Hot Take: Coach Yolett "Yo" McPhee-McCuin, Ole Miss Women's Basketball Coach, on March Madness

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this hot take, Amira Rose Davis talks with Coach Yolett "Yo" McPhee-McCuin, head coach of Ole Miss women's basketball team. They discuss her team's incredible turnaround in the last few seasons, coaching in the SEC, how she's preparing for March Madness and her mantra #noceilings. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Flamethrowers, Amir here with another burner all-down hot take.
0:13.5	Today, I talk to Coach Yolette McFee McCune, head coach of Ole Miss Women's Basketball.
0:19.5	Coach Yo has taken a program that won zero games in the SEC two years ago
0:24.3	to being a fourth seed in the conference this year.
0:28.6	We talk about coaching Ole Miss Basketball, the season she's had, the turnaround,
0:33.3	March Madness Predictions, plus the meaning of her mantra, hashtag no ceilings.
0:39.1	Coachio is the first black woman to head up this program and one of the five black women
0:43.2	coaches in the SEC.
0:44.7	You know, of course, we get into all of that too.
0:47.4	So check out my interview with Coach Yo.
0:56.4	Hey, Flamesdrowers, Amir here.
1:02.8	And I'm here with Coach Yo to break down or preview the excitement about March Madness,
1:09.3	which we can officially call March Madness this year because it's finally a branding thing that applies to women.
1:12.4	So look, a new dawn, a new day, perhaps.
1:15.7	Coach, y'all, it's a pleasure to have you on Brinna all down.
1:17.6	It's a pleasure to be here. Like, I am pumped about this.
1:21.0	You're my only podcast that I'm doing today, even after getting a bunch of requests.
1:29.2	I just did some research on what you all stand for, and I'm totally here for it.
1:34.6	I love it.
1:35.6	Well, first and foremost, congratulations on an amazing season.
1:39.6	You know, I say, I say spite fuels me a lot.
1:43.5	When people doubt me, it fuels me a lot.
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