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LSU's Kim Mulkey is publicizing a health scare to promote cardiovascular screening

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September 26, 2023
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) โ€” Kim Mulkey, the coach of defending national champion LSU, is publicizing that she had two stents put in a major artery this summer as she tries to promote screening for life-threatening arterial blockages.

Mulkey, 61, was not having obvious symptoms of a blockage when she asked for imaging to check on a half-decade-old disc procedure in her neck, she said in recent media interviews.

That's when a radiologist noticed what looked like arterial plaque buildup and told her to see a cardiologist, who determined there was a blockage of 95% to 99%.

Mulkey had stents put in by catheter in late June and has fully resumed coaching activities, overseeing the first practice for the 2023-24 season, which was open to fans.

โ€œItโ€™s not going to slow me down," Mulkey told The Advocate of Baton Rouge. โ€œI canโ€™t do at 61 what I did at 23, but Iโ€™m good.โ€

This summer, the Hall of Fame coach agreed to a 10-year contract worth about $32 million that would have her calling out orders from the LSU bench through age 70.

But Mulkey stressed she had no idea while coaching the Tigers to a title last season that she was at risk for a heart attack, and still might not have known if the blockages had not been discovered while she was having an unrelated health matter evaluated.

โ€œIf I can get someone to get checked out, maybe itโ€™ll save their life," Mulkey said, noting her eating habits were not deemed to be the main cause of her blockage. "A lot of my issues were hereditary.โ€

Last season's national title was Mulkey's fourth as a head coach โ€” the first three coming at Baylor, where she coached from 2000 to 2021. Her record at LSU in two seasons combined is 50-8, with NCAA Tournament appearances both years.

LSU enters this season as a national title favorite, led by returning star power forward Angel Reese and guard Hailey Van Lith, a graduate transfer from Louisville who led the Cardinals in scoring twice in the past three seasons.

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AP womenโ€™s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll

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