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Griner became Baylor’s first No. 1 WNBA Draft selection when the
Phoenix Mercury selected her in 2013. Young was selected No. 4 by the
San Antonio Silver Stars in 2006. In 2007, Bernice Mosby became Mulkey’s
fourth first-round WNBA draft pick when the Washington Mystics made
her the fourth player selected overall. In 2008, Angela Tisdale was drafted
by the Chicago Sky and Jessica Morrow was selected by the Atlanta Dream
in 2009, while Brooklyn Pope was drafted in 2013 by the Chicago Sky. In
2013, the Tulsa Shock selected Odyssey Sims was the draft’s No. 3 pick.
All told, under Mulkey, 10 players have been drafted by WNBA teams,
including six first-round selections.
Not only has Baylor’s progress registered on the national level, local
fans have taken notice, too. The Lady Bears continue to break all-time
attendance records and annually rank among the nation’s top 25 in NCAA
women’s basketball attendance, including seven top-10 finishes, ranking a program-high No. 4 in 2012-13, No. 8 four times (2005-06, 2009-10,
2013-14 and 2014-15) and sixth in both 2010-11 and 2011-12. For the past
10 seasons the Lady Bears have eclipsed the 100,000 fan mark at home. In
2011-12, Baylor drew a Ferrell Center record-breaking 166,593 fans and in
2012-13 set an average attendance record of 9,160 fans per game. In fact,
since Mulkey’s arrival, some 1,797,639 fans have come through the Ferrell
Center doors.
In her first season as a head coach, Mulkey returned the Lady Bear
program to the national spotlight. She took a team that was 7-20 in 19992000 and 12th (2-12) in the Big 12 and molded it into a cohesive, confident
unit that finished sixth (9-7) in the Big 12 and earned the school’s first-ever
NCAA Tournament berth. Baylor, along with four other schools, posted
the biggest turnaround in NCAA Division I with a 14-game improvement,
going from 7-20 to 21-9. In addition, the Baylor squad was ranked in the
AP top 25 poll for six weeks, climbing as high as No. 20 and finished the
season ranked No. 23.
Baylor’s second season under Mulkey produced even better results. The
team finished 27-6 and ranked No. 7 in The Associated Press’ final ranking.
For the first time in program history, the Lady Bears were selected to host
NCAA Tournament games. Baylor hosted first and second round games
and set a Lady Bear attendance record when 10,074 fans packed the Ferrell
Center for Baylor’s second-round game against Drake. In fact, the Waco
first and second rounds ranked second nationally in attendance compared
to other sites.
Her third season proved to be her most challenging. Working with a
2002-03 team that returned only one starter and listed only three upperclassmen on its roster, Mulkey guided her young squad to a 24-11 record
and after being snubbed by the NCAA selection committee, the Lady
Bears advanced to the WNIT finals. In the championship game, SEC rival
Auburn narrowly defeated the Lady Bears, 64-63.
Year four yielded even more success for Baylor women’s basketball.
Mulkey guided the Lady Bears to the program’s first-ever NCAA Sweet
16, where they lost to tradition-rich Tennessee (71-69) on a controversial
last-second call. Baylor finished the season at 26-9, was ranked No. 15 in
the AP’s final poll and achieved its then-highest finish ever in the coaches
poll at No. 11.
The 2004-05 season was Mulkey’s breakthrough year. The squad posted
a 33-3 record and claimed the Big 12 Conference title with a 14-2 mark.
En route to the NCAA championship, the Lady Bears defeated three No.
1 seeds. Steffanie Blackmon and Young were both named All-Americans
with Young becoming Baylor’s third WBCA All-American. Blackmon
became BU’s third WNBA draftee when the Seattle Storm selected her. In
addition to earning Big 12 Coach of the Year honors, Mulkey received the
New York Athletic Club’s prestigious Winged Foot Award.
After losing two starters off the 2005 NCAA championship squad,
Mulkey guided the 2005-06 Lady Bears to a 26-7 record and a 12-4 Big 12
mark, good for a second place league finish and a final AP ranking of No.
10. Year six under Mulkey also produced the program’s first two-time
WBCA All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year in Young.
Fielding a 2006-07 team that featured eight underclassmen on the
11-member roster, the team’s 26-7 record was an impressive achievement.
Led by Mosby, the Lady Bears were again selected to the NCAA Tournament and finished third in the perennially tough Big 12 Conference with
an 11-5 mark. As a team, the Lady Bears led the nation in blocked shots
with 7.2 a contest. Baylor finished the year ranked No. 19 in the AP poll
and No. 20 in the coaches poll.
Facing the 2007-08 season with, for the first time, no dominant scorer
and rebounder returning, Mulkey guided the squad to an impressive
25-7 mark, a second place Big 12 Conference finish and another NCAA
KIM MULKEY
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HEAD COACH • 17TH SEASON
LOUISIANA TECH, 1984
Success = Kim Mulkey. No matter what she’s attempted in basketball,
whether it be on the court or along the sideline, Mulkey has found success.
In just 16 seasons as a head coach, she has attained 473 career victories and
ranks No. 2 among the winningest active Division I head coaches (.837)
and No. 4 all-time by percentage. Only one person, her mentor Leon Barmore, attained the 400-win milestone quicker. It took Barmore 13 seasons
and three games to accumulate 400 wins, while Mulkey achieved it in 13
years and 32 games.
