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 Paul Mills
Paul Mills
Position:
Assistant Coach
Experience:
9th season
Alma Mater:
Texas A&M, 1996
THE MILLS FILE
PAUL MILLS
College Texas A&M, 1996
Family wife: Wendy; daughters Audrey and Abbey
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Year School, Position
2009-Present Baylor, assistant coach
2003-09 Baylor, coordinator of operations
2002-03 Rice, operations
1999-2002 Fort Bend Baptist Academy, head coach
1996-99 North Belt Christian Academy, head coach
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
2007-08 NCAA, first round
2008-09 NIT, finals
2009-10 NCAA, Elite Eight

Paul Mills is in his ninth season on Baylor's staff and the third as an assistant coach. Mills served as Baylor's coordinator of men's basketball operations for the first six seasons.

Baylor made history once again during the 2009-10 season, winning a school-record 28 games and tying for second in the Big 12 Conference standings with an 11-5 record. The Bears, who earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA South Region, won their first NCAA Tournament game in 60 years, advancing to the Elite Eight for the first time in the modern tournament era. Baylor finished the 2009-10 season ranked No. 10 in the final ESPN/USA TODAY Coaches Top 25 poll and No. 19 in the final AP Top 25 poll.

The Bears became a national media staple during the 2008-09 season as the program set several new school records. Baylor posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history, while advancing to its first Big 12 Championship title game, only to fall to Missouri. During its improbable postseason run, Baylor became the first No. 9 seed to advance to the Big 12 Championship title game.

Baylor's 2008-09 squad did something the 2007-08 Bears were unable to accomplish -- win a postseason game. The Bears advanced to the NIT championship game with a semifinal win over San Diego State at Madison Square Garden before falling to Penn State in the title game.

Baylor played a school-record 39 games, including a school-record 34 on television. Nineteen of those 34 games were televised nationally -- 18 on the ESPN family of networks. Prior to the 2008-09 season, Baylor had played just 14 games on the ESPN family of networks in the previous 11 seasons.

In the 2007-08, Mills and the Bears rose to national prominence when Baylor made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1988. The Bears finished with a 21-11 overall record after a first-round loss to 18th-ranked Purdue, marking the fourth 20-win season in school history.

Mills' responsibilities involve the daily administration of the basketball program. Mills also directs the Scott Drew Basketball camps. He has worked more than 100 basketball camps over the past 12 years and has been a part of the prestigious Nike All-American Camp, Pete Newell Big Man Camp and Rick Majerus' Elite Camp.

PRIOR TO BAYLOR
Prior to joining the Baylor staff, Mills served as coordinator of men's basketball at Rice in 2002-03. The Owls finished the year 19-10, the school's second-best record in the previous 48 seasons, and placed third in the WAC. Mills served as a head coach in the Texas high school ranks before joining the Rice staff.

From 1999 to 2002 Mills served as the head coach at Fort Bend Baptist Academy, guiding the school to its first-ever appearance in the Final Four of the TAPPS 4A state tournament during his final season.

Before that, Mills was the head coach at North Belt Christian from 1996 to 1999, leading the team to a 63-17 record during his three-year tenure. Mills' teams captured four district championships in his six seasons as a high school coach and he coached seven players who advanced to the collegiate level. Mills was named TAPPS 4A South Region Coach of the Year and four times received district Coach of the Year awards.

Mills served on the board of directors of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) and as a board member of the Greater Houston Private School Classic before moving to the collegiate ranks.

PERSONAL
A Houston native, Mills was an all-state basketball player before graduating from MacArthur High School in Houston. He signed with Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla., where he played as a freshman for one season before an injury forced him to transfer to Texas A&M.

Mills currently serves as the Big 12 Conference representative on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Assistant Coaches committee.

He earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Texas A&M in 1996. Mills is married to the former Wendy Scott. The couple has two daughters, Audrey and Abbey.