Mick Durham
Mick Durham (born February 3, 1957)
Teams coached: Montana State, Alaska Nanooks, Montana State Billings Yellowjackets
Montana State record: 246-213 (.536)
Alaska record^: 92-103 (.472)
Montana State Billings record^: 59-56 (.513)
Overall record^: 397-372 (.516)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1996)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2002)
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 2 (1996, 2002)
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 1 (1996)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2023)
Awards:
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 3 (1996, 2002, 2005)
- GNAC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2012)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-2023 | Montana State Billings |
| 2011-2018 | Alaska |
| 2008-2011 | New Mexico State (asst) |
| 1990-2006 | Montana State |
| 1982-1990 | Montana State (asst) |
Mick Durham Facts
- Mick Durham
- Born February 3, 1957
- Hometown: Three Forks, Montana
- Alma Mater: Montana State University (BA, 1979 & MA, 1980)
- Born in Chicago but raised in Montana, Durham won a Montana Class B state title in 1974 while at Three Forks HS
- He played basketball at Montana State, starting at PG for head coaches Rich Juarez and Bruce Haroldson
- First coaching job was at Shepard HS (MT), where he worked for two years before returning to MSU in 1982
- Spent eight seasons as an assistant under Bobcats’ head coach Stu Starner
- Was part of one NCAA Tournament (the program’s second-ever in 1986) and one NIT while an assistant
- Durham was elevated to head coach in 1990 and led the Bobcats for the next 16 seasons
- Compiled an overall record of 246-213, highlighted by Big Sky titles in 1996 and 2002
- Led the Bobcats to their third-ever NCAA Tournament in 1996 by winning the Big Sky Tournament
- Resigned in 2006 after going 54-58 over the previous four seasons
- After a couple years out of coaching, Durham joined Marvin Menzies‘ staff at New Mexico State in 2008
- Took over as head coach at D-II Alaska (Fairbanks) in 2011, going 92-103 in seven seasons at the helm
- After winning just 5 games in his first season, the Nanooks won 16+ games in three of the next four seasons
- Returned to his home state in 2018, becoming the head coach at D-II Montana State Billings
- Durham went 59-56 over five years at MSUB (four seasons, as the 2020-21 season was cancelled)
- Led the Yellowjackets to the NCAA D-II Tournament in 2023, their first bid since 2012
- Announced his retirement from coaching in March 2023 after more than four decades in the game
- Along with his wife, Donna, has three children; one son, Casey, played for his dad at MSU
Mick Durham Coaching Tree
- Luke Fennelly (Montana State Billings)
- Brad Huse (Montana State, Jamestown College)
- Danny Sprinkle (Utah State, Montana State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
