# Molly Miller

Molly Miller (née Carter; born October 19, 1986) is the head women's college basketball coach at Grand Canyon University. She has been there since the 2020-2021 season. Miller had previously been the head coach at her alma mater, Drury University, a Christian university in Springfield, Missouri, where she had also attended and played college basketball.

## Playing career

Miller attended Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri where she played basketball for four years, winning two state championships.
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 2012, she was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.

### Drury statistics

Sources
| 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
### Drury University

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. Drury finished 32–0 in Miller's final year at the university, and was the top seed in the NCAA Division II tournament. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During her stay with Drury, she was a two time WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year.

### Grand Canyon University

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. At Grand Canyon, Miller has led the Lopes to 2 Western Athletic Conference finals games.

### Head Coaching Record

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: | 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 | |
| 2024–25 | Grand Canyon | 32–2 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I |
| Grand Canyon: | Grand Canyon: | 117–37 (.760) | 66–18 (.786) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 297–54 (.846) | | | |
| 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 ||||||