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I know it’s been brought up but Kim should be coaching the men’s team!

Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:54 am
Posted by Geekboy
Member since Jan 2004
7892 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:54 am
It truly is not a bad idea.
Posted by Obi Wan Ryobi
Member since Feb 2026
21 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:04 am to
Not saying I’m for it but she’d do a better job than ppl think and certainly a better job than the current guy.
Posted by Hold That Tiger 10
Member since Oct 2013
25215 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:08 am to
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truly is not a bad idea


Yes. Its a terrible idea. And would never happen.
Posted by cowboy4ever
z-town
Member since Dec 2009
2257 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:08 am to
Maybe she should beat Dawn Staley first
Posted by JR Hamilsbach
Member since Oct 2010
913 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:11 am to
Obviously. You’d be hard pressed to do much worse. What’s the floor at LSU with our ooc schedule? Where we’re at now? Close but slightly under .500. If you went 0-fer in conferences and dropped some gimmes is 10 wins with our schedule as absolutely putrid as LSU could possibly be? We’re never losing every game especially with a cupcake non conference schedule.

So under McMahon, we’re 3-4 games above the absolute floor of the shittiest the program could be possibly be the past two seasons? And we’re thinking about coming back for more?
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
12484 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:28 am to
Think of all the virtue points we would get
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
72057 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:37 am to
Womens and mens basketball are not the same game, there's a reason you basically see zero crossover there in terms of women coaching mens teams or womens coaches (including men) coming to coach major college basketball.

I dont think a single current woman is coaching a mens team at the NCAA level, I know its happened at the JUCO level...but thats it I believe. Maybe some really small 4 year college somewhere, but not at the Division I or probably even II level.

Very different game for starter but on top of that the "recruiting" is entirely different. Lets be honest here, what high level men's player would want to come play for a woman's career head coach? It would be brutal recruiting for that even if Kim really understood how the mens game works and what it takes to succeed.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 8:43 am
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
10649 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:39 am to
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Kim should be coaching the men’s team!

They would win, but we are 15 years too late to make that happen.
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Womens and mens basketball are not the same game, there's a reason you basically see zero crossover there in terms of women coaching mens teams or womens coaches (including men) coming to coach major college basketball.



Bob Starkey says HELLO

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With more than 30 years of SEC coaching experience, Starkey came to LSU after one year of coaching at Auburn. From 1989-2011, Starkey coached at LSU with tenures with both the men’s and women’s programs. He coached LSU greats Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles, Temeka Jonson, Shaquille O’Neal and Stanley Roberts during his original 22-year stint in Baton Rouge.
15 years too late for him too
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 8:51 am
Posted by LSUfan2008
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
2708 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:42 am to
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Womens and mens basketball are not the same game, there's a reason you basically see zero crossover there in terms of women coaching mens teams or womens coaches (including men) coming to coach major college basketball.

Bob Starkey moved from men's to women's, but he is the only crossover I can think of.
Posted by SECCaptain
Member since Jun 2025
2100 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:48 am to
I’m sure they’d take her seriously

Posted by IM_4_LSU
Savannah, GA
Member since Mar 2014
13382 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 9:55 am to
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It truly is not a bad idea.


Not the same game. Not saying she couldn’t have success but it’s not apples to apples.
Posted by redfishfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
5447 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 9:56 am to
Much easier to move from Mens to Womens than the opposite. The women's game isn't remotely similar to the men's game.
Posted by Kool Kaliper
Mansfield, TX
Member since Nov 2018
3515 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 11:11 am to
Yea okay
Posted by Tom Bronco
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2011
2906 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 11:25 am to
This is so absurd that it should be banned. Number one, Mulkey is about to retire in a couple of years or so. Number two, the men and women's game is so different that she would be at a disadvantage. And most importantly, macho men basketball players would not want to play for a woman coach. I am sure Mulkey herself would never want to take on such a huge challenge in the twilight of her career. She wants to stay home and play with the grandkids.
Posted by GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
14929 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 11:38 am to
I heard Bob Starkey talking about this. He started in MBB and switched to WBB. He said that switch was not easy nor would he recommend it in either direction.
Posted by Lcguy
Member since Jan 2020
2074 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 11:44 am to
So the men play the Sc girls ?
Posted by Tom Bronco
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2011
2906 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 11:45 am to
When did Starkey coach men's basketball? LSUsports.net shows him as only an assistant coach on the women's team from 1989 to 2006. He apparently did not coach Chris Jackson, Shaq or Stanley Roberts.
Posted by tigerbait01
Sec. 423 Row 18
Member since Jul 2007
4085 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 11:54 am to
Jesus. This is bad even for this board
Posted by jpcajun
Member since Nov 2010
1415 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 12:29 pm to
I'd be OK with that!
Posted by jamarr
Member since Jul 2019
1628 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 12:54 pm to
its a terrible idea men don't want a woman coach
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