By Michael Haag | Sports Editor
When Nicki Collen was hired as the Baylor women’s basketball head coach, she inherited a squad that had just watched Kim Mulkey, its former coach, leave for LSU. Left with only nine players for the 2021 season, Collen made it work, as she continued an 11-year streak of regular season Big 12 championships.
The second-year head coach did not walk into a dumpster fire though. Collen was able to lead a Bears team that saw three of its athletes get drafted into the WNBA.