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University of New Hampshire Athletics
8/18/2022 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire women's basketball program has announced the hiring of Amara Mills as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, the announcement was made on Thursday afternoon by head coach Kelsey Hogan.
Mills spent last season at Howard Payne University as an assistant coach.
"We are so excited to welcome Amara to our Wildcat family," mentioned Hogan. "She is an established recruiter, proven worker and has a great background with player development. Amara brings great energy, enthusiasm and a great desire to make the program and community better."
Coach Mills brings a great balance of youth and experience to the coaching staff spending time serving at four different levels, including NJCAA, NAIA, NCCAA, and NCAA. Before her one-year stint at Howard Payne, she spent one season (2020-2021) at Allen Community College. Amongst other regular assistant coaching duties at Allen CC, Mills served at recruiting coordinator and she led the program's study hall and academic oversight efforts resulting in a 3.2 team GPA.
"I am honored and excited to be a Wildcat," said Mills. "I am grateful for Coach Hogan for giving me this opportunity to help grow a group of young women and continue to build this great program."
Before Allen Community College, Mills help lead Florida College to their first winning season ending with a 21-9 overall in 2016-17. She assisted the Falcons to a successful three-year tenure highlighted by a program-record 21 wins in 2017, a #2 national ranking in the 2018 USCAA National Tournament, and the program's transition to NAIA Division I in 2019-20. From 2017 to 2020, she developed six All-Conference selections, highlighted by the 2018 USCAA Conference Player of the Year and All-American, and the 2020 SSAC Freshman of the Year.
She started her coaching career at Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough, Florida, in 2014, helping guide the team to a 26-3 overall record in 2015, including a District Championship which featured a perfect 14-0 record in conference play.
Mills moved on to the college level the following season, serving as the women's assistant at Hillsborough Community College in 2016-2017. There she was responsible for all aspects of on-floor development of the program's guards, which finished the season ranked 2nd in conference play in 3-point field goals made per game and 3rd in free-throw percentage.
She completed a B.S. in Sport Management from Grand Canyon University in 2019 and received a Master of Business Administration from Grand Canyon in 2020.
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Mills spent last season at Howard Payne University as an assistant coach.
"We are so excited to welcome Amara to our Wildcat family," mentioned Hogan. "She is an established recruiter, proven worker and has a great background with player development. Amara brings great energy, enthusiasm and a great desire to make the program and community better."
Coach Mills brings a great balance of youth and experience to the coaching staff spending time serving at four different levels, including NJCAA, NAIA, NCCAA, and NCAA. Before her one-year stint at Howard Payne, she spent one season (2020-2021) at Allen Community College. Amongst other regular assistant coaching duties at Allen CC, Mills served at recruiting coordinator and she led the program's study hall and academic oversight efforts resulting in a 3.2 team GPA.
"I am honored and excited to be a Wildcat," said Mills. "I am grateful for Coach Hogan for giving me this opportunity to help grow a group of young women and continue to build this great program."
Before Allen Community College, Mills help lead Florida College to their first winning season ending with a 21-9 overall in 2016-17. She assisted the Falcons to a successful three-year tenure highlighted by a program-record 21 wins in 2017, a #2 national ranking in the 2018 USCAA National Tournament, and the program's transition to NAIA Division I in 2019-20. From 2017 to 2020, she developed six All-Conference selections, highlighted by the 2018 USCAA Conference Player of the Year and All-American, and the 2020 SSAC Freshman of the Year.
She started her coaching career at Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough, Florida, in 2014, helping guide the team to a 26-3 overall record in 2015, including a District Championship which featured a perfect 14-0 record in conference play.
Mills moved on