Kyra Elzy is on the hunt for a third assistant coach.
On Tuesday morning, it was announced by the university that Kentucky women’s basketball assistant Gail Goestenkors will retire from on-court coaching effective immediately. Goestenkors spent the 2021-22 season on the sidelines for UK following a Hall of Fame career as a head coach of her own at Duke and Texas. She was hired at Kentucky in April 2021, joining fellow assistants Amber Smith and Niya Butts.
Goestenkors will not be leaving the program though, and a source tells KSR she is expected to assume the same role that Lin Dunn held during her time with the ‘Cats (special assistant to the head coach), which is more of an advisor position.