Bud Millikan
Bud Millikan (1920-2010)
Teams coached: Maryland Terrapins
Maryland record: 242-181 (.572)
Overall record: 242-181 (.572)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1958)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1958)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- ACC Tournament Champion: 1 (1958)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
1950-1967 | Maryland |
Bud Millikan Facts
- Herman A. Millikan
- Born October 12, 1920
- Died January 28, 2010
- Hometown: Maryville, Missouri
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma A&M College (BA, 1942)
- Won the 1937 Missouri State HS Baksetball Championship with Maryville HS (MO)
- Played for another Missouri-native, Henry Iba, at Oklahoma A&M from 1939-42
- It was Iba who have Millikan is nickname, starting as “Buddy” and eventually the shortened “Bud”
- Was a member of the Oklahoma State ROTC but asthma kept him from serving during World War II
- Started his coaching career at his alma mater, Maryville HS
- Also spent time coaching at the high school level in Iowa
- Hired in 1950 to be the head coach at Maryland, his first collegiate opportunity
- Was 242-181 over seventeen seasons at UMD, coaching through the program’s shift from the SoCon to ACC
- The Terps were ACC Tournament champs in 1958, eventually reaching the NCAA Elite Eight
- Resigned in 1967 following an 11-14 (4-10) season
- Passed away in 2010 at the age of 89; survived by his wife, Maxine, and their two children, Marshal and Marla
Bud Millikan Coaching Tree
- Frank Fellows (Maryland)
- Joe Harrington (Colorado, Long Beach State, George Mason, Hofstra)
- Billy Jones (UMBC)
- Gene Shue (SD/LA Clippers, Baltimore/Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers)
- Terry Truax (Towson)
- Gary Williams (Maryland, Ohio State, Boston College, American)
- Tom Young (Old Dominion, Rutgers, American, Catholic)