COLUMBIA, Mo. – A highly-respected coach with years of championship experience, Glen Millican was named the University of Missouri’s Men’s Golf Head Coach, Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois announced Friday.
Millican will be formally introduced on Mizzou’s campus on July 31.
He joins the Tigers after spending the previous 22 seasons leading the University of New Mexico program, where he led the team to eight Mountain West Conference titles in addition to eight appearances at the NCAA Championship Finals. Overall, New Mexico advanced to 18 NCAA Regionals during his 22 seasons on campus. His team recently qualified for the 2023 NCAA Championship Final at Grayhawk GC where they earned a top-25 finish.
“We sought to hire someone of high character with a proven record of success and coaching at the highest level to lead our Men’s Golf program,” Reed-Francois said. “Coach Millican is a veteran leader, a relentless recruiter, has exceptional player-development skills and knows what success looks like. He will bring a championship vision to our strong golf community in Mid-Missouri and we are proud to welcome Coach Millican, Megan and their children to Columbia.”
An eight-time Mountain West Coach of the Year and three-time GCAA Southwest Regional Coach of the Year, Millican is New Mexico’s all-time winningest head coach. He led the Lobos to 37 tournament victories, which includes NCAA Regional crowns during the 2002 and 2013 campaigns and all eight of the program’s Mountain West titles.
Millican has also mentored a number of student-athletes to individual success during his time at New Mexico. He has coached a Lobo to the Mountain West individual title on seven occasions, while also leading a golfer to the conference’s Golfer of the Year six times and the league’s Freshman of the Year five times – including three of the last five seasons. Additionally, Millican has helped a UNM student-athlete to All-America recognition on 16 occasions, including three first-team honorees.
“I want to thank Desireé Reed-Francois, President Choi and the entire staff at the University of Missouri for extending this opportunity to us and believing in me to lead the Tigers program into the future,” Millican said. “I’m looking forward to getting started and building on the foundation of the program that has already been…
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