Grand Canyon’s Molly Miller would be the subsequent head coach of Arizona State’s girls’s basketball program, a number of sources conversant in the scenario advised SB Nation.
Miller, 38, simply led Grand Canyon to its finest season as a Division I group, guiding the Lopes to a program-record 32 wins and their first-ever NCAA Match look. She was there for 5 seasons, going 117-37, profitable 76 % of her video games. Grand Canyon fell on Friday within the first spherical of the NCAA Match, shedding 73-60 to Baylor. Miller was named WAC Coach of the 12 months this season.
Earlier than taking the reins at Grand Canyon, Miller was 180-17 throughout her time as a Division II head coach at her alma mater, Drury College in Missouri.
Initially, Miller was seen because the frontrunner to land the Arkansas job. Based on a number of sources throughout the sport, Razorbacks athletic director Hunter Yurachek met with Miller earlier than this system parted methods with former coach Mike Neighbors. Miller grew up in Springfield, Missouri, simply two hours from Arkansas’ campus.
However that assembly with Yurachek occurred earlier than Arizona State fired Natasha Adair. Grand Canyon is simply 15 miles away from ASU. Theoretically, Miller wouldn’t even have to maneuver to make the leap from the WAC to the Energy 4.
Grand Canyon’s Molly Miller is basically selecting between Arkansas and Arizona State, per a number of sources. She’s on the prime of the record for each packages. #ncaaW
— Mitchell Northam (@primetimeMitch) March 13, 2025
Arkansas then pivoted its search and gauged the curiosity of different candidates, together with UTSA coach Karen Aston who beforehand took Texas to 6 NCAA Tournaments in eight years. Finally, the Razorbacks settled on hiring Kelsi Musick from Oral Roberts, saying on Friday they agreed to a five-year take care of her with a complete compensation of $600,000 per yr. Musick went 57-39 in three seasons at ORU, however led the group to its most wins this season, 24, since 1983.
Miller’s Grand Canyon beat Arizona State earlier this season, 70-59. She now inherits a Solar Devils group that hasn’t been to the NCAA Match since 2019 and hasn’t loved a profitable season since 2020.
In the meantime, different Energy 4 openings stay at Houston, BYU, Auburn and Wisconsin.
