LSU Women’s Basketball Hires Seimone Augustus As Assistant Coach

LSU Women's Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey is hard at work this offseason, and may have just got her biggest get yet! The program announced on Monday that Seimone Augustus will rejoin the LSU women's basketball team to serve as a coaching assistant under Kim Mulkey.

Augustus, a native of Baton Rouge who guided the Tigers to three straight Final Four appearances between 2004 and 2006, is taking over for Johnny Derrick, a longstanding Mulkey assistant who decided to retire at the end of the previous year.

“It is an exciting day for the LSU Women’s Basketball program to bring Seimone Augustus back to join our staff,” Coach Mulkey said.

During her playing career, Augustus contributed to the LSU Women's Basketball program's rise to national prominence. Now that she is a member of Coach Mulkey's staff, she will want to further improve the program's position nationally.

Before becoming a global celebrity in the WNBA, Augustus guided the LSU Tigers to their first three Final Four appearances in 2004–2005–2006. Augustus spent one season as the Sparks' assistant coach after concluding her WNBA career in Los Angeles.

“Life always guides you to where you belong,” Augustus said. “Thus, my path has led me home. Gracing me with an opportunity to further my coaching career within a program that I hold dearly. They say experience is the greatest teacher, I am truly excited about the knowledge and wisdom I will gain working alongside of legendary Coach Mulkey and reconnecting with my former coach, Coach Bob Starkey. A Fighting Tiger once more, I look forward to pouring into this generation of Lady Tigers. Once A Tiger, Always A Tiger. A new chapter begins. See you at the PMAC.”

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