Paul Mills (born April 4, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Wichita State Shockers
Current conference: American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
Oral Roberts record: 106-84 (.558)
Wichita State record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 106-84 (.558)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2021, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2023)
- Summit League Tournament Champion: 2 (2021, 2023)
Awards:
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Wichita State |
| 2017-2023 | Oral Roberts |
| 2009-2017 | Baylor (asst) |
| 2003-2009 | Baylor (CBO) |
| 2002-2003 | Rice (video) |
Paul Mills Facts
- Paul Kerry Mills
- Born April 4, 1972
- Hometown: Houston, Texas
- Alma Mater: Texas A&M University (BA, 1996)
- Played basketball at MacArthur HS (TX) and briefly played NAIA Southern Wesleyan (SC) before a back injury ended his career
- Transferred to Texas A&M to be closer to home and finish his degree; initially worked in the financial world as a bonds analyst
- Started coaching at the HS level, serving as head coach at North Belt Christian Academy (TX) and Fort Bend Baptist Academy (TX) for three years each
- Spent one season on Willis Wilson‘s staff at Rice as the video coordinator
- Joined Scott Drew‘s first staff at Baylor in 2003 as the coordinator of basketball operations
- Elevated to full-time assistant in 2009, serving in that capacity for another eight seasons
- Hired in May 2017 to be the new head coach of the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
- In 2021, Mills led ORU to its first NCAA Tournament since 2008 by way of a Summit League Tournament title
- The 2020-21 Eagles became the 9th 15-seed to ever win its first game and just the 2nd to ever reach the Sweet 16
- His 2023 team went a perfect 18-0 in Summit League play to win the regular season title, then won the Summit League Tournament to earn a trip back to the NCAA Tournament; Mills was named Summit COY
- In March 2023, Mills was hired to be the new head coach at Wichita State in the AAC
- Along with his wife, Wendy, has two daughters
Paul Mills Coaching Tree
- Solomon Bozeman (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
- Talvin Hester (Louisiana Tech)
- Russell Springmann (Oral Roberts)
