Baylor coach Nicki Collen spoke out about Brittney Griner after LSU's Kim Mulkey, who was Griner's coach at Baylor, declined to.
A reporter asked Collen to not necessarily respond to Mulkey's actions, to which she said,"thank you," after biting her lip, but how she would address those questioning Griner's character."I think it's easy to question people you don't know," she said."And you don't know their situation and we can't pretend to know if what was said in the court system was real or just part of the court system.
Collen, who joined the Bears program in 2021, previously coached in the WNBA for the Atlanta Dream. She explained how she got to know the Phoenix Mercury star by coaching against her. When she accepted the Baylor job, she was in touch with Griner and has plans of retiring her jersey. "Knowing BG, knowing her, being around her, she's a big kid," Collen said."To know her is to love her. I mean, honestly, she just is one of those people that radiates joy."