Molly Miller
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Grand Canyon |
| Conference | WAC |
| Record | 85–35 (.708) |
| Annual salary | $250,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 19, 1986 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2008 | Drury |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012–2014 | Drury (assistant) |
| 2014–2020 | Drury |
| 2020–present | Grand Canyon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 265–52 (.836) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Molly Miller (née Carter; born October 19, 1986) is an American women's college basketball coach at Grand Canyon University. As of 2023–24, she is leading the Antelopes women's basketball team in her fourth season after taking over in 2020–21. Miller was previously the coach at her alma mater, Drury University, a Christian university in Springfield, Missouri, where she played college basketball.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Miller attended Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri where she played basketball[2] for four years, winning two state championships.[3][4]
She later played college basketball for Drury University for four years and left as the school's second on the records for scoring (1,570 points), assists (439), and steals (407). In 2007, she was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.[3]
Drury statistics
[edit]Sources[5]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Drury | 31 | 218 | 39.4% | 25.7% | 63.1% | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| 2005–06 | Drury | 33 | 355 | 47.7% | 37.7% | 74.8% | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 10.8 |
| 2006–07 | Drury | 33 | 515 | 42.4% | 33.3% | 76.6% | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 15.6 |
| 2007–08 | Drury | 32 | 473 | 40.2% | 35.9% | 78.5% | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 14.8 |
| Career | 129 | 1561 | 42.4% | 34.4% | 74.7% | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 12.1 |
Coaching career
[edit]Drury University
[edit]Miller began coaching at her alma mater, Drury, in 2012. She was an assistant for two seasons before taking over as head coach in 2014 following the resignation of Steve Huber.[6] Drury finished 32–0 in Miller's final year at the university, and was the top seed in the NCAA Division II tournament.[2] The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] During her stay with Dury, she was a two time WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year.[8]
Grand Canyon University
[edit]In April 2020, Miller was hired as the head coach of the Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team, replacing Nicole Powell who left to take the over as head coach at UC Riverside.[9] At Grand Canyon, Miller has led the Lopes to 2 Western Athletic Conference finals games.[10]
Head Coaching Record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drury Panthers (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2014–2020) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Drury | 26–4 | 17–1 | 1st (West) | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Drury | 26–5 | 16–2 | 1st (West) | NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2016–17 | Drury | 30–4 | 17–1 | 1st (West) | NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2017–18 | Drury | 31–3 | 17–1 | 1st (West) | NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2018–19 | Drury | 35–1 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Final Four | ||||
| 2019–20 | Drury | 32–0 | 20–0 | 1st | Postseason not held due to COVID-19 | ||||
| Drury: | 180–17 (.914) | 105–5 (.955) | |||||||
| Grand Canyon Antelopes (Western Athletic Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | Grand Canyon | 18–7 | 8–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 2021–22 | Grand Canyon | 22–10 | 14–4 | 2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Grand Canyon | 21–10 | 12–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Grand Canyon | 24–8 | 16–4 | 2nd | |||||
| Grand Canyon: | 85–35 (.708) | 50–18 (.735) | |||||||
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265–52 (.836) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Molly Miller - Women's Basketball Coach". Grand Canyon University Athletics.
- ^ a b Ryan Collingwood (March 5, 2023). "Former Kickapoo teammates Molly Miller and Heather Ezell are succeeding as Division I head coaches". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ a b "Molly Carter (2012) - Hall of Fame". drurypanthers.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ Kyle Neddenriep (February 21, 2008). "Competitive edge". Springfield News-Leader. pp. 1D, 3D. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ Wyatt Wheeler (April 9, 2020). "All Molly Miller did was win". Springfield News-Leader. pp. B1, B2. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Drury University Athletics.
- ^ Richard Obert (October 30, 2020). "Grand Canyon new women's basketball coach Molly Miller expects to win championships". Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richard Obert (April 9, 2020). "GCU hires women's basketball coach". Arizona Republic. p. B5. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richard Obert (November 4, 2023). "Grand Canyon women looking for breakthrough season in Coach Molly Miller's 4th year". Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- American women's basketball coaches
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Missouri
- Basketball players from Missouri
- Drury Panthers women's basketball players
- Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball coaches
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- Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri