No, but it's a good motivation for him to leave the WNBA and go to a high-profile college program, where one final four trip would make him a household name.
This was posted on hoopgurlz.com messageboard. "Van Chancellor will be named the next coach at LSU and Cooper will be his #1 assistant. This will put him not only closer to Mississippi but closer to Sudies." Just a rumor at this point
Or, you watched women's college basketball during the 19 years he was head coach at Ole Miss, where he racked up a 439-154 overall record (.740 winning percentage), and had 14 NCAA tournament trips. A few stats that I dug up: Ole Miss('78-'97): 439-154(.740 winning percentage) 14th all-time win percentage 14 NCAA Tournament trips - 4 Elite Eights(1985, 1986, 1989, 1992), 3 Sweet Sixteens(1987, 1988, 1990) 1992 National coach of the year 3 time SEC coach of the year(1987, 1990, 1992) Houston Comets: Regular season record 174-80 (.685 winning percentage) Playoff record 18-9 (.667 winning percentage) 4 WNBA championships ('97,'98,'99,'00) WNBA coach of the year ('97,'98,'99) WNBA All-Star game coach ('98,'99,00) USA basketball head coach: 2004 Olympics: 8-0, gold medal - 16-0 in pre-olympic exhibition games 2002 FIBA World Championships: 9-0, gold medal 2002 Opals World Challenge: 4-0, 1st place 2002 WBCA All-Star Challenge: 1-0 Overall USA basketball record: 38-0
He resigned in January...lots of rumors he's our coach, but this story on the Comets site isn't part of it.
I just hope this rumor doesn't infiltrate the Lady's locker room. They seem to be all for Starkey and the possibility of him not being there next year might take some edge off of their play. Or, it might not. I just don't want anything distracting them right now. Geaux Tigers! :bball:
