After 22 seasons as head coach of the Lady Tigers, Sue Gunter retired Tuesday and introduced long-time assistant Pokey C
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BATON ROUGE — Hall of Famer Sue Gunter, who served as a women’s college basketball coach for 40 years winning over 700 games along the way, stepped down as LSU’s coach on Tuesday.
“I have been absolutely blessed with wonderful people to work with me,” Gunter said in a press conference. “We have all gone through a lot over a long period of time, but this is one of those things that at some point was bound to happen.”
Gunter will be replaced by former LSU all-America and current Lady Tiger associate coach Pokey Chatman, who played for Gunter for four years and then served on her staff for the last 13 seasons.
“I just want to say thank you to coach Gunter,” Chatman said. “The biggest thing is the preparation. I don