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Molly Miller
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamGrand Canyon
ConferenceWAC
Record85–35 (.708)
Annual salary$250,000
Biographical details
Born (1986-10-19) October 19, 1986 (age 38)
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2008Drury
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012–2014Drury (assistant)
2014–2020Drury
2020–presentGrand Canyon
Head coaching record
Overall265–52 (.836)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

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

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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

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Sources[5]

Legend
  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

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Drury University

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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

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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

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Statistics overview
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  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ "Molly Miller - Women's Basketball Coach". Grand Canyon University Athletics.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Molly Carter (2012) - Hall of Fame". drurypanthers.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Kyle Neddenriep (February 21, 2008). "Competitive edge". Springfield News-Leader. pp. 1D, 3D. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Wyatt Wheeler (April 9, 2020). "All Molly Miller did was win". Springfield News-Leader. pp. B1, B2. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". Drury University Athletics.
  8. ^ 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.Open access icon
  9. ^ Richard Obert (April 9, 2020). "GCU hires women's basketball coach". Arizona Republic. p. B5. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ 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.
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