Kim Mulkey highlights as Louisiana Tech's play-making point guard

Before Kim Mulkey became a 3-time national champion coach at Baylor, she led Louisiana Tech to back-to-back title games as a play-making 5-4 point guard. Watch highlights of Mulkey as a player from Louisiana Tech's inaugural NCAA title in 1982 against Cheyney and its runner-up finish to USC in 1983. Mulkey currently coaches LSU, after 21 years at Baylor.
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[@TalkinWitJMO]

The fact they was hooping in polos with numbers on them is crazy 😂

[@clarencebland4861]

LaTech was known for the sleeves

[@hellomyfriends9740]

It's make sense why she's so fierce on the court as a coach.

[@amab1853]

Yes! It's great seeing that she won a championship 🏆 back when she was a player. She was a great point guard & an amazing coach now

[@niquemonet929]

That stomp after the charge looks like something she'd do today lol

[@slimskully8924]

Duh 😂

[@rationalsportsfanatic7416]

The Rodman she dished it off to was indeed Dennis Rodman's sister, Debra Rodman who was a star for Louisiana Tech and ended up playing professionally for the Dallas Diamonds

[@dustinolvey8877]

Sure that's not the same person?

[@QdaChosenOne23]

Ok. I joked on that note.. but i saw resemblance

[@QdaChosenOne23]

​@@dustinolvey8877lmmfao!. Like that Jordan commercial with his mom showing him what to do

[@bobbyswain7049]

I wondered about that as soon as I heard the name.....I thought..surely not haha.....thx for the info

[@jasontaylor2237]

😂😂😂bruh you almost had me there

[@charlesgilbert2054]

It's like if Reese Witherspoon could hoop.

[@tmasst07]

lololol

[@stevetamacc]

Legally ballin! lol

[@Uzayr28]

Comment is gold😂

[@coach9410]

😂😂😂😂

[@spencerw633]

😂😂😂

[@spartan7911]

She was amazing as a player, and today a great head coach.

[@cdash6969]

Wow never knew coach had game like that....

[@cardinalsfan8182]

Umm-no,she’s an absolute embarrassment.

[@John-go8pg]

OBVIOUSLY 🔥🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯💯💯💯💯

[@AleandFire]

Confirmed

[@jaydiggz5697]

She was below average at best 5"4' Louisiana tech and never came close to making the wnba. Which is why she became a coach. Let's be real.

[@phadeethephoenix]

Ohhh I get it now. It’s an Energy thing for sure. She has the same Love for the game today like she did here. This made my heart smile. Great player. Awesome coach

[@Daniweb1971]

What do you think of her now after leading her team to brawl with SC?

[@MegaMyjason]

S.C. isn't so innocent .... Lets be fair now @@Daniweb1971

[@bird401]

And what fashion sense!

[@robertl1504]

Just a lousy human being😢

[@donald8354]

The commentator saying Mulkey is not fast I like to see him with the ball down the court.

[@justgeorge7935]

I lived in Ruston, La. at the time and I watched that game LIVE! My daddy would holler through the house to me, “Kim Mulkey’s playing!” I would run to watch the game. That continued until the day he died in 10/2011. He’d holler, “Kim Mulkey’s team is playing!” And I would run to watch the game with him and Mama. He died just before Baylor won the Championship in 2012. Once he hollered, “Kim Mulkey’s team is playing! Brittany Griner might dunk it!” She DID dunk it in the Championship game and Kim, literally, turned and stomped her foot IN THE AIR! Hahaha! I kept rewinding it just to see her so that again and again. Mama and I watched for the next 9 years. I’ve had to watch them alone now, since 9/2020. I will watch until I die or she retires! She is just as feisty and smart today and she was then. She excels at EVERYTHING SHE DOES!

[@carterbig3633]

Sorry for your loss

[@carterbig3633]

What a great memory

[@17maxcloudjr73]

Hey big game tomorrow before the Super Bowl “Kim Mulkey’s Team” playing at #1 South Carolina ! Just read her autobio WONT BACK DOWN and yes it is in reference to the late great Tom Petty

[@17maxcloudjr73]

I like the way she stomped after getting that charge call 2:37

[@written12]

Great also that your dad loved the womens game

[@dannyshortwave]

She was an amazing player. You can see how fierce her teams are because of this legendary coach. I love her marching stomp at the end when she took that charge. 🥰

[@vanessavalley9747]

Who's here watching, after the LSU Championship WIN?!?!?! 🏀👏💜

[@Jeffro23_]

That’s how KZbin works

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

Me

[@shoniawilliams4350]

Me didn’t know she played @Louisiana Tech in Ruston La where I grew up.

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

@@shoniawilliams4350 Louisiana through and through ❤️

[@jeremysears4263]

Me!

[@university-666]

She was a very smart player. Also, as you can see, officials still don't know the difference between a block and a charge.

[@tjmckenzie4048]

LOL! No kidding! What a terrible charging call.

[@TruthDefined4life]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

[@robkessler8300]

Yeah, for sure. TERRIBLE call!

[@michaelayers3998]

Not even close!

[@Defender78]

2:33 is the moment, Kim wasn't standing still, um no charge there

[@BigfatKuntWiener]

She’s a little fireball for sure one of the more underrated figures in female sports

[@MarcusMccauleyJr]

These uniforms were iconic … legendary

[@LadyTaeTV]

Beautiful full circle moment for Kim ❤️ congratulations 🍾

[@davonnlastique]

Bro she was made for basketball… coaching while playing 💪🏾✌🏽

[@comfortsheriff1352]

Yeah you saw that right 😊

[@Michael-el7uc]

Come on really? Bro….

[@cliffordfarley30]

Not taking away from any of the other players here but what a match up. Cheryl Miller vs Debra Rodman down low. Two astounding talents.

[@cbone50]

Don’t forget USC had Cynthia Cooper too!

[@homerojimenez9533]

If their is a woman's hall of fame for basketball... All of the names mentioned should be inserted into the WBHOF ....

[@izell80]

​@@cbone50 McGee sisters (Pam being Javale's mom) too

[@cbone50]

@@izell80 oh yeah! Good look! I heard she was a beast!!!

[@AmericasBeterBlack-xn9zk]

She coach like she played! Pure Greatest!❤️

[@JesseD9884]

And now she brought LSU a National championship 🏀🏀

[@amab1853]

💜 💛 🏀

[@CaMOOflage1992]

Nope the refs definetly did that lol, one of the worst games I've seen 37 called fouls? Technical on Iowa for zero reason.

[@JesseD9884]

@@CaMOOflage1992 aww maybe next year champ ☺️

[@nickdeverot883]

Oh I agree Angel Reese had to sit most of the first half along with 2 other LSU starters because of bad calls only difference is LSU has a deep bench

[@fredwright9755]

​@@CaMOOflage1992run along little fella, mommy has some hot cocoa fir you and a teddy bear😊

[@JayT89277]

Mulkey is a hooper. Also, Cynthia Cooper and Cheryl Miller on the same team is crazy lol.

[@kantricedorsey8142]

That was great hearing all those names being called! Cynthia Cooper was one of my favorite players to watch!

[@tiffanylane184]

The McGee twins were also on that USC team, such a loaded team. Pamela also played in the WNBA and her son in the NBA and daughter once played in the WNBA.

[@Insert.Name.Here.]

1981, 1982, and 1988 National Champions. Those Lady Techsters were a PROBLEM!!!

[@amcasanave]

They also won the last AIAW championship in 1980 when she was a freshman.

[@handsomeX]

​@amcasanave Wow I didn't realize that 😳

[@MrDinFla1]

Truth!!

[@stun2187]

Calm and collected, floor general, ultra instinctive, understands pace, efficient, will take and make open shots. What a player.

[@hazardman79]

This so awesome, I didn’t know she is a Louisiana Legend

[@jhawkod]

these are exceptional highlights!!!!! my favorite is the bounce pass to the wing. never seen that done before. amazing.

[@dondee5439]

I believe this was back when the rules said you could only dribble with your hand on top of the ball. If your hand was on the side of the ball it was called a carry and you could be whistled by the ref. So if these clips look like the ball-handlers are less skilled than today's players that is a BIG REASON WHY.

[@ethanweeter2732]

That takes far more skill.

[@michaelmachupa3854]

It's way harder for sure.

[@ShakesTheClown46]

The women also played with a larger ball back then … that sounds odd … What I mean is, they played with the same-sized ball the men have … that sounds even odder … You get my meaning.

[@frank-ko6de]

She's a much better passer than anything I see today male or female ,college or pro. Bounce passes are just precise and in stride.

[@ericgarrison93]

​@@frank-ko6de it's hard to find a smart player that knows how to play

[@naturalpro2003]

Coach Mulkey was ssssoooo cuuuute!!!! 😊

[@stevenstranger5688]

She looks like Reese Witherspoon in that first photo.

[@Lady_K2]

😂😂😂😂where?

[@youtubehashandlesnow]

ikr

[@jdz8364]

She’s not fast, but she’s quick and very smart… 😂

[@timboslice8559]

Don’t know she looked pretty fast here. Compared to the other girls

[@DeTAYL.]

@@timboslice8559I agree. She was definitely fast. And comfortable running full speed with a dribble.

[@mjbankhead9063]

I heard a lot about Kim when I lived in Hammond. My uncles used to say she was a beast on the court.

[@chillywillie6283]

I remember back in the early 1980s being stationed in a country (the Netherlands) with very little English speaking television programming. The VCR was a new innovation, so we watched videos sent to us from family members in the US of American television sports and other programming. We got the videos about two weeks after they were recorded. I remember watching her play on one of the videos l received from home. I still have those videos today in 2023.

[@charlesroquemore839]

Mulkey's teammate Debra Rodman is Dennis Rodman's sister. From my old neighbor hood in Dallas ( Oak Cliff) , TX .

[@Dakid015]

Certified Louisiana legend

[@mitchellgolston2726]

Got that right a Louisiana 🔥 ball

[@leq6992]

2:36 is the very definition of a blocking foul lol

[@nathanscipio6148]

Yeah that was ridiculous.

[@alexhussey1308]

100% agree, but great idea to go for the foul out and she sold it. Also I’m like 75% sure the other player double dribbled right before that. the difference in officiating for women’s sports is kind of a disgrace. not fair to the players

[@dooval434]

Yeah bad call. But we see that all the time don't we.

[@07fufufu]

50s to 2000s there was no restricted zone or areas when u can take a charge.. Stockton the king of charging fouls used it in the backcourt.. Know your facts don't spit dumb words

[@speabody]

True, but she got turnabout in the same game when she was called for a charge while on the break in the last ten seconds down 2. The defender was moving just like she was lol

[@gregoryhill7960]

This lady was fantastic as a college basketball player also

[@briansam2524]

Kim may have been small but she was fearless, even though she and her team lost to USC in the championship game in '84 (I believe) she was not and had no fear guarding Cheryl Miller.

[@comfortsheriff1352]

USC lost this championship

[@tombrad9950]

I remember that charge they called on kim mulkey that was clearly blocking l tech was down 2 and should have been rewarded 2 free throws.

[@kentuckylucky5762]

I dont know which year..but mulkey eon 2 national championships..1 ncaa and 1 whatever it was prior to ncaa..then she lost 1 to usc...of course mulkey played under pat summit in the 1984 olympics with chery miller...on the mens team was sone guy named Michael jordan😊

[@shauncarlg8090]

Serious star power on both these teams!

[@victorkreitner754]

And now at age 60 has coached LSU to the 2023 National Championship.

[@ADOS_DSGB]

She played similar to her current starting PG Alexis Morris.

[@devonavant3497]

True PG. Played with intensity just the way she coaches.

[@ralphascariot105]

Wow 5 * 4" she had game!! very good player, now very good coach !! CONGRATS LSU and Coachs NATIONAL CHAMPIONS !!!! From Cecil, Pa

[@richardbrown9397]

I see why LSU WB play how they play...they've embodied their coaches style in ways, passionate,smart, intense... even after The charge call, she hits em with a line from Martin Lawrence and started stomping with the BIG 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕!!!!!!

[@LEMATTOFFICIAL]

Why am I not surprised at all? She always been fiery 🔥 she played her heart out like she be coaching out there today

[@hiphopballet25]

As a person who is also not that tall to play B-ball, this makes me happy to see. My favorite moment 2:33 She has that same energy then and now!

[@MrNewtcummer]

The evolution of the game both physically and skillfully has made players less than 5’5 a complete liability in todays game. It’s why she is an outstanding coach. Nowadays Kim wouldn’t recruit that player at LSU or at Baylor.

[@MrNewtcummer]

Imagine the player in this video trying to gaurd CC or Diamond Miller?

[@blazer79]

Frank Glieber on the call for CBS. One of the better play by play men in the business.

[@ChosenWon]

This is awesome. Thanks

[@gregd4633]

I remember this game, but I was rooting for USC when Cynthia Cooper played for USC. First time I started watching women’s basketball and I have been watching women basketball since 1982. USC vs Louisiana Tech was a HUGE game. Love Kim Mulkey and Dawn Staley 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@RELopez-mk4ic]

Flashback 1979; there was a huge holiday tournament on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I was finishing up roofing a house for my dad, I was 19 and on break from college (I was playing Junior College basketball). They were playing some of the games at different gyms in the area. They were playing some girl's games at my old high school (d'Iberville high school). d'Iberville high school was playing Hammond high school. We had a girl (Sandra Rushing) who was a great player and later signed with Alabama. The one thing that grabbed my attention was this little guard from Hammond that lit it up. I was so impressed with the way she played! I asked Tommy Hengen our girl's coach "Who was that little guard from Hammond" he told me her name was Kim Mulkey. I'm a UCONN fan. However, I loved the way she played, and I love her coaching style. She will have LSU in the Final Four!

[@kameronbell4037]

Won it all today

[@jameslarosa2396]

You called it alright.

[@Sgoldensr]

Coach Mulkey was nice!! 💯 Pure floor general and a bucket 🪣!!! She been a champion 🏆

[@mrpzpdx]

Wow this is a great video thank you

[@snotloutisagod2956]

Now I can see how Mulkey gets her tenacity as a coach…she looked very fierce as a player. I admire her as both and the way she molded my favorite women’s basketball player Britney Griner into a great competitor on the court.

[@ToneRetroGaming]

Wow USC had Cheryl Miller and Cynthia Cooper on the same team 👀🤩

[@roberthudson1959]

Plus the McGee twins, that team was LOADED!

[@gwilb]

@@roberthudson1959 JaVale's mother and aunt!

[@big6ixx5627]

That team was crazy and they were going toe to toe I know they lost that game Cynthia Cooper and Cheryl Miller were DOGS

[@charlieh3998]

Sounded like Dennis Rodman was on Tech.

[@kreativekulturetv2488]

​@@charlieh3998Debra Rodman is Dennis Rodmans older Sister

[@realtexasboy]

2:07 this super tuff oh my god 😂😂

[@Baileyville112]

That's AWESOME.... look at lil Kim Mulkey out there playin' ball. I love it!! 🎉🥳🎊

[@MrBoswel1]

She was a great player n great coach

[@librasRgreat]

Wow I didn't even know she played big-time ball or was nice like that back then 🏀👏

[@labratamber]

Check out her resume, she has an Olympic gold medal too

[@missayawk]

If you dont know now you now

[@BigRW]

That's some hard core athleticism on display there now, boy.

[@KTF0]

I remember seeing those Louisiana Tech unis when I was little and thought they were the coolest.

[@rachet0708]

Saw Kim play at the Louisiana Sweet 16 her senior year. She dropped 60 in the state semi-final without a 3 pt line.

[@A_Trill_OG]

That’s saying something right there

[@comfortsheriff1352]

What!

[@thomaswallace479]

In one game, they show her taking the ball from USC frosh & future legend Cynthia Cooper. I love the excitement of the guard play in WBB.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

She was remarkable. I watched La. Tech some back then. It was La. Tech, USC, and Old Dominion as the big three back then. Later, Tenn. took over for years.

[@mafiapgs8585]

Mann them jerseys are 🔥

[@leelaural]

that was a kick....seemed to have quite a few fans and the guys wearing ties....thx for posting...

[@thegreatlll3770]

This just made me smile 😊

[@tntigre3291]

Just glad this classy lady is our head coach at LSU

[@kdburner7356]

😂😂

[@daviddaugherty5528]

Minnie Mulkey

[@PredatorKingdom]

This was so fun to watch as she was a little playmaker out there and I love how she was balling in the warmup jacket, but that's what they used to play in back then before all the girls started wearing the tank top jerseys.

[@dandandkl9048]

Great coach, great player, great great person!❤❤❤

[@chrisb3976]

Love the little Mulkey running around on the court. She was a beast :)

[@bjgrayson6755]

I wore #20 in HS in Seattle because of HER…..the Original Floor General #MulkeyLSU🔥💯🙌🏿👏🏿

[@spankbuda3769]

Really?! And you didn't wear #20 because of Gary Payton?

[@bjgrayson6755]

@@spankbuda3769 SERIOUSLY HER🥰…1st…then GP got included 🥰🤣

[@SuperBlobsterMan]

2:09 This is literally one of the greatest passes you will ever see. She predicted the movement of her offense and beat past 3 defenders to deliver the ball. This is all done in a moments notice with no time to think. Girl has a brilliant mind. I don't know anything about her but I won't be surprised to learn she is still unstoppable at whatever she is doing in life.

[@tyypa]

that is a normal pass that i think most players can make

[@Birdman32]

She coaches LSU, and coached Baylor for many years. One of the greatest coaches in college basketball history. Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer

[@elishotcha2262]

Just won a ship too!

[@tatigm9695]

Won a championship for LSU yesterday!

[@shedflips]

Seriously good passing, I never knew she was so good as a player

[@toddmurphy3245]

She’s awesome 💪🏻

[@propspounds5511]

Balling in warm ups Amazing!!😎🏀

[@zd91]

The left-handed hesi at 0:54 is smooooth

[@user-oz5vl2ho8v]

That was an in and out .

[@ChampagneCraig]

She's been great for her whole life!

[@johnvalencia7488]

I never knew little Kim Mulkey was a player and a very good player. Great video history. Thanks!

[@MimiShelly73]

Love this!

[@dooval434]

I know I'm dating myself but I loved that team. I think they won back to back. And Kim ran it I'm telling you. She was Lil Kim before Lil Kim! Def a little fireball who knew what she was doing out there!!

[@stevewong3353]

Reese Witherspoon plays basketball well.

[@MI-Coqui]

Nola was out there hustle and flowing 💪 flowing

[@shaunmartinell5825]

Ok, is this some of the best point guard play ever!? I think so. She is like a general out there.

[@ihikebc2295]

Geaux, Coach Mulkey!

[@amadoulaminendiaye7824]

Who is here after the LSU title ?

[@lpn369]

Awww she was soooo cuuute

[@OVOChatgpt]

LOL now i get it.... Low key one of the best to ever lace em up. My girl knows what it takes to be a champion

[@hogcaller]

Kim went from an awesome player to a great coach. Congrads coach !!

[@martinbaccardax5366]

The little dish at 2:08 is pure Magic/Isiah! ... amazing player on a team that earned a *ton* of respect back in the day!

[@lionelkennedy1394]

She's awesome ❤

[@kushclarkkent6669]

A winner through and through!

[@retiredarchitect3462]

Her court-side outfits sure beat the old LSU uniforms!

[@ethanweeter2732]

LTU.

[@daffyduck1937]

She was a sinister passer and SMART with a sick set-shot at 5'4 don't think that height would cut it today.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Aw stop it's plenty of short players in todays womens game look at daisha fair at Syracuse and destinni Henderson when she was at South Carolina and shes playing against talk players back then in this video

[@mixedgirl82]

You must have never seen Dana Evans play. Currently on the Sky roster, plays in the Euro Leagues and she played for Louisville in college. She's 5'5 and has a killer shot. Definitely holds her own against all the bigs out there.

[@written12]

And how about Crystal Dangerfield? Seton Hall has Park- Lane. Exciting floor general for the Pirates. She’s graduating. We’ll see if she’s drafted.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Many thought Mulkey wasn't gonna cut it either but she proved them wrong.

[@TheStranger513]

@@written12 Yeah Lauren Park-Lane just broke her school's record for points in a game. And she is 5'4" as well.

[@acc4465]

love the uniforms - so cool.

[@garyvillers5203]

Wow wow wow. Awesome to watch. Wow

[@s.p.3738]

One of a kind! L. S. U.

[@lawman7117]

Anyone who can play in a collared shirt, must be good! 😀

[@1toughGplayer]

Respect KIM MULKEY was a BALLER back in the days i love the jerseys they were rocking

[@richardgazinia5482]

Does anyone know if there is a full copy of the LA Tech vs Cheney State game anywhere to watch? I live about a mile from what is now known as Cheney University in Southeastern PA. I am also looking for any highlights from Immaculata's run in Women's basketball in the 70s before they crowned the women's champions in their own NCAA Tournament.

[@jayjay0580]

Man this woman was a beast

[@big_reece8632]

It’s crazy that they are hooping in short sleeve polos lol 😂😂😂

[@DreamDosage]

Love watching these highlights… She’s a little dynamo!

[@stevenzhang6252]

Congrats, coach!🎉

[@MRPERFECT_79]

THAT CHARGE WAS REALLY A BLOCKING FOUL LOL

[@dondee5439]

At the 2:44 mark, yeah I agree no way KIM MULKEY'S feet were planted before contact. Great players often get the benefit. No ref instant replays or challenges back then I assume.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Technically your feet do not have to be set if the offensive player initiates contact without leaving their feet.

[@zeebee3606]

@Easy E Network would u consider, dribbling horizontally down the baseline (clear when she starts goin) to escape a trap, to be "initiating contact? Or does running into someone who has nowhere else to go sound more like initiating ?

[@lesant7659]

I agree

[@Rob774]

Great player... But yeah, that was CLEARLY a blocking foul. No way was she fully set yet.

[@darylwilson3987]

She looks like Reece Witherspoon. She could be her mom.

[@rahlohmcdonogh4855]

Reese was born in New Orleans🤔

[@Flowshow88]

She was amazing ❤

[@michaelturano7522]

Saw her at Sweet 16 in LakeCharles back in high school at Rummel