When the Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer accepted the position as
Baylor University’s head women’s basketball coach on April 4, 2000, few
could have predicted the dramatic and prestigious transformation the program was about to undergo. Inheriting a program that was 7-20 in the year
prior to her arrival and had registered 13 losing seasons in the 17 previous
years, Mulkey has transformed the Lady Bears into a national power. The
former Olympic Gold medalist has twice guided the Lady Bear basketball
program to the pinnacle of women’s basketball, the 2005 and 2012 NCAA
national championships, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, 16, 20-win
seasons, 14, 25-win efforts, seven, 30-win campaigns and an NCAA record
40 victories and a perfect 2011-12 season. In addition, over the past 13 seasons, Mulkey has led the Lady Bears to three Final Four appearances (2005,
‘10, `12) and a Big 12 record 15 Big 12 Conference titles.
The 2005 national title was Baylor’s first for a women’s team sport, and
just the second in school history overall. In winning the 2005 title, Mulkey
became the first person, man or woman, to win a basketball national championship as a student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach.
En route to the 2005 NCAA championship, the Lady Bears won their
first Big 12 Conference championship and were the league’s tournament
champion, too. In 2009, the Lady Bears added to the trophy case with another Big 12 Tournament crown, claimed both the 2011 regular season and
tournament crowns and captured the 2012 regular season title by a record
seven games over second-place finishers Oklahoma and Texas A&M and
again earned the tournament crown. The Lady Bears duplicated the feat in
the 2012-13 season, winning both crowns, and became the first team to win
three straight conference tournament titles and five all-told. In 2013-14,
Baylor claimed its fourth straight Big 12 regular season title becoming the
first league school to achieve that feat and claimed its fourth straight and
sixth overall tournament crown. The 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons have
produced more hardware for the trophy case as BU swept the regular
season and tournament crowns both years.
In 2012, Mulkey swept all Coach of the Year awards, winning WBCA,
USBWA, Associated Press, Naismith and Big 12 Conference honors.
Since coming into the league in 2000-01, Mulkey ranks as the Big 12’s
winningest coach by both victories (473) and percentage (.837).
Mulkey has guided the Lady Bears to 16 postseason appearances,
including 15 NCAA Tournaments and a trip to the 2003 WNIT finals. In
2004, the Lady Bears made their first trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 and have
now played in nine Sweet 16s, six Elite Eights and three Final Fours. In
2001, Sheila Lambert was a Kodak All-American and was awarded the
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, which recognized the nation’s best
player 5-8 or under. Odyssey Sims won the award in 2014, Mulkey was the
award’s inaugural winner in 1984.
Under Mulkey’s tutelage, Sophia Young became the program’s first
two-time Kodak All-American and also the school’s first AP All-American
and Brittney Griner garnered the program’s first national Freshman of the
Year honor (2010) and National Player of the Year kudos (2012 and `13)
and Sims followed in 2011. Griner also earned the program’s first Honda
Cup award. Griner and Sims were both winners of the prestigious Wade
Trophy. In addition, Baylor landed its first-ever players in the WNBA
when Lambert and Danielle Crockrom were each drafted in the first round
after the 2001 season and Steffanie Blackmon was drafted in 2005.
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leader in senior point guard Niya Johnson. Johnson was also named to the
All-Defensive team, sophomore Kristy Wallace earned All-Big 12 honorable mention distinction, and posts Kalani Brown and Beatrice Mompremier were All-Freshman team selections. Baylor ended the season ranked
No. 4 in both major polls.
Mulkey, a 2000 inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame,
came to Baylor from Louisiana Tech where she spent 19 years as either a
student-athlete or coach in the legendary Lady Techster program. During
her tenure in Ruston, Mulkey was associated with 11 Final Four squads
and three national championship teams. She has either played or coached
in the national championship game on eight occasions.
Over her 15-year stint as an assistant and associate head coach at her
alma mater, Louisiana Tech posted a 430-68 (.864) record and advanced
to seven Final Fours. Mulkey held the title of associate head coach for her
final four seasons. Her responsibilities at Tech included coordinating recruiting, tutoring Lady Techster guards, overseeing the players’ academic
progress and running the summer camps. Because of her diligence, no
Lady Techster was ever declared academically ineligible.
As a player, Mulkey led the Lady Techsters to a 130-6 (.956) record, two
national titles and four Final Fours from 1980-84. During that time the
5-foot-4 playmaker, known for her spectacular passes and French braids,
also led Louisiana Tech to its first two national championships (1981 and
1982) and was a part of the USA’s Gold medal-winning team at both the
1984 Olympics and the 1983 Pan American Games.
Mulkey averaged 6.38 assists and 1.56 steals per game and currently
ranks second on Tech’s all-time list in assists and 12th in steals.
In addition, the summa cum laude scholar was a two-time Academic
All-American as a business major. In recognition of her success in the
classroom and on the basketball court, Mulkey was inducted into the
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic
All-America Hall of Fame in June 2003.
Her athletic career began at an early age. Mulkey, a native of Hammond, La., played Dixie Youth baseball as a 12 year old as well as two
years of Pony League baseball and made the all-star team two of the three
years. At Hammond High School, she led the basketball team to fourstraight state championships, posted a 136-5 record and finished her career
with a then-national record 4,075 points. She earned all-district, all-state
and All-America honors each of her four years at Hammond High. She
also graduated as her class’ valedictorian with a perfect 4.0 grade point
average. Mulkey has a street named after her in her hometown of Tickfaw,
La.
Mulkey is a member of the National High School Hall of Fame, the Louisiana High School Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1999, she was the lone female named
among the Louisiana Sports Writers top 25 athletes of the 20th century
and was listed by Sports Illustrated as one of the top 50 sports figures of
Louisiana for the 20th century. In June of 2000, she was inducted into the
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame located in Knoxville, Tenn. Additionally,
Mulkey was inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007 and
entered the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
Born May 17, 1962, in Santa Ana, Calif., Mulkey has two children,
daughter Makenzie (24) and son Kramer (21).
Makenzie (Robertson) Fuller serves as assistant director of basketball
operations for the Lady Bears. She was a four-year letterwinner on Baylor’s
basketball team and during her career the Lady Bears posted an impressive 140-10 record which included eight Big 12 crowns and an NCAA
national championship (2012).
Fuller, a three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree, was named to both
Baylor’s Dean’s List and the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll numerous
times. She earned both a bachelor and master’s degree from Baylor and is
married to former BU football and professional baseball player Clay Fuller.
Kramer is a senior at LSU where he is on the baseball team. He enjoyed
a stellar athletic career at Midway High School as a three-sport standout,
playing football, basketball and baseball. As a four-year varsity starter
in baseball, where he played shortstop, he was a three-time first-team
all-state selection and MaxPreps All-American has also earned Waco
Tribune-Herald Super Centex recognition four times. A three-year starter
at quarterback for Midway, he led the Panthers to the 2011 Class 4A title
game and also played point guard on the basketball team.
Mulkey’s autobiography, “Won’t Back Down” with Peter May, a retired
Boston Globe senior sportswriter, appeared in bookstores Nov. 5, 2007,
and the paperback edition became available Sept. 8, 2008.
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Tournament berth. The team featured a balanced offensive attack with
five players averaging double-digit scoring. The Lady Bears were led by
All-American and All-Big 12 performers Tisdale and Rachel Allison.
Mulkey’s ninth season along the sideline was highlighted by another
trip to the NCAA’s Sweet 16 and a Big 12 Conference Tournament title.
The Lady Bears posted a 29-6 record, a final Associated Press ranking of
No. 5 and a 12-4 Big 12 record, good for second place.
Entering the 2009-10 season with just one senior and one returning starter, Mulkey was tasked with molding a cohesive unit out of a roster filled
with nine underclassmen, including five freshmen. By season’s end, that’s
exactly what she had accomplished. The Lady Bears advanced through the
NCAA Tournament to the Final Four in San Antonio before losing to the
eventual NCAA champion and undefeated Connecticut Huskies. The Lady
Bears ended the season with a 27-10 record and were ranked No. 14 by
the AP and No. 4 in the final coaches poll. Freshman sensation Griner garnered several postseason awards including national and Big 12 Conference
Freshman of the Year, AP All-American (second team), first-team All-Big
12 and Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Griner set an NCAA single-season block record with 223 rejections and BU led the nation in blocks
per game.
After a Final Four appearance and the loss of only one player, expectations were high for the 2010-11 squad. Despite a couple of early setbacks,
the loss of two returning starters, and a late season injury to Melissa Jones,
the Lady Bears persevered. In spite of the adversity, the Lady Bears posted
a 34-3 record, advanced to the NCAA Championship Elite Eight, swept
both the Big 12 regular season and postseason tournament titles for the
second time in program history and were ranked No. 1 nationally for a
school record seven weeks. Griner was named to every All-American
team and was a finalist for the Wade Trophy and Wooden and Naismith
Awards. Freshman Odyssey Sims was the USBWA National Freshman of
the Year and earned the same honor from the Big 12. In addition, Mulkey
was the USBWA’s National Coach of the Year and received Big 12 Coach
of the Year honors.
The 2011-12 Lady Bear season was as perfect as it could be. En route
to claiming its second NCAA crown in seven years, Baylor ran the table,
posting an unprecedented 40-0 mark and won both Big 12 Conference
crowns. In addition, BU swept both national and league Player and Coach
of the Year honors as Griner was the consensus national player of the year
while Mulkey earned national coach of the year honors. Baylor was ranked
No. 1 from wire-to-wire in both polls and raced through conference play
with a Big 12-record 18-0 mark. Griner and Sims were named consensus
All-Americans while Destiny Williams was a WBCA All-America honorable mention. Griner and Sims were both named to the All-Big 12 first
team and the league’s All-Defensive team and Williams was a second team
selection while Kimetria Hayden was an honorable mention pick.
After winning its third straight Big 12 regular-season and tournament
crowns, Baylor’s 2012-13 squad fell short of NCAA Tournament expectations, bowing out of the tourney in the Sweet 16. Griner was again the
consensus national player of the year and she and Sims were named
consensus All-Americans. Griner and Sims were both named to the All-Big
12 first team and the league’s All-Defensive team while Mulkey again
snagged Coach of the Year honors.
The 2013-14 campaign saw the Lady Bears again advancing to the
NCAA Championship Elite Eight and winning their fourth straight Big 12
Conference regular season and tournament crowns. Sims, who averaged
28.5 ppg, was the recipient of the Wade Trophy and was the Big 12’s player and defensive player of the year.
Another NCAA Championship Elite Eight, coupled with their fifth
consecutive Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament crowns
resulted in a 33-4 season for the 2014-15 Lady Bears. Nina Davis was a
consensus All-American and finalist for most national awards. Davis was
named the Big 12 Player of the Year while Mulkey was the league’s Coach
of the Year, guard Niya Johnson was an All-Big 12 first team selection,
senior post Sune Agbuke was named to the Big 12’s All-Defense team and
sophomore post Khadijiah Cave earned the league’s Sixth Man Award.
The Lady Bears finished the season ranked No. 5 in both polls.
In 2015-16, the Lady Bears advanced to their third-straight NCAA
Championship Elite Eight and a compiled a 36-2 overall record. Baylor
raised Big 12 regular season and tournament trophies for the sixth consecutive season. Junior Nina Davis collected consensus All-American honors
for the second consecutive year and earned All-Big 12 first team distinction
for the third season in a row. Joining her on the league’s first team are Big
12 Newcomer of the Year in junior Alexis Jones and the nation’s assists
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MULKEY VS. ALL OPPONENTS
16 Seasons - 473-92 (.837)
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Ranks No. 2 among winninest active coaches by percentage
OpponentW-L
Air Force
2-0
Alcorn State
1-0
Arizona State
2-0
Arkansas1-1
Arkansas-Little Rock
1-0
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3-0
Army1-0
Auburn1-1
Bethune-Cookman1-0
Boston College
1-0
Boston University
1-0
Bucknell1-0
BYU1-0
California4-0
Central Florida
2-0
Chattanooga2-0
Cincinnati1-0
Clemson1-0
Colorado9-3
Colorado State
1-0
Connecticut2-3
Denver 2-0
DePaul1-0
Drake0-1
Duke1-0
East Carolina
1-0
Eastern Kentucky
1-0
Eastern Michigan
1-0
Florida3-0
Florida Atlantic
1-0
Florida International
1-0
Florida State
2-0
Fresno State
2-0
Georgetown1-0
Georgia1-0
Georgia Tech
1-0
Gonzaga1-0
Grambling3-0
Green Bay
1-0
Hawai’i2-0
Hofstra1-0
Houston Baptist
1-0
Howard2-0
Idaho3-0
Illinois-Chicago1-0
Illinois State
1-0
Indiana2-0
Iowa1-0
Iowa State
21-4
Jackson State
1-0
Jacksonville State
1-0
James Madison
1-0
Kansas23-2
Kansas State
25-4
Kentucky2-2
Lamar3-0
Liberty2-0
Louisiana-Lafayette2-0
Louisiana Tech
1-0
LSU2-2
Louisville0-2
Loyola Marymount 2-0
Marist1-0
Marshall1-0
Maryland0-1
McNeese State
4-0
Mercer1-0
Miami (FL)
1-0
Miami (OH)
1-0
Michigan State
4-0
Milwaukee1-0
Minnesota3-0
Mississippi2-0
Mississippi State
2-0
Mississippi Valley State
1-0
Missouri12-2
Missouri-Kansas City
1-0
Montana State
2-1
2016
• WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year
• Big 12 Coach of the Year - Waco Tribune-Herald
Nebraska8-3
Nevada1-0
New Mexico
1-0
Nicholls State
2-0
North Carolina
1-0
North Carolina A&T
2-0
North Carolina State
1-1
North Texas
3-0
Northern Arizona
1-0
Northern Iowa
1-0
Northwestern State
3-0
Notre Dame
4-2
Oklahoma19-18
Oklahoma State
30-6
Oral Roberts
6-0
Oregon3-0
Oergon State
0-1
Pacific
1-0
Penn State
1-1
Pittsburgh0-1
Prairie View A&M
4-0
Princeton1-0
Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
1-0
Purdue0-1
Rice8-0
St. John’s
3-0
Saint Mary’s
1-0
Sam Houston State
5-0
Samford1-0
San Jose State
2-0
Savannah State
1-0
South Dakota State
2-0
South Florida
1-0
Southeast Missouri
2-0
Southeastern Louisiana
4-0
Southern California
1-0
Southern Mississippi
1-0
Stanford2-2
Stephen F. Austin
2-0
Stetson1-0
Syracuse2-0
TCU8-0
Tennessee5-2
Tennessee-Martin1-0
Tennessee Tech
1-0
Texas26-10
Texas A&M
25-5
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
3-0
Texas-Arlington2-0
Texas-Pan American
6-0
Texas-San Antonio
2-0
Texas Southern
3-0
Texas State
3-0
Texas Tech
29-8
UCLA4-0
UC Santa Barbara
1-0
Utah State
1-0
Villanova1-0
Washington2-0
Washington State
1-0
West Virginia
9-1
Western Kentucky
1-0
Wisconsin0-1
Yale 1-0
TOTAL
473-92 (.837)
2015
• Big 12 Coach of the Year
• WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year
• Big 12 Coach of the Year - Dallas Morning News
2014
• Selected No. 40 on Louisiana’s all-time top
athletes list
• Inducted into the Ark-La-Tex Museum of
Champions
2013
• Big 12 Coach of the Year
• Big 12 Coach of the Year - Dallas Morning News
and Waco Tribune-Herald
2012
• Won NCAA National Championship
• AP National Coach of the Year
• Naismith National Coach of the Year
• Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the
Year
• USBWA National Coach of the Year
• Winged Foot Award (New York Athletic Club)
• Big 12 Coach of the Year
• Big 12 Coach of the Year - Dallas Morning News
and Waco Tribune-Herald
2011
• USBWA National Coach of the Year
• Big 12 Coach of the Year
2010
• Texas Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
2007
• Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
2005
• Won NCAA National Championship
• Big 12 Coach of the Year
• Winged Foot Award (New York Athletic Club)
