6.23.23
Wichita State welcomes three new head coaches
This year, WSU athletics has welcomed three new head coaches. Paul Mills joins as the 27th head men’s basketball coach; Terry Nooner was named the 10th head women’s basketball coach; and Brian Green takes the reigns as WSU’s fifth head baseball coach.
PAUL MILLS became Wichita State’s 27th head men’s basketball coach on March 22. A longtime Baylor assistant under Scott Drew, Mills took his first head coaching job at Oral Roberts and ran with it, transforming the Golden Eagles from Summit League bottom dwellers to undefeated champions over a six-year span (2017-2023) with NCAA tournament bids in two of the last three years. Mills’ teams are fast-paced, yet efficient, annually ranking among the NCAA leaders in tempo, scoring and three-point field goals while playing tough, gritty defense.
TERRY NOONER was named WSU’s 10th head women’s basketball coach on April 17. With a decade’s worth of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level, most recently as an associate head coach at the University of Kansas, Nooner has also coached at Texas, Maryland, Alabama and Southern Illinois, along with one season as a player development coach with the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers. A Raytown, Mo., native, he is a former guard and team captain at KU from 1997-2000, when he helped the Jayhawks to a Sweet Sixteen, four NCAA Tournament appearances and three Big 12 championships.
BRIAN GREEN was named the fifth head coach in the modern era of Wichita State baseball on June 5. With nine seasons of head coaching experience, Green comes to WSU after four seasons at the helm of the Washington State Cougars. He went 91-79 overall, including a 29-win season in 2023 that matched the most wins for the Cougars since 2010. Prior to his tenure with Wazzu, Green revitalized the program at his alma mater New Mexico State, authoring college baseball’s biggest turnaround in 2016. Following an 11-38-1 mark in his first year with the Aggies, they posted a 34-23 record the next season.
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