LSU women’s basketball coach Pokey Chatman announced her resignation Wednesday. She wants to pursue other opportunities.
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(Non Monarchs) LSU Coach Pokey Chatman Resigns
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Thanks for sharing that info. To say the least, I was shocked to hear about this. Pokey is an outstanding coach, and her job security was never in question. To my knowledge, she never had any controversy except for one brief moment in the previous season when she allegedly made a trash-talk comment to Baylor University coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson.
So, I have no idea what are the "other career opportunities" that Pokey wants to seek, unless she wants a job in the WNBA. But if that's the case, I doubt any WNBA job would pay as well as she was making at LSU. So my guess is that another college is offering a head coach position, to take effective after this current one ends.
Or, just possibly, it could be a family-related matter.
Oh, well, anyway...good luck and best wishes to Pokey!
So, I have no idea what are the "other career opportunities" that Pokey wants to seek, unless she wants a job in the WNBA. But if that's the case, I doubt any WNBA job would pay as well as she was making at LSU. So my guess is that another college is offering a head coach position, to take effective after this current one ends.
Or, just possibly, it could be a family-related matter.
Oh, well, anyway...good luck and best wishes to Pokey!
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Chatman won't coach LSU in NCAA tourney
"My resignation yesterday has prompted speculation and rumors that far exceeded my expectations and it is clear that my presence would be a great distraction during the NCAA Tournament," Chatman said in a statement released Thursday afternoon.
"My resignation yesterday has prompted speculation and rumors that far exceeded my expectations and it is clear that my presence would be a great distraction during the NCAA Tournament," Chatman said in a statement released Thursday afternoon.
Sources: Chatman quit amid sexual misconduct claims
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Pokey Chatman resigned as the head women's basketball coach at Louisiana State University on Wednesday after the university became aware of an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship between Chatman and a former player on Chatman's team, sources told ESPN.com. The university, the sources said, learned of the relationship from an employee within the basketball program.
ESPN.com's attempts to reach the employee by telephone and e-mail on Thursday night were unsuccessful.
Chatman, who initially announced plans to resign after the postseason, now says she will not coach the Lady Tigers in the NCAA tournament. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Chatman said: "My resignation yesterday has prompted speculation and rumors that far exceeded my expectations and it is clear that my presence would be a great distraction during the NCAA Tournament."
LSU athletic director Skip Bertman said assistant coach Bob Starkey will act as the head coach during the tournament. He told the New Orleans Times Picayune, which first reported the alleged inappropriate conduct with one or more players on its Web site, that no formal inquiry into Chatman's conduct had been opened by the university. When asked by the paper if some sort of informal investigation had taken place, he said, "that might have happened."
"I respect and appreciate Pokey's decision to step away from the program now in the best interests of the team," Bertman said.
Chatman is 90-14 as LSU's head coach. Before that, she was 15-5 as acting head coach during the latter stages of the 2003-04 season, when longtime coach Sue Gunter left the team because of lung disease. That included a trip to the Final Four in New Orleans, where the Lady Tigers fell in the semifinals to Tennessee.
Chatman, a Louisiana native, has been at LSU as both a player and coach for nearly 18 years.
Playing guard, she was one of LSU's career assist and steals leaders. After her playing career ended in 1991, she spent one season as a student assistant coach and then 12 seasons as associate coach under Gunter.
LSU won SEC regular-season titles in her first two seasons as a head coach and made it to the Final Four both years. In 2005, Chatman received a four-year contract extension that pays her close to $400,000 a year plus postseason bonuses ranging from $15,000 for making the NCAA Tournament to $70,000 for winning a national title. The highest-paid coaches in women's college basketball, Pat Summitt of Tennessee and Geno Auriemma of Connecticut, both earn more than $1 million per year.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=2791950
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Pokey Chatman resigned as the head women's basketball coach at Louisiana State University on Wednesday after the university became aware of an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship between Chatman and a former player on Chatman's team, sources told ESPN.com. The university, the sources said, learned of the relationship from an employee within the basketball program.
ESPN.com's attempts to reach the employee by telephone and e-mail on Thursday night were unsuccessful.
Chatman, who initially announced plans to resign after the postseason, now says she will not coach the Lady Tigers in the NCAA tournament. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Chatman said: "My resignation yesterday has prompted speculation and rumors that far exceeded my expectations and it is clear that my presence would be a great distraction during the NCAA Tournament."
LSU athletic director Skip Bertman said assistant coach Bob Starkey will act as the head coach during the tournament. He told the New Orleans Times Picayune, which first reported the alleged inappropriate conduct with one or more players on its Web site, that no formal inquiry into Chatman's conduct had been opened by the university. When asked by the paper if some sort of informal investigation had taken place, he said, "that might have happened."
"I respect and appreciate Pokey's decision to step away from the program now in the best interests of the team," Bertman said.
Chatman is 90-14 as LSU's head coach. Before that, she was 15-5 as acting head coach during the latter stages of the 2003-04 season, when longtime coach Sue Gunter left the team because of lung disease. That included a trip to the Final Four in New Orleans, where the Lady Tigers fell in the semifinals to Tennessee.
Chatman, a Louisiana native, has been at LSU as both a player and coach for nearly 18 years.
Playing guard, she was one of LSU's career assist and steals leaders. After her playing career ended in 1991, she spent one season as a student assistant coach and then 12 seasons as associate coach under Gunter.
LSU won SEC regular-season titles in her first two seasons as a head coach and made it to the Final Four both years. In 2005, Chatman received a four-year contract extension that pays her close to $400,000 a year plus postseason bonuses ranging from $15,000 for making the NCAA Tournament to $70,000 for winning a national title. The highest-paid coaches in women's college basketball, Pat Summitt of Tennessee and Geno Auriemma of Connecticut, both earn more than $1 million per year.
Arrggghhh!!!!
If I were a LSU fan, I'd be really upset right now! And I think this is going to hurt the LSU players, because there's an extra special light on them, and they don't need any more distractions, especially right before the NCAA tournament! This is the absolute WORST time of the season that this could've happened!
Moreover, this alleged incident, if it is true, could tarnish the goodwill and positive reputation of LSU's women's basketball program and, in general, women's sports.
This also throws a whole new light on the upcoming exhibition pre-season WNBA game at the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx (which will feature former LSU players Seimone Augustus, Temeka Johnson, and Doneeka Hodges-Lewis). That game is scheduled for May 13th.
Pokey's predecessor at LSU, the late Sue Gunter, has to be rolling in her grave now...
If I were a LSU fan, I'd be really upset right now! And I think this is going to hurt the LSU players, because there's an extra special light on them, and they don't need any more distractions, especially right before the NCAA tournament! This is the absolute WORST time of the season that this could've happened!
Moreover, this alleged incident, if it is true, could tarnish the goodwill and positive reputation of LSU's women's basketball program and, in general, women's sports.
This also throws a whole new light on the upcoming exhibition pre-season WNBA game at the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx (which will feature former LSU players Seimone Augustus, Temeka Johnson, and Doneeka Hodges-Lewis). That game is scheduled for May 13th.
Pokey's predecessor at LSU, the late Sue Gunter, has to be rolling in her grave now...
Damn...
This really burnes me...
Here is a woman's whose life is basketball. On the one hand... What the hell would make you jeapordize your career like that? On the other hand... That is a total violation of trust when a coach gets involved with a player.
We really don't know all the facts. Maybe this former player was a former player when she and Pokey got involved. Either way... Why Chance it. It is bad business anyways you turn it.
Bad For Pokey...
Bad For the players...
Bad for LSU...
Bad for the Sport...
It is just Bad. And really disappointing to me because I think very highly of Pokey.
DAMN!!!!
I Hope that this story is tabled until after the tourney. That is what I really hope, but should LSU advance we will hear nothing but this story.
This really burnes me...
Here is a woman's whose life is basketball. On the one hand... What the hell would make you jeapordize your career like that? On the other hand... That is a total violation of trust when a coach gets involved with a player.
We really don't know all the facts. Maybe this former player was a former player when she and Pokey got involved. Either way... Why Chance it. It is bad business anyways you turn it.
Bad For Pokey...
Bad For the players...
Bad for LSU...
Bad for the Sport...
It is just Bad. And really disappointing to me because I think very highly of Pokey.
DAMN!!!!
I Hope that this story is tabled until after the tourney. That is what I really hope, but should LSU advance we will hear nothing but this story.
