Longtime U of L women’s basketball assistant coach Sam Purcell will be the next head coach at Mississippi State. Purcell will remain with Louisville through the team’s run in the upcoming NCAA tournament.
Cardinal head coach Jeff Walz confirmed the news with a tweet Saturday afternoon.
Purcell joined Walz’s staff as an assistant coach in 2013-14. He was promoted to associate head coach before the start of the 2017-18 season. With stops at Auburn, Tulsa and Georgia Tech before arriving in Louisville, Purcell has spent the past 19 seasons as a D-I assistant.