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{{short description|Basketball player and coach (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name               = Kim Mulkey
| image              = Kim Mulkey March 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Mulkey coaching [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU]] in 2024
| current_title      = [[Head coach]]
| current_team       = [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU]]
| current_conference = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
| current_record     = {{Winning percentage|122|20|record=y}}
| contract           = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1962|5|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Santa Ana, California]], U.S. 
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| player_team1       = [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]
| player_years1      = 1980–1984
| player_team2       = [[United States women's national basketball team|USA National Team]]
| player_years2      = 1983–1984
| player_positions   = [[Point guard]]
| coach_years1       = 1985–1996
| coach_team1        = [[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]] (assistant)
| coach_years2       = 1996–2000
| coach_team2        = Louisiana Tech (associate HC)
| coach_years3       = 2000–2021
| coach_team3        = [[Baylor Bears women's basketball|Baylor]]
| coach_years4       = 2021–present
| coach_team4        = [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU]]
| admin_years1       = 
| admin_team1        = 
| overall_record     = {{Winning percentage|754|124|record=y}}
| tournament_record  = 
| championships      = '''As player:''' <br>[[NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship|NCAA Division I tournament]] ([[1982 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1982]])<br>[[AIAW women's basketball tournament|AIAW Division I tournament]] ([[AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament#1981 Division I tournament|1981]])<br>'''As assistant coach:''' <br>NCAA Division I Tournament ([[1988 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1988]])<br>'''As head coach:''' <br>4× NCAA Division I Tournament ([[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2005]], [[2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2012]], [[2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2019]], [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2023]]) <br> 5× [[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach|NCAA Regional—Final Four]] (2005, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023)<br>12× [[List of Big 12 Conference champions|Big 12 regular season]] (2005, 2011–2021)<br>11× [[Big 12 women's basketball tournament|Big 12 tournament]] (2005, 2009, 2011–2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
| awards             = {{plainlist|
* 3× AP College Basketball Coach of the Year (2012, 2019, 2022)
* [[Naismith College Coach of the Year]] (2012)
* 3× USBWA National Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2019)
* 2× [[WBCA National Coach of the Year Award|WBCA National Coach of the Year]] (2012, 2019)
* 8× [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] Coach of the Year (2005, 2011–2013, 2015, 2018–2020)
* [[Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame|Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame]] (1992)
* [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]] (1984)
}}
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| BASKHOF_year       = 2020
| BASKHOF_id         = kim-mulkey
| CBBASKHOF_year     = 
| WBHOF              = kim-mulkey
| FIBA_HOF_player    = 
| medaltemplates     = {{MedalSport | Women's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold| [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's Pan American Team|Pan American]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[USA Women's Pan American Team|1983 Caracas]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[United States women's national basketball team|1983 Rio de Janeiro]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|Jones Cup]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|1984 Taipei]]| Team Competition}}
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'''Kimberly Duane Mulkey''' (born May 17, 1962) is an American [[college basketball]] coach and former player. Since 2021, she has been the head coach for [[Louisiana State University]]'s [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|women's basketball team]]. A Pan-American gold medalist in 1983 and Olympic gold medalist in 1984, she is the first coach in [[NCAA]] basketball history to win national championships as a player, assistant coach, and head coach.<ref name="Naismith HoF" /> Since the inception of the NCAA women's tournament in 1982, Mulkey has participated as a player or coach every year except 1985 and 2003.

As head coach, her teams won NCAA championships at [[Baylor Bears women's basketball|Baylor]] in [[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2005]], [[2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2012]], and [[2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2019]]; and at LSU in [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2023]]. Mulkey is one of seven coaches to have led teams to more than one championship win, ranking third behind UConn's [[Geno Auriemma]]'s 12 titles and former Tennessee coach [[Pat Summitt]]'s 8 wins.<ref name="NCAA Title History" />

