A Two-Time Champion’s Lady Vol Story | Alberta "Bird" Auguste

<p>Two-time NCAA champion and former Tennessee Lady Vol Alberta “Bird” Auguste joins Chalk Talk South: Women’s Hoops for a conversation that Lady Vol fans won’t want to miss! 🧡🏀<br /><br />Bird takes us behind the scenes of her time playing for legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, including what it was really like inside the Tennessee Lady Vols program and what it took to win back-to-back national championships in 2007 and 2008.<br /><br />We talk about Bird’s journey from junior college to Tennessee, adjusting from being a star scorer to embracing her role on a championship team, and what it was like playing alongside Candace Parker and other legendary Lady Vols.<br /><br />Bird also shares stories about Pat Summitt’s coaching and leadership, the growth of women’s basketball, how the game has evolved since her playing days, and what she thinks about today’s college basketball landscape.<br /><br />And Bird’s story didn’t end when basketball did. She also opens up about her transition into law enforcement with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD), her work serving the Nashville community, and how the lessons she learned as a Lady Vol continue to shape her life today.<br /><br />If you’re a Tennessee Lady Vols fan, Pat Summitt fan, Tennessee women’s basketball fan, or a fan of the growth of women’s basketball, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.<br /><br />🧡 Subscribe to Chalk Talk South for more SEC women’s basketball conversations, scouting reports, interviews and analysis!<br /><br />#TennesseeLadyVols #LadyVols #TennesseeBasketball #PatSummitt #BirdAuguste #WomensBasketball #ChalkTalkSouth #SECWomensBasketball <br /><br />Chapters<br />0:00 Intro<br />2:08 Jump Ball<br />8:12 Who is Bird? And Growing up in Louisiana<br />12:44 JUCO days at Central Florida<br />15:02 JUCO to Tennessee and First Interactions with Pat Summitt<br />21:34 Transitioning to Tennessee and Understanding and Playing Your Role<br />25:00 Back to Back National Championship Runs 2007 &amp; 2008<br />41:51 Being Coached by Pat Summitt<br />46:17 Being Drafted to the WNBA and the Transition<br />53:07 Transitioning Into a Career in Law Enforcement<br />57:21 Chalk Talk or Cap<br />1:06 What is Bird Most Proud Of?<br /><br /><br />TikTok ✅ <br />Apple Podcasts ✅<br /><br />SEC Women's Hoops Podcast<br /><br />#womensbasketball #wbb #womenshoops</p>