OSU interim women's coach Jim Littell: Kurt Budke's ‘zeal for OSU was incomparable'

From newsok.com

Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke's “zeal for Oklahoma State was incomparable,” associate head coach Jim Littell said Friday.


Budke, Oklahoma State's women's basketball coach, and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed Thursday in a plane crash in Central Arkansas along with former state senator Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula. The plane was owned by Olin Branstetter, who was also the pilot.

“He loved this place,” said Littell, who will take over as interim head coach for the Cowgirls.

Littell and OSU president Burns Hargis remembered Budke and Serna at a Friday morning press conference.

“It's our worst nightmare,” said Hargis, who added that he had spent time…(Full Story)