Molly Miller has college basketball fans doing a double take.
Arizona State’s women’s head coach is in her second season with the Sun Devils, and after one strong debut campaign, she’s got plenty of attention again following ASU’s 84-41 win over Jackson State in the 2026-27 season opener. Miller spoke to the media after the game, and the reaction online had less to do with the box score than with the way she carried herself.
Some fans were stunned by how she looked on camera and how quickly she’s become a name people want to follow. “She’s a women’s college bball coach…?
Not a model or actress or something,” one person said. Another added, “This is ASU’s coach?
……” The buzz kept building from there. “I need to watch some ASU women’s basketball this year,” one fan stated.
“Going to have to go to some ASU games this year. Wow.
Sounds like she plays a fast-paced game, and that’s what I enjoy,” another commented.
The attention comes with real coaching credentials behind it. Miller’s first season at Arizona State pushed the program to the NCAA Tournament and set the ASU women’s basketball record for most wins by a first-year head coach.
Before arriving in Tempe, she built a dominant run at Drury University, going 180-17 and winning four GLVC titles from 2014-2020. She then moved on to Grand Canyon, where she put together a 117-38 record and led the Lopes to the 2025 WAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship.
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The bigger concern, Caldwell said, was the kind of issue that can linger long after a comfortable result: ball sharing, defense and shot selection. With a young roster still settling in, Tennessee has already shown it can overwhelm an opponent, but the next step is making those stretches more complete and more consistent, especially once the competition tightens and the margin for error shrinks. [Read more 🡒]