Kim Mulkey has added a familiar name to the LSU women’s basketball staff. Seimone Augustus has been hired as an assistant coach, LSU announced on Monday.
Augustus led LSU to three Final Four appearances from 2004-06, before having an excellent career in the WNBA.
Seimone Augustus was named the National Player of the Year twice during her days at LSU ahead of being the No. 1 pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft.
“It is an exciting day for the LSU Women’s Basketball program to bring Seimone Augustus back to join our staff,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said in a statement. “As a player at LSU, Seimone helped transform the program as the best player in the nation. She brought LSU to national prominence. She will be a tremendous member on our staff as someone with great experience who has excelled at every level of the game from high school in Baton Rouge to college to the WNBA to the Olympics. Her expertise in the game will benefit our team and allow our players the opportunity to learn from a Hall of Famer who has exhibited great class throughout her entire career.”
Augustus will fill the vacancy left after Johnny Derrick retired.
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