Bud Millikan

Herman A. "Bud" Millikan (October 12, 1920 – January 28, 2010) was the head coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team from 1950 to 1967. He compiled a 243–182 record. The former coach died on January 28, 2010 at the age of 89.

Bud Millikan
Millikan after the 1958 ACC Tournament championship
Biographical details
Born(1920-10-12)October 12, 1920
Maryville, Missouri
DiedJanuary 28, 2010(2010-01-28) (aged 89)
Roswell, Georgia
Playing career
1939–1942Oklahoma A&M
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1967Maryland
Head coaching record
Overall242–181
Tournaments2–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
ACC Tournament (1958)
Awards
1942 All-American (Helms)

Early life

Millikan was born in Maryville, Missouri and played on the Maryville High School basketball team that won the 1937 Missouri State High School Basketball Championship at a time when there were no divisions in state tournament play. He married his high school sweetheart Maxine.

Coaching career

Millikan followed Henry Iba who had coached at Northwest Missouri State University while Millikan was growing up in Maryville to Oklahoma A&M.[1] At Oklahoma State He was an "All American", president of the student body and captain of the baseball and basketball teams. He was an assistant coach to Iba in its 1944 National Championship team.[2] Iba gave him the nickname of "Buddy" which was shortened to "Bud." Millikan who had been a member of the Oklahoma State ROTC did not serve in World War II because of asthma. He returned to coach at Maryville High School and later other schools in Iowa. Iba arranged the meeting that brought Millikan to Maryland. After Iba returned to Missouri after the interview it was announced on the radio that Millikan had accepted an offer from Southwest Missouri State University although in fact he had not formally accepted the offer but it prompted Maryland to tell him they could pay him more.[3]

Among his players at Maryland were Gary Williams and Joe Harrington. Williams in his autobiography “Sweet Redemption” wrote, “I played for a first-rate coach in Bud Millikan, but after that, nothing was first-rate in the Maryland basketball program…You couldn’t play for Bud Millikan unless you were willing to play hard on the defensive end of the court. In practice, we would practice two and half hours of defense and spend about ten minutes on offense.”[4] According to the Daytona Beach Morning Journal, Millikan was "praised for his coaching ability but criticized as a recruiter of talent."[5]

He coached the team to an NCAA Elite 8 appearance in 1958.[6] During his time Cole Field House was built. Millikan did not like the size of the field house saying at one point "It's like playing on a neutral court" with seats too far from the courts. His successor Lefty Driesell added a few thousand seats around the court raising the hometown decibel level.[7]

Every senior who played for him graduated from the school. He imposed a discipline where players were required wear the team blazer when traveling and in warm-ups players wore towels around their necks in an ascot-like manner.[8]

Millikan resigned as the Maryland coach in 1967 and was replaced by his assistant, Frank Fellows.[5]

He died in Roswell, Georgia.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Maryland Terrapins (Southern Conference) (1950–1953)
1950–51 Maryland 15–1011–88th
1951–52 Maryland 13–99–5T–6th
1952–53 Maryland 15–812–3T–2nd
Maryland Terrapins (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1953–1967)
1953–54 Maryland 23–77–22nd
1954–55 Maryland 17–710–43rd
1955–56 Maryland 14–107–75th
1956–57 Maryland 16–109–52nd
1957–58 Maryland 22–79–54thNCAA Regional Third Place
1958–59 Maryland 10–137–7T–3rd
1959–60 Maryland 15–89–53rd
1960–61 Maryland 14–126–85th
1961–62 Maryland 8–173–117th
1962–63 Maryland 8–134–10T–6th
1963–64 Maryland 9–175–96th
1964–65 Maryland 18–810–4T–2nd
1965–66 Maryland 14–117–75th
1966–67 Maryland 11–144–107th
Maryland: 242–181129–110
Total:242–181

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References
  1. Ex-hoops coach Millikan dies - St. Joseph News-Press - January 31, 2010, The News-Press, January 31, 2010.
  2. Millikan, Funeral Digest, retrieved 19 June 2010.
  3. Maryland Basketball: Tales from Cole Field House by Paul McMullen - The Johns Hopkins University Press; First. edition (September 23, 2002) ISBN 0-8018-7221-9
  4. Sweet Redemption by Gary Williams - Sports Publishing LLC; First Edition ~1st Printing edition (October 1, 2002) ISBN 1-58261-594-2
  5. Sports Roundup, The Daytona Beach Morning Journal, March 30, 1967.
  6. Ex-hoops coach Millikan dies - St. Joseph News-Press - January 31, 2010
  7. Terps' Cole rebounded to be cherished hoops home - Baltimore Sun - March 05, 2002
  8. Coach Bud Millikan Endowed Scholarship for Men's Basketball - umd.edu - Retrieved January 31, 2010
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