Mulkey was inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2000 and into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2020.<ref name="Naismith HoF" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_096f5c5a-b5d8-11eb-b869-bba77a7cb697.html|title=Kim Mulkey on Hall of Fame journey: 'Incredibly honored,' being feminine but 'tough as hell,' more|first=Scott|last=Rabalais|work=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]|date=May 15, 2021|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/05/15/kim-mulkey-gets-hammond-tickfaw-acceptance-speech-basketball-hall-fame/5110112001/|title=LSU coach Kim Mulkey gets Hammond, Tickfaw in Basketball Hall of Fame acceptance speech|first=Glenn|last=Guilbeau|work=Lafayette Daily Advertiser|date=May 15, 2021|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college/lsu/basketball/kim-mulkey-inducted-hall-of-fame-lsu|title=LSU Women's Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey Inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame|first=Zack|last=Nagy|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=May 16, 2021|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref>

In 2007, Mulkey penned her autobiography, titled ''Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family''.

==Youth==
Kim Mulkey was born in [[Santa Ana, California]],<ref name="baylorbears.com" />{{dead link|date=October 2024}} and spent her childhood in [[Tickfaw, Louisiana]]. After playing basketball at Nesom Junior High School{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} in Tickfaw, she led her [[Hammond High Magnet School|Hammond High School]] basketball team to four consecutive state championships.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} As high school [[valedictorian]], she graduated with a 4.0 [[GPA]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

==Louisiana Tech==
The {{height|ft=5|in=4}} Mulkey was an [[All-America]]n [[point guard]] at [[Louisiana Tech University]], winning two national championships as a player: the [[AIAW women's basketball tournament|AIAW title]] in 1981 and the [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|inaugural NCAA title]] in 1982.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 1984, she was the inaugural winner of the women's [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]], awarded to the top college senior under 5'6"/1.68 m (the height limit was later raised).<ref name="Frances Pomeroy Naismith" />

==USA Basketball==
Mulkey was selected to be a member of the USA National women's basketball team for the 1983 Pan American Games in [[Caracas, Venezuela]]. The team won all five games to earn the gold medal for the event. Mulkey averaged 12.4 points per game.<ref name="1983 Pan Am" /> At the 1983 World Championships, USA National took home the silver medal after winning six games and losing two, with Mulkey averaging 3.1 points per game.<ref name="1983 WC" />

USA National won its eight games at the 1984 [[William Jones Cup|Jones Cup]] by an average of just under 50 points per game. Mulkey averaged 6.8 points per game.<ref name="1984 Jones Cup" /> At the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], USA National won its six games to earn the gold medal, with Mulkey averaging 5.3 points per game.<ref name="1984 Olympics" />

== Coaching career ==
=== Louisiana Tech ===
In 1985, Mulkey was hired as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech under [[Leon Barmore]], then promoted to associate head coach in 1996 before leaving in 2000. Over her 15 years, Tech posted a 430–68 record and advanced to 7 Final Fours, winning the NCAA championship in 1988.<ref name="NCAA Title History" /> She was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America's Academic Hall of Fame for her classroom achievements.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

=== Baylor ===
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In 2000, Mulkey took over a Baylor program that had finished its previous season 7–20 and last in the [[Big 12 Conference]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Baylor received its first NCAA tournament bid during her inaugural season, going on to the tournament 18 more times. During her tenure, the Bears advanced 4 times to the Final Four, winning the championship in 2005, 2012, and 2019.<ref name="NCAA Title History" /> The 2012 national title followed a 40-0 perfect season, the first in program history.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

[[File:Kim Mulkey in 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Mulkey in a postgame interview in 2006]]

