Linda Hargrove was rehabbing a house in Peck when she got a call from Wichita State athletic director Darron Boatright about taking over the women’s basketball team for the rest of the season.
“I’ve always loved physical labor, always liked doing really hard stuff,” the 66-year-old Hargrove said.
Well, then, this new challenge should be right up her alley.
Hargrove, who was Wichita State’s coach from 1989-98, replaces Jody Adams-Birch, who was relieved of her duties over the weekend.
Boatright called it an amicable parting of the ways. Adams-Birch, 161-115 in eight-plus seasons, has not confirmed how amicable the parting was.