Kentucky WBB hires former Virginia Tech star Taylor Soule as Program Assistant

Kenny Brooks took a play out of the John Calipari playbook by bringing a former star player of his to serve as a coach under him at a new school. Cal did it with Tyler Ulis at Arkansas, and now, Brooks is doing it with former Virginia Tech star Taylor Soule at Kentucky.

On Monday, it was announced by Brooks that the Kentucky women’s basketball program has hired Soule as a Program Assistant.

Welcome to Lexington, Taylor! 😼 pic.twitter.com/prPaOCoxcq

— Kentucky Women’s Basketball (@KentuckyWBB) August 11, 2025

The former Hokie was a four-time All-ACC selection who would hear her name called with the 28th overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft. Unfortunately, her pro career has been put on pause due to injury, but in the meantime, she’s helping out Brooks in Lexington.

“Hey BBN, it’s Taylor Soule,” she began with in the team’s social media release. “I’m super excited to be here. I’ve only been here a couple weeks, but I know y’all are gonna be really excited about the product the women’s team is producing right now. Go Cats.”

As reported late in July on KSR+, Soule has been in and out of the Joe Craft Center helping out as of late. Now, we know she has an official role within the program. She helped Virginia Tech get to its first-ever Final Four. Hopefully, she can do the same thing at Kentucky.

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