LET's Talk with Mesquite ISD Assistant Athletic Director Deidra Rucker

Deidra Rucker, Mesquite ISD Assistant Athletic Director, joins us on this episode of The LET’s Talk Podcast. An SMU college basketball alum, Rucker began her 20-year coaching career as a high school varsity head coach. Rucker shares an insight into her motherhood journey and how being a single mother changed her priorities, leading her to walk away from one of the most high-profile basketball programs in the state to coach middle school B and C teams. Realizing that a job title did not define her, Rucker says she discovered a new passion in mentoring young coaches, helping her redefine her career goals. Hear how her approach to being comfortable with the uncomfortable has guided her life and how she hopes to raise a more empathetic and compassionate son through traveling.