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Kate Popovec-Goss will make the most noise in year one
By Latif Love
First year head coach Kate Popovec-Goss will be the most successful first year coach at Bradley this season because she specializes in recruiting, developing players and locking down on defense, which will be instrumental to the Braves’ success.
As recruiting coordinator at Northwestern, Popovec-Goss oversaw the recruitment of the Class of 2025 that was ranked No. 10 according to ESPN. During her short time at Bradley, she has already brought in four transfers that can help improve the team.
Among those transfers is sophomore guard Alex Rouse, who averaged 25.5 points per game in high school. The Braves will also return the 2021 MVC Freshman of the Year Caroline Waite, who averaged 13 points per game last season.
Popovec-Goss is also great at mentoring and developing players, especially forwards and centers. While at Northwestern, players thrived under Popovec-Goss’s leadership. Two of the forwards under her tutelage at Northwestern earned all-conference honors in 2019-2020. The development of frontcourt play will be big this season and much needed for the Braves. Last season, over a 28 game span, Bradley was outrebounded by an average of 6.6 rebounds per game.
Bringing in Popovec-Goss as head coach should strengthen the Braves’ defense. Last year, the Braves allowed nearly 70 points per game. In her first season at the helm of Northwestern’s stout defense, Popovec-Goss led the Wildcats to the best scoring defense in Big Ten play, allowing just under 61 points a game.
Bringing in a young, but experienced, coach who can relate and get the most out of her players will prove to lead to success for the Braves this season.
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