BATON ROUGE, La. -- It's early November, and Kim Mulkey is reclining on a white sofa in her new house. She has relocated from Baylor to Baton Rouge in one of the biggest coaching moves in women's basketball history. And just hours ago, she won her first game at LSU.
A half-eaten pizza and a newspaper are scattered on a white kitchen countertop nearby, fresh-baked cookies sit next to the stove. Mulkey glances at the television, where two top-10 women's teams are playing. It's opening day of the college basketball season.
The volume is nearly muted, like Mulkey's cellphone, which buzzes with congratulatory texts.