mulkey urged her former basketball participant, Brittney Griner, to cover her sexuality whereas she performed at Baylor College, with Griner telling the sports activities outlet, “the coaches thought if it appeared like they condoned it, folks wouldn’t let their youngsters play for Baylor.”

When Griner was detained in Russia whereas enjoying in a world basketball league Mulkey refused to touch upon her former participant’s detention.