"DANI BUSBOOM KELLY started wearing blazers for her biggest volleyball matches long before she took over as coach of the best program in the country. Back in 2019, years prior to her return home to Nebraska, Busboom Kelly, in her third year as Louisville head coach, laid out an array of Cardinal red jackets for her mother's input. Bonnie Busboom ticked off her approval until she disapproved. I don't know what I think about that one."
"Busboom Kelly seemed on board with her mother's logic. She told her team she wouldn't break it out for a big match because she couldn't tolerate losing in sequins. Until No. 2-seeded Texas came along in the third round of the NCAA tournament. "Then she walked out with that red sequin blazer on," Bonnie says. "And I just thought, 'Dani Busboom, what are you doing?'" Here's what: She was putting Louisville -- and her own head coaching bona fides -- on the map."
Dani Busboom Kelly began wearing blazers for major volleyball matches in 2019, years before returning to coach in Nebraska. She displayed Cardinal red jackets for her mother's approval, and Bonnie Busboom found a red sequin blazer audacious. Busboom Kelly initially avoided wearing the sequined jacket for big matches because she could not tolerate losing in sequins. She wore the blazer in the third round of the NCAA tournament against No. 2 Texas, and Louisville upset Texas in five sets, marking a breakthrough for the program and for her coaching reputation.
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