LSU's Kim Mulkey shuts down retirement talk: 'It’s just a flat-out lie'

LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey is not going anywhere. Following the Tigers’ 87-85 buzzer-beater loss to Duke on Friday night in the Sweet 16 , Mulkey responded to a question about her future. Earlier in the day, a pair of LSU “insider” X accounts reported that the 63-year-old would be retiring after the season.

Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season That, apparently, will not be the case, according to Mulkey. “I’m not retiring,” she said, via NOLA. com .

“I don’t know where that came from. I’m only 63, and I’m healthy with a few stents in my heart; my doctors say I’m good to go. I have no clue where that stuff comes from.

I’ve never, ever told anybody that. ” As those social media posts were going viral, Mulkey’s phone was busy with people reaching out to see if the news was true. “There are moments where you feel like, ‘Why am I doing this?