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Nichols: Retiring SMU women's basketball coach Rompola 'frightened' her players in beginning, then showed them how to win

The Dallas Morning News

SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola talks with alumni before her final home game Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News)

The Dallas Morning News

SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola (center) hugs Barbara Camp, longtime director of SMU's women's sports program, during a reception following Rompola's final home game Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News)

A cake celebrates outgoing SMU women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola's 35 years with the team during a reception following her final home game Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News)

The Dallas Morning News

A cake celebrates outgoing SMU women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola's 35 years with the team during a reception following her final home game Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas.