“Culture” is a big buzzword thrown around athletics these days. How a locker room is held together, the bond everyone creates from the coaching staff down to the walk-ons, the day-to-day commitment, and on and on. New head coaches particularly lean on this word as a way to establish a team’s identity in the program’s next era. Mark Stoops has preached culture in football and John Calipari the same in men’s basketball.
Now we can add Kyra Elzy to the list for women’s basketball.
Culture is critically important to the success of a program, even if the meaning of the word is starting to lose its flair.