==== During the COVID-19 pandemic ====
Although the 2020 NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Baylor made it to the Elite Eight of the 2021 tournament, held in an event isolation "bubble.” During the Elite Eight round, Mulkey advocated ending COVID-19 testing on the tournament players despite the ongoing pandemic. She stated during a press conference that the organization tasked with running the student tournament should "dump the COVID testing", despite not being asked about it by reporters.<ref name="Yahoo" /> She then stated more fully, "Wouldn't it be a shame to keep COVID testing, and then you got kids [testing] positive or something, and they don't get to play in the Final Four? So you need to just forget the COVID tests and let the four teams that are playing in each Final Four go battle it out."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/college/2021/03/30/kim-mulkey-ncaa-dump-covid-19-testing-final-four |publisher=Sports Illustrated |title=Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey Says NCAA Should 'Dump' COVID-19 Testing for Final Four |author=MICHAEL SHAPIRO |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> Mulkey herself had tested positive for the virus earlier in the season,<ref name="Yahoo" /> and made the comments following her team's loss to [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|UConn]], a team that Baylor was supposed to face earlier in the season but was cancelled due to Mulkey's COVID diagnosis.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/baylor-coach-calls-end-covid-testing-ncaa/507-2f47593e-7203-4854-944d-4fa6278f5aa1 |title='Dump the COVID testing' {{!}} Baylor coach calls for end of COVID-19 testing at NCAA tournaments |publisher=WUSA9 CBS |agency=Associated Press |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> According to [[CBS News]], her comments were later described by "many basketball fans" as "misinformed, dangerous and irresponsible".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-womens-tournament-baylor-coach-kim-mulkey-shares-controversial-take-on-covid-19-testing-after-loss/ |title=NCAA Women's Tournament: Baylor coach Kim Mulkey shares controversial take on COVID-19 testing after loss |date=March 29, 2021 |publisher=CBS |author=Shanna McCarriston}}</ref> Connecticut head coach [[Geno Auriemma]] later defended Mulkey's comments, noting the complexity of decisions during the pandemic particularly in the context of college sports.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-31|title=Auriemma: Context to Mulkey COVID remarks|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31173566/kim-mulkey-covid-19-testing-comments-born-talk-ncaa-medical-staff-geno-auriemma-says|access-date=2021-04-08|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5R2krf0CZU|title=UConn's Geno Auriemma Reacts to Kim Mulkey's NCAA Money Comments|date=18 January 2021 |publisher=StorrsCentral|access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref>

=== Louisiana State University ===
[[Image:F20230526ES-0294 - 52961055255.jpg|thumb|right|Mulkey (foreground left) at the White House event celebrating the LSU Tigers winning the 2022–23 NCAA National Championship]]
After 21 seasons at Baylor, Mulkey departed for LSU in April 2021. In her second season, she led the Tigers to win the national championship for her fourth lifetime win as head coach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey Named LSU Women's Basketball Head Coach|url=https://lsusports.net/news/2021/4/25/athletics-hall-of-famer-kim-mulkey-named-lsu-womens-basketball-head-coach.aspx|access-date=2021-04-25|publisher=LSU Tigers|date=25 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
Mulkey has been the subject of several controversies during her coaching career.<ref name=":02" /> In 2013, star Baylor player [[Brittney Griner]] told ESPN that Mulkey advised student athletes to stay quiet about their sexual orientation, as being openly gay could hurt the reputation of the program at a religious school and inhibit recruiting efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-18 |title=Griner: Mulkey said keep quiet on sexuality |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/9289080/brittney-griner-says-baylor-coach-kim-mulkey-told-players-keep-quiet-sexuality |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02" /> Griner explained that while she respected Mulkey's coaching and the way Mulkey defended Griner from bullying, she did not appreciate Mulkey's request to cover her tattoos or delete social media posts about her girlfriend.<ref name=":02" /> Griner detailed the pain caused by this experience in her 2014 memoir.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Puleo |first=Mark |title=Baylor to retire Brittney Griner's jersey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5236767/2024/01/29/brittney-griner-baylor-jersey-retirement-kim-mulkey/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref> Several players defended Mulkey.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-27 |title=In new book, Brittney Griner slams Kim Mulkey, details 'all the pain I felt' being gay at Baylor |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/2014/02/27/in-new-book-brittney-griner-slams-kim-mulkey-details-all-the-pain-i-felt-being-gay-at-baylor/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, Mulkey received criticism when she refused to comment about [[Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange|Griner's detention in Russia]].<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Scott |first=Jelani |date=2022-09-26 |title=Former Baylor Players Speak Out Against Kim Mulkey's Silence |url=https://www.si.com/college/2022/09/27/former-baylor-bears-players-speak-out-kim-mulkey-brittney-griner-silence |access-date=2024-03-24 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref>

In March 2024, Mulkey threatened to sue the ''Washington Post'' for an upcoming article she described as a "hit piece".<ref name=":1" /> She also criticized a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' column as sexist for describing her LSU team as "dirty debutantes". The writer apologized and the paper removed the term from the article for not meeting their editorial standards.<ref>{{cite news |title=LA Times reporter apologizes for 'offensive' LSU column |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39855695/la-s-reporter-apologizes-mulkey-rips-column |work=ESPN.com |date=2 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1987, Mulkey married Randy Robertson, whom she met at Louisiana Tech where he was the starting quarterback for the [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]] for the 1974 and 1975 seasons. They have two children together: son [[Kramer Robertson|Kramer]], a professional baseball player and collegiate All-American at [[LSU Tigers baseball|Louisiana State University]], and daughter Makenzie, who played both [[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|basketball]] and [[Baylor Lady Bears softball|softball]] for Baylor. During her marriage to Robertson, she was known as Kim Mulkey-Robertson. Mulkey and Robertson divorced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/other-sports/sportsdaydfw/2012/03/09/baylor-s-kim-mulkey-is-fierce-loving-and-loyal-but-dont-get-on-her-bad-side|title=Baylor's Kim Mulkey is fierce, loving and loyal, but don't get on her bad side|work=Dallas Morning News|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-date=2018-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220335/https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/other-sports/sportsdaydfw/2012/03/09/baylor-s-kim-mulkey-is-fierce-loving-and-loyal-but-dont-get-on-her-bad-side|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mulkey is known for her exuberant fashion worn during games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LSU Women's Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey Dons Outlandish Courtside Outfits on Road to Victory: See the Looks |url=https://people.com/style/lsu-womens-basketball-coach-kim-mulkeys-outlandish-courtside-outfits/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> She has said her style is inspired by Louisiana.<ref name=":0" /> Mulkey often wears outfits by Queen of Sparkles. She gets styling assistance from Jennifer Roberts, LSU's director of player personnel and influence.<ref name=":0" />

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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|conference=
|postseason=
|poll=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Baylor Lady Bears basketball|Baylor Lady Bears]]
 | conference = [[Big 12 Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2000
 | endyear    = 2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2000–01 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 21–9
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2001–02 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 27–6
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2002–03 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 24–11
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = [[Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2003–04 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 26–9
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = [[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2004–05 
 | name         = [[2004–05 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 33–3
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|'''NCAA Champions''']]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2005–06 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 26–7
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2006–07 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 26–8
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}} 
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 2007–08 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 25–7
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}} 
}} 
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2008–09 
 | name         = Baylor
 | overall      = 29–6
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = [[2009–10 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 27–10
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [[2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 2010–11
 | name         = [[2010–11 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 34–3
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2011–12
 | name         = [[2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 40–0
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|'''NCAA Champions''']]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2012–13]]
 | name         = [[2012–13 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 34–2
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]]
 | name         = [[2013–14 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 32–5
 | conference   = 16–2
 | confstanding = T-1st
 | postseason   = [[2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2014–15]]
 | name         = [[2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 33–4
 | conference   = 16–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2015–16]]
 | name         = [[2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 36–2
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 33–4
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   =  [[2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 33–2
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 37–1
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|'''NCAA Champions''']]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2019–20]]
 | name         = [[2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 28–2
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = ''Postseason not held due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]]''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2020–21]]
 | name         = [[2020–21 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
 | overall      = 28–3
 | conference   = 16–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Baylor
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|632|104|record=y}} 
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|291|61|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[LSU Tigers women's basketball|LSU Tigers]]
 | conference = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2021
 | endyear    =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2021–22]]
 | name         = [[2021–22 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]
 | overall      = 26–6
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2022–23]]
 | name         = [[2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]
 | overall      = 34–2
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|'''NCAA Champions''']]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2023–24]]
 | name         = [[2023–24 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]
 | overall      = 31–6
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2024–25]]
 | name         = [[2024–25 LSU Tigers women's basketball team|LSU]]
 | overall      = 31–6
 | conference   = 12–4
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = LSU
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|122|20|record=y}} 
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|53|11|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = {{Winning percentage|754|124|record=y}}
}}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://baylorbears.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mulkey_kim01.html |title=Player Bio: Kim Mulkey :: Women's Basketball<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328113951/http://baylorbears.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mulkey_kim01.html |archive-date=2009-03-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/record_book.pdf|title=Big 12 Record Book|publisher=[[Big 12]] Sports|access-date=2008-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216032534/http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/record_book.pdf|archive-date=2008-02-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===National Championships===
{| class="wikitable"
!| Year
!| Opponent
!| Score
!| Record
|- align="center"
| 2005|| [[Michigan State Spartans women's basketball|Michigan State Spartans]] || 84–62 || 33–3
|- align="center"
| 2012|| [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] || 80–61 || 40–0
|-align="center"
| [[2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game|2019]] || [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] || 82–81 || 37–1
|-align="center"
| [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game|2023]] || [[Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball|Iowa Hawkeyes]] || 102–85 || 34–2
|-
! colspan=3 | National Championships
! colspan=2 | 4
|}

==Awards and honors==
* 2012 – Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year<ref name="WBCA COY" />
* 2012 – [[Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year]]<ref name="baylorbears.com" />
* 2019 – [[Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year]]<ref name="baylorbears.com" />
* 2021 – [[Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year]]<ref name="b593">{{cite web | title=Mulkey Named AP National Coach of the Year | website=LSU Tigers Athletics | date=2022-03-31 | url=https://lsusports.net/news/2022/03/31/mulkey-named-ap-national-coach-of-the-year/ | access-date=2024-12-24}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of college women's basketball career coaching wins leaders]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Frances Pomeroy Naismith">{{cite web|title=Frances Pomeroy Naismith |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_frances-pomeroy-naismith |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=30 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715061812/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_frances-pomeroy-naismith |archive-date=2014-07-15}}</ref>
<ref name="1983 Pan Am">{{cite web|title=Ninth Pan American Games – 1983|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/ninth-pan-american-games-1983-1.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907034844/http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/ninth-pan-american-games-1983-1.aspx |archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="1983 WC">{{cite web|title=Ninth World Championship For Women – 1983|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/ninth-world-championship-for-women-1983.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905202038/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/ninth-world-championship-for-women-1983.aspx|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="1984 Jones Cup">{{cite web|title=1984 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP|url=http://archive.usab.com/womens/wjcup_1984.html|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043846/http://archive.usab.com/womens/wjcup_1984.html|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="1984 Olympics">{{cite web|title=Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad – 1984 |url=http://www.usab.com/womens/national/woly_1984.html |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=3 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131013215759/http://www.usab.com/womens/national/woly_1984.html |archive-date=13 October 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="WBCA COY">{{cite web|title=Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_coach-of-year_past|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=30 Jun 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093033/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_coach-of-year_past|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Naismith HoF">{{cite web|url=https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/kim-mulkey|title=Kim Mulkey}}</ref>
<ref name="NCAA Title History">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-women/d1|title=NCAA D1 Women's Basketball Championship History|publisher=NCAA.com|access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref>
<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kim-mulkey-covid-testing-ncaa-tournament-022102224.html |title=Baylor's Kim Mulkey has wild March Madness take: 'Forget the COVID tests' at Final Four |author=Henry Bushnell |publisher=Yahoo |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref>
<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Longman |first=Jeré |date=2 Apr 2023 |title=Kim Mulkey, a Colorful and Divisive Coach, Wins Another Title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/sports/ncaabasketball/lsu-kim-mulkey.html |access-date=24 Mar 2024 |website=New York Times}}</ref>
<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Puleo |first=Mark |title=Mulkey speaks on 'hit piece' coming from Washington Post |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5363936/2024/03/23/kim-mulkey-lsu-washington-post/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Final Floral: Kim Mulkey debuts another eye-catching fit |url=https://justwomenssports.com/reads/kim-mulkey-lsu-womens-basketball-outfits-final-four-ncaa-tournament/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Just Women's Sports |date=31 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref name="baylorbears.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mulkey_kim01.html|title=Kim Mulkey Bio – Baylor Official Athletic Site|website=www.baylorbears.com|access-date=2016-04-20|archive-date=2016-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426144319/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mulkey_kim01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

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