Bucky McMillan

Henry Ward "Bucky" McMillan III (born August 12, 1983) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Texas A&M University.

Early life and education McMillan played basketball at Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, Alabama and led them to a state final four in 2001. He played college basketball for Birmingham-Southern from 2002 to 2006. McMillan was named to the league All-Academic team as a senior, and he graduated from Birmingham-Southern in 2007 with a degree in education services.

Coaching career While in college, McMillan coached youth teams in Mountain Brook, and became the junior varsity head coach in 2006. McMillan was hired as the head coach at Mountain Brook in 2008. He won three 7A basketball championships, two 6A basketball championships for Mountain Brook. He coached the Spartans to two championship runner-ups, seven final four appearances, 10 regional appearances and nine area titles. McMillan was named the coach of the 2019 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. McMillan drew attention for his uptempo and aggressive style of play, nicknamed "Bucky Ball", and his team posted a 96–83 upset at Belmont on December 5, 2020. In his first season, Samford finished 6-13 overall and 2-9 in the Southern Conference, and had eight games canceled due to COVID-19 precautions. In 2022, McMillan was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year by the media.

On April 5th, 2025, Texas A&M announced the hiring of McMillan as their head men's basketball coach. In his first season with the team, McMillan led the Aggies to a 4th-place finish in the SEC and an appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. McMillan won his first March Madness game as a head coach with Texas A&M beating Saint Mary's 63-50 in the Round of 64.

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