What Kim Mulkey said about former LSU coach Will Wade getting hired at NC State

SPOKANE, Wash.

LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey overlapped with Will Wade one year at LSU.But the impression he made on her still remains."He treated me with the utmost respect," Mulkey said of Wade.

"When I got off that airplane and took the LSU job and before the press conference, he and (former LSU baseball coach) Paul Mainieri were the first job people to hug me when I got off that plane."And to me, that showed respect."Wade was dismissed as LSU men's basketball coach in March of 2022 after a years-long federal corruption investigation found a number of recruiting violations centered around prospective players being offered money.SEIMONE AUGUSTUS IMPACT ON LSU WBB 'Coach Money': A look at Seimone Augustus' imprint on LSU women's basketball this seasonLSU-NC STATE GAME TIME LSU, Kim Mulkey vs NC State game time set for Sweet 16 matchup in SpokaneThis was before the Name, Image and Likeness era of college sports.Earlier this week, Wade was announced as the next men's basketball coach at NC State.

Wade had just led McNeese State to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a No.

12 seed with a first-round upset of No.

5 Clemson."He is going to be a totally different personality than (NC State women's basketball coach Wes Moore), but he's a winner," Mulkey said.

"If you just look at it, he won at LSU, he won at McNeese, and I would imagine he's getting ready to wake the Wolfpack up and win at NC State."Mulkey and the LSU women's basketball team are getting prepared to face Moore and the Wolfpack in the Sweet 16 in Spokane, Washington, on Thursday night (6:30 p.m., ESPN).LSU and NC State played earlier this season and the Tigers won 82-65 in The Bahamas at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship.ANEESAH MORROW-SA'MYAH SMITH CONNECTION Aneesah Morrow-Sa'Myah Smith connection shines in LSU's March Madness win vs Florida StateHOW LSU FLIPPED SCRIPT VS FLORIDA STATE What changed for LSU women's basketball in third quarter vs Florida State in March MadnessCory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network.

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