BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) â LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Fargas has stepped down to pursue another opportunity, the university announced on Saturday.
While LSU did not disclose where Fargas was headed next, she has been in negotiations to take over as team president of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, people familiar with those discussions have told The Associated Press.
Fargas’ discussions with the Aces were disclosed to the AP on condition of anonymity because she had not been officially hired.
Fargas has coached 10 years at LSU, going 177-129 with five 20-win seasons and six NCAA Tournament appearances.
LSU also appeared to be on track to qualify for the 2020 NCAA tournament had it not been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After the shame of the stunning losses to Oral Roberts (who followed up their victory with a shutout loss to #9 Oklahoma St at home in the midweek to drop their record to 4-8) last weekend, LSU rebounded with stronger play in a long midweek against Texas Southern and UNO. The goal for this weekend has to be to get better outings from the pitching staff, both starters and relief, and make any lineup adjustments before the start of an SEC slate that looks more daunting by the day.
Meanwhile, football is playing baseball.