• Dallas All Sports Association College Coach of
the Year
• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC)
Senior College Coach of the Year
• Baylor Staff Member of the Year (Student
Government Association)
2004
• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC)
Senior College Coach of the Year
2003
• Inducted into CoSIDA Academic All-America
Hall of Fame
2002
• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC)
Senior College Coach of the Year
MULKEY’S MILESTONE VICTORIES
WinOpponent
Score Date
1
Miami (Ohio)
75-62 11/18/00
50 Alcorn State
78-62 11/23/02
100 @ Mississippi State 66-49 11/23/04
150 Texas Tech
73-60 2/19/06
200 @ Missouri
72-57 1/23/08
250 Texas State
99-18 1/2/10
300Chattanooga
91-31 11/13/11
350 Oklahoma State
83-49 1/6/13
400 Oklahoma State
65-61 3/9/14
450 James Madison
77-63 12/21/15
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2001
• Named one of top 50 Female High School
Athletes of the 20th century
• National Coach of the Year - Real Sport
Magazine • Big 12 Coach of the Year - Dallas Morning News
and Waco Tribune-Herald
2000
• Named Baylor’s fourth head coach
• Inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of
Fame
1999
• Lone female named among Louisiana Sports
Writers Association’s (LSWA) top 25 athletes of
the 20th century
• Named one of top three assistants by Women’s
Basketball Journal
• Listed by Sports Illustrated as one of the top 50
greatest Louisiana sports figures of the 20th
century
1992
• Inducted into Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of
Fame
1990
• Inducted into Louisiana Sports Writers Hall of
Fame
1986
• Inducted into Louisiana High School Hall of Fame
1985
• Inducted into National High School Hall of Fame
1984
• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner
• Academic All-American
• James Corbett Award (Louisiana’s College
Athlete of the Year)
• Naismith “Small Player of the Year”
• Olympic Gold medalist at Los Angeles Games
1983
• Won Gold medal at Pan Am Games in Caracas,
Venezuela
• Academic All-American
1982
• Member of USA Basketball Select Team
• Won NCAA National Championship
1981
• Won Gold medal for South Team at Olympic
Festival (Syracuse, N.Y.)
• Won AIAW National Championship
Mulkey’s Collegiate Record
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MULKEY’S COLLEGIATE RECORD
Position
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
473-92 (.837)
RecordPostseason
36-2
NCAA Elite Eight
33-4
NCAA Elite Eight
32-5
NCAA Elite Eight
34-2
NCAA Sweet 16
40-0
NCAA Champions
34-3
NCAA Elite Eight
27-10
NCAA Final Four
29-6
NCAA Sweet 16
25-7
NCAA Second Round
26-8
NCAA Second Round
26-7
NCAA Sweet 16
33-3
NCAA Champions
26-9
NCAA Sweet 16
24-11
WNIT Finals
27-6
NCAA Tournament
21-9
NCAA Tournament
1999-00
Louisiana Tech
1998-99
Louisiana Tech
1997-98
Louisiana Tech
1996-97
Louisiana Tech
1995-96
Louisiana Tech
1994-95
Louisiana Tech
1993-94
Louisiana Tech
1992-93
Louisiana Tech
1991-92
Louisiana Tech
1990-91
Louisiana Tech
1989-90
Louisiana Tech
1988-89
Louisiana Tech
1987-88
Louisiana Tech
1986-87
Louisiana Tech
1985-86
Louisiana Tech
Coach at Louisiana Tech Totals:
Assoc. Head Coach
Assoc. Head Coach
Assoc. Head Coach
Assoc. Head Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
430-68 (.863)
31-3
30-3
31-4
31-4
31-2
28-5
31-4
26-6
20-10
18-12
32-1
32-4
32-2
30-3
27-5
Student-Athlete
YearSchool
1983-84
Louisiana Tech
1982-83
Louisiana Tech
1981-82
Louisiana Tech
1980-81
Louisiana Tech
Record
30-3
31-2
35-1
34-0
Postseason
NCAA Final Four
NCAA Runner-Up
NCAA National Champions
AIAW National Champions
NCAA Elite Eight
NCAA Final Four
NCAA Runner-Up
NCAA Sweet 16
NCAA Elite Eight
NCAA Sweet 16
NCAA National Runner-Up
NCAA Elite Eight
NCAA First Round
NCAA First Round
NCAA Final Four
NCAA Final Four
NCAA Champions
NCAA National Runner-Up
NCAA Elite Eight
Student-athlete at Louisiana Tech: 130-6 (.956)
Combined Record as Collegiate Player and Assistant Coach:
(19 years) 560-74 (.883)
She’s a Winner
Record as a player
266-11 (.960)
130-6 - Louisiana Tech
136-5 - Hammond HS
COACHES & STAFF
Coach
Year School
2015-16
Baylor
2014-15
Baylor
2013-14
Baylor
2012-13
Baylor
2011-12
Baylor
2010-11
Baylor
2009-10
Baylor
2008-09
Baylor
2007-08
Baylor
2006-07
Baylor
2005-06
Baylor
2004-05
Baylor
2003-04
Baylor
2002-03
Baylor
2001-02
Baylor
2000-01
Baylor
Coach at Baylor Totals:
Record as a coach
867-158 (.846)
430-68
Asst./Assoc. Louisiana Tech (15 years)
473-92 (.837)
Head Coach Baylor (16 years)
Record as a player and coach
1,133-170 (.870)
NCAA Division I
Winningest Coaches All-Time (By Percentage)
Name, School
1. *Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
2. Leon Barmore, Louisiana Tech
3. Pat Summitt, Tennessee
4. *Kim Mulkey, Baylor 5. *Tara VanDerveer, Stanford
* active coach
Years
31
20
38
16
37
Won
955
576
1,098
473
980
Lost
134
87
208
92
225
Pct.
.877
.869
.841
.837
.813
Head Coaching Record:
(16 years) 473-92 (.837)
In her 35 years of involvement in NCAA Division I basketball, Mulkey’s team’s have won 20 or more games 34
times and have posted 30 or more victories 21 times.
Kim Mulkey is the only women’s basketball coach, and one of only three in men’s and women’s basketball
(joining Bob Knight and Dean Smith), who have won a national championship as both a player and coach. She is
the ONLY basketball coach to win a national championship as a head coach, assistant coach and player.
In her 16 seasons as head coach, Mulkey has led the Lady Bears to 16, 20-win seasons and 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three Final Fours, and two national titles (2005, 2012).
Mulkey ranks No. 2 among winningest active NCAA Division I coaches by percentage with a 473-92 (.837)
record and stands No. 4 all-time.
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NCAA Division I
Winningest Active Coaches (By Percentage)
Name, School
1. Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
2. Kim Mulkey, Baylor 3. Tara VanDerveer, Stanford
4. Mike McLaughlin, Penn
5. Joe Foley, Little Rock
Years
31
16
37
21
29
Won
955
473
980
518
720
Lost
134
92
225
153
225
Pct.
.877
.837
.813
.772
.762
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THE BROCK FILE
PERSONAL
Birthdate: Jan. 12, 1954
Hometown: Durant, Okla.
Family: Wife, Janice; daughters, Danika, Whitney; grandsons, Brock, Harrison, Ryan,
Clayton, Kylan
BILL BROCK
EDUCATION
BS - Southeastern Oklahoma State, 1976
MS - Southeastern Oklahoma State, 1981
COACHES & STAFF
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • 14TH SEASON
SOUTHEASTER OKLAHOMA, 1976
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1982-85 Durant HS (head coach)
1985-87 East Central University (assistant coach)
1987-2000 Grayson County College (head coach)
2000-02 Baylor (assistant coach)
2002-06 Baylor (associate head coach)
2006-09 Texas Tech (associate head coach)
2009 -
Baylor (associate head coach)
Bill Brock begins his 14th season at Baylor, serving two years as assistant coach and 12 years as associate head coach. Brock’s duties include
serving as recruiting coordinator, working with the Lady Bear post players, spearheading the staff’s scouting efforts and making in-game player
defensive assignments.
After six years at Baylor, from 2000-06, Brock assumed the same duties
at Texas Tech for three years and immediately helped orchestrate a top 10
recruiting class. His efforts helped prepare the foundation for a team that
received its first NCAA Tournament bid in six seasons.
Brock played an instrumental role in the Lady Bears winning both the
2005 and 2012 NCAA championships, reaching the 2010 Final Four, the
2011, 2014, and 2015 Elite Eight appearances and winning Big 12 Conference regular-season and tournament titles in 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015 and 2016.
While serving as recruiting coordinator with the Lady Bear program,
Brock has helped land some of the nation’s best recruiting classes including the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class most recently in 2015-16 according
to ESPN HoopGurlz and All Star Girls Report and also in 2005-06 according to All Star Girls Report. He also developed the Lady Bears’ inside
game to one of elite status, led by All-Americans Brittney Griner, Destiny
Williams, Sophia Young and Steffanie Blackmon.
Before arriving in Waco in 2000, Brock spent 13 seasons as the head
coach at Grayson County (Texas) College, establishing that program as
one of the best in the junior college ranks.
During his first year at Grayson in 1987-88, Brock led the Lady Vikings
to their first-ever Northern Texas Conference title and a top 25 national
ranking. Grayson continued that success by winning 10 conference championships, two regional titles and two national tournament berths (1996,
2000). During his tenure, the Lady Vikings were a mainstay in the top 10
national poll. His career ended at Grayson with a 371-50 record that was
highlighted by a 36-1 season and a third-place finish at the 2000 NJCAA
National Tournament. He also coached 10 Northern Texas Conference
Most Valuable Players and nine All-Americans. Brock’s efforts were honored by his peers, as he was voted conference Coach of the Year nine times
and regional Coach of the Year twice. He was also recognized in 1996 as
the National Junior College Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball
Coaches Association.
Brock’s on-court success also carried over into the classroom. With his
emphasis on academics and graduation of players, over 60 GCC student-athletes received scholarships and continued their basketball careers
at four-year institutions.
Prior to his stint at Grayson, Brock was an assistant coach for the men’s
basketball team at East Central University (Okla.) from 1985-87. He got
his start in coaching as the head boys coach at Durant High School (Okla.)
from 1982-85.
The Oklahoma native graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State in
1976 and received his master’s degree from there in 1981.
He and his wife, Janice, have two daughters, Danika and Whitney, both
Texas Tech graduates, and five grandsons. Danika is married to Mark
Morefield and they are the parents of two sons, Harrison and Ryan. Whitney is married to Patrick Uptmore, they have three sons, Brock and twins
Clayton and Kylan.
SYTIA MESSER
ASSISTANT COACH • FOURTH SEASON
ARKANSAS, 2000
After three years as a head coach at Tennessee Tech and serving
two stints at Georgia Tech, Sytia Messer begins her fourth year at
Baylor.
She was associate head coach at Georgia Tech in 2012-13 and
served as an assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets from 2004-09.
In between stints on the Atlanta campus, she compiled a 54-41
record as the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles’ head coach. Messer
was named the 2010-11 Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year
after the Golden Eagles won the 2011 OVC regular season title.
She also has coached at Memphis and Arkansas State.
The Waldo, Ark., native was a standout player for the Arkansas
Razorbacks where she finished her career ranked in the top 10 in
points scored (No. 7, 1,370) and rebounds (No. 10, 603). Messer
was named the 1998 NCAA Tournament West Regional MVP
when the Razorbacks made their run to the Women’s Final Four
and led Arkansas to the 1999 WNIT championship.
THE MESSER FILE
PERSONAL
Birthdate: April 14, 1977
Hometown: Waldo, Ark.
EDUCATION
BS - Arkansas, 2000
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2000-02 Arkansas State (assistant coach)
2002-04 Memphis (assistant coach)
2004-09 Georgia Tech (assistant coach)
2009-12 Tennessee Tech (head coach)
2012-13 Georgia Tech (associate head coach)
2013-
Baylor (assistant coach)
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closely with booster clubs and coaching staffs at the collegiate level for
many years and has used his experience to help the Tip Off Club grow in
membership and involvement to record levels.
Derrick is a native of Dubach, La.
TOYELLE WILSON
ASSISTANT COACH • FOURTH SEASON
MANHATTAN COLLEGE, 2003
Toyelle Wilson begins her fourth season at Baylor.
Prior to joining the Baylor staff, she led the Prairie View A&M Panthers
to three straight SWAC Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. She compiled a 55-43 record in her three seasons as the
program’s head coach. Prior to accepting the head coach position, Wilson
was the Panthers’ top assistant for four years, and spent three seasons as
an assistant coach at Robert Morris University.
Wilson was recently one of 30 coaches across the nation that participated in the Center for Coaching Excellence (CCE) by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The CCE is an elite program for select
basketball coaches and is designed to provide college women’s basketball
coaches with the professional skills and personal ethics training necessary
to be exceptional leaders.
A native of Voorhees, N.J., Wilson earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Manhattan College in 2003 and was a four-year
letter winner for the women’s basketball team. She was a team captain
and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors while leading the squad
to an NCAA Tournament berth and a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
championship.
JENNIFER ROBERTS
COORDINATOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS
• FIFTH SEASON AS COBO / 13 OVERALL
LOUISIANA TECH, 1997
THE WILSON FILE
PERSONAL
Birthdate: Oct. 29, 1981
Hometown: Voorhees, N.J.
EDUCATION
BS - Manhattan College, 2003
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2003-06 Robert Morris University (assistant coach)
2006-10 Prairie View A&M (assistant coach)
2010-13 Prairie View A&M (head coach)
2013- Baylor (assistant coach)
DAPHNE MITCHELL
ASSISTANT COORDINATOR OF RECRUITING AND
OPERATIONS
• SECOND SEASON
GEORGIA TECH, 2008
Daphne Mitchell joined the Lady Bear basketball staff in July 2015 as
the Assistant Coordinator of Recruiting and Operations. In her second
year with the program, she assists in the areas of recruiting, video, social
media and game preparation.
Mitchell, a 2008 Georgia Tech graduate, comes to Baylor after spending
two years as an assistant coach at Murray State. She also spent time as an
assistant coach at Jacksonville and at Tennessee Tech where she coached
under current Baylor assistant coach Sytia Messer.
The East Point, Ga., native played at Georgia Tech while Messer
coached there, appearing in 108 career games from 2004-08. In 2006,
Mitchell was honored by the ACC with a Top Six for Service award for
her work in the Atlanta community where she worked with the Susan G.
Komen Greater Atlanta Fight Against Breast Cancer, Hosea’s Feed the
Hungry program and also volunteered at local elementary and middle
schools and Habitat For Humanity.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in business management from
Georgia Tech, Mitchell traveled overseas and played on professional
teams in Ecuador, Finland, Spain and Portugal.
JOHNNY DERRICK
ASSISTANT AD FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
OPERATIONS • 17TH SEASON
The 2016-17 campaign marks Johnny Derrick’s 17th season on the Lady
Bear basketball staff. He joined the staff when current head coach Kim
Mulkey took the reins of the Baylor program in 2000.
Derrick served as an assistant coach for the first seven seasons, which
included both the 2005 Big 12 and NCAA championship titles. This season
will be his fifth as Assistant AD for Basketball Operations.
Derrick continues to handle all of the program’s business responsibilities, including budget management, opponent scheduling and team travel.
He also serves as the liaison between the Lady Bear staff and the Tip
Off Club, the Lady Bear basketball support group. Derrick has worked
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Jennifer Roberts returned to the Lady Bear staff in 2012-13 and begins
her fifth season as the program’s Coordinator of Basketball Operations.
She served as a Baylor assistant coach from 2000-08.
Roberts originally came to Baylor with Mulkey in 2000 and played an
integral part in the program’s rapid rise on the national scene. The 1997
Louisiana Tech graduate was one of Baylor’s top recruiters, helping land
three top 25 classes which played a large role in Baylor’s then-three Sweet
16 appearances and the 2005 NCAA national championship.
Prior to coming to Baylor, Roberts had been associated with Louisiana
Tech athletics for five years. She served as assistant to the Athletic Director
where her primary responsibility was game management, including
NCAA Regional games hosted by the Lady Techsters. She was a manager
for the Lady Techsters for four years and participated in virtually every
aspect of the program. In addition, Roberts spent four years as assistant
coach for a Shreveport AAU basketball team which participated in three
AAU National Tournaments.
Roberts graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1997 with a degree in health
and physical education. The Shreveport, La., native is a 1992 graduate of
Evangel Christian Academy where she played basketball for four years.
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ALEX OLSON
MAKENZIE FULLER
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
• 18TH SEASON
BAYLOR, 1994
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS
• SECOND SEASON
BAYLOR, 2013
Alex Olson enters his 18th season as the Lady Bear basketball athletic
trainer.
Olson came to Baylor from Mansfield (Texas) High School where he
worked as the district’s head athletic trainer from 1996-99. While at Mansfield, Olson was a part of the 1999 undefeated (38-0) girls basketball state
championship team.
During the same year, Olson served as the head athletic trainer for the
girls 17-18 AAU National Championship Tournament.
After graduating from North Garland High School in 1989, Olson
enrolled at Baylor. While a student athletic trainer at Baylor from 1989-94,
Olson worked with the football and baseball teams.
Since returning to Baylor on a full-time basis, the teams Olson oversees
have won a combined 33 Big 12 regular-season and tournament championships, including national championships in 2004 (men’s tennis), 2005 and
2012 (women’s basketball).
Olson remained at Baylor as a graduate assistant earning a master’s
degree in 1996. Olson’s wife, Beth, is a 1994 Baylor graduate. The Olsons are
the parents of a daughter, Taylor Elise (12).
COACHES & STAFF
Makenzie (Robertson) Fuller begins her second season as a full time
member of the basketball staff, serving as assistant director of basketball
operations. Fuller was a four-year letterwinner on Baylor’s basketball team
and during her career the Lady Bears posted an impressive 140-10 record
which included eight Big 12 crowns and the 2012 NCAA Championship.
She was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree was named to both
Baylor’s Dean’s List and the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll numerous
times.
Fuller earned both a bachelor and master’s degree from Baylor and married former BU football and professional baseball player Clay Fuller.
KAYLIN SHILLINGLAW
GRADUATE ASSISTANT - OPERATIONS
• SECOND SEASON
BAYLOR, 2015
JEREMY HEFFNER
PAUL BRADSHAW
BARBARA SPITZER
JIL PRICE
SENIOR. ASSOCIATE AD
• 17TH SEASON
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.
• 10TH SEASON
COMMUNICATIONS
• FIRST SEASON
KENDAL JARRETT
DANA BOWDEN
CHAD KLEMPNAUER
ACADEMIC SERVICES
• SEVENTH SEASON
ACADEMIC SERVICES
• THIRD SEASON
MARKETING
• EIGHTH SEASON
ASSOCIATE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH
• SEVENTH SEASON
NORTH TEXAS, 2002
Jeremy Heffner, the Director of Athletic Performance for Women’s Basketball, begins his seventh season with the program after joining the Baylor
staff in June 2010 and has been blessed to be a part of the 2012 National
Championship team that went 40-0 and six consecutive Big 12 regular
season and tournament Championships.
Prior to his arrival at Baylor, Coach Heffner served as the first assistant
strength and conditioning coach for Olympic Sports at the University of
Georgia (2005-10), working primarily with baseball, men’s and women’s
swimming and diving and women’s tennis. While working toward his master’s degree at the University of Texas he served as a graduate strength and
conditioning coach for the Longhorn football and baseball teams (2003-05).
Heffner earned his bachelor of science degree in kinesiology from the
University of North Texas in 2002. From there, the Fort Worth, Texas native
went to the University of Texas where he received his master of education
in exercise physiology with an emphasis in sport science and nutrition.
Heffner’s love for physical preparation began while serving as an Infantryman in the 101st Airborne Division (US Army 1996-99).
Coach Heffner is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (2004), the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Association (2005), USA Weightlifting (2005), Functional Movement Systems (2007) and StrongFirst (2013).
Jeremy married the former Karly Brooks on April 20, 2013. Their daughter, Chandler Ray, was born on September 22, 2015.
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