Billy Mims
Florida Tech Panthers | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Sunshine State Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Moncks Corner, South Carolina |
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
College | Baptist College at Charleston |
Coaching career | 1981–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1981-82 | Charleston Cougars (assistant) |
1982-83 | Winthrop Eagles (assistant) |
1983-84 | Lander Bearcats (assistant) |
1984-86 | Winthrop Eagles (assistant) |
1986-87 | Neptune |
1987-88 | Chowan Hawks (assistant) |
1988-94 | Barry Buccaneers |
1994-99 | Greater London Leopards |
1999-03 | Leicester Riders |
2004-05 | Texas–Permian Basin Falcons |
2005–present | Florida Tech Panthers
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Billy Mims is an American basketball coach and head coach of Florida Tech Panthers.
Coaching career[]
Greater London Leopards[]
Mims was recruited to his first professional head coaching role to lead the fledging Leopards franchise in their inaugural BBL season in 1994. A charismatic and animated figure, Mims developed the Leopards on-court, culminating in winning the BBL Cup in 1997, and BBL Championship titles in 1997 and 1998, the latter rewarding him with the BBL Coach of the Year title.[1]
Leicester Riders[]
After leaving the Leopards during the 1999-00 season, Mims was appointed head coach at the struggling Leicester Riders. The Riders had started the season 0-18, and had made the post season Playoffs in just one season in the prior five. Following Mims' appointment, the Riders saved face to finish the season with a 10-26 record. The following season, with odds against the Riders once more, the team confounded expectations to win the 2001 BBL Playoffs and National Cup.[2][3] As the oldest basketball club in the United Kingdom, this was the first silverware the club had ever won.[4] The success could not last, however, and following poor seasons in 2002 and 2003, and a difficult start to the 2003-04 season, the Riders parted company with Mims.[5]
Florida Tech[]
After one year at the Texas–Permian Basin Falcons, Mims was appointed head coach of the Florida Tech Panthers in June 2005.[6] In 2018, Mims became the all-time winningest coach in Florida Tech history.[7][8]
Broadcasting career[]
Mims regularly worked as a basketball pundit for Sky Sports in their coverage of the NBA and BBL, a role he first took on in his days as coach of the Leopards in London.
References[]
- ^ "Molten BBL Coach of the Year Records".
- ^ "Underdogs Leicester lift trophy". May 5, 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Mims stays with the Riders". September 11, 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Riders hope for smooth journey". April 18, 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Riders sack Mims". November 17, 2003 ��� via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Florida Tech Names Billy Mims Men's Basketball Coach". Florida Tech Newsroom. June 27, 2005.
- ^ "All-Time Winningest Basketball Coach in Florida Tech History, Billy Mims Notched 600th Career Win In 2018". spacecoastdaily.com.
- ^ "Head Coach Billy Mims Earns 600th Victory as Panthers Defeat Sailfish". Florida Tech Newsroom. February 19, 2018.
- Living people
- Basketball coaches from Florida
- American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom
- Florida Tech Panthers men's basketball coaches