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]
| 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 | |
| |
| Awards | |
| |
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) | |||||||
| Total: | 265–52 (.836) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Molly Miller - Women's Basketball Coach". Grand Canyon University Athletics.
- ^ a b Ryan Collingwood (5 March 2023). "Former Kickapoo teammates Molly Miller and Heather Ezell are succeeding as Division I head coaches". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Molly Carter (2012) - Hall of Fame". drurypanthers.com. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Kyle Neddenriep (21 February 2008). "Competitive edge". Springfield News-Leader. pp. 1D, 3D. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ Wyatt Wheeler (9 April 2020). "All Molly Miller did was win". Springfield News-Leader. pp. B1, B2. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Drury University Athletics.
- ^ Richard Obert (30 October 2020). "Grand Canyon new women's basketball coach Molly Miller expects to win championships". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richard Obert (9 April 2020). "GCU hires women's basketball coach". Arizona Republic. p. B5. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richard Obert (4 November 2023). "Grand Canyon women looking for breakthrough season in Coach Molly Miller's 4th year". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
