Sources – Texas A & M Hire Samford’s Bucky McMillan as Coach

San Antonio – Texas A & M is set to rent Samford Coach Bucky McMillan as a school basketball coach of the school, sources, ESPN said. The parties are completing a five -year agreement for resources.

McMillan is the head coach in Samford, who in his five seasons led to a pair of southern conferences and one NCAA tournament. Its overall record exists 99-52 and led Samford to a four-competent 20-winning season.

His teams play on a hyper tempo in a style known as “Bucky Ball”, which immediately reflected in success in Samford. He was named three times by the coach of the year of the South Conference on the spot that tried to win for the generation.

McMillan will take over Buzz Williams, who went to Maryland as a result of three consecutive NCAA tournaments for agies. Texas A&M won the Seed 4 at the NCAA tournament this year.

McMillan has the results of consistent results at all levels. The NCAA tournament in Samford in 2024 was the first school since 2000. Samford took no. They lost, 93-89, after the controversial foul in the last minute.

McMillan, 41, profiles as one of the most interesting and promising young coaches in the country. He won five national high school titles at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama, and in a rare step he went to work at the main school in Samford. In the 12 -year run in Mountain Brook won 333 games, average almost 28 victories per season and turned the local home program on the national level.

He defined a style that includes great emphasis on pressing and disruption. They not only play quickly in the attack, but try to speed up the opposition. In each of the last two seasons, Samford’s opponents turned the ball at the speed, which placed them in the top 20 in the country for the percentage of the opponent’s turnover.

Energy and style should help to get involved and a&M fan base, which is not an organically basketball fan base. A&M is expected to have almost $ 7 million in the Nile this season this season, a competing SC number that Texas A & M should give a chance to be competitive in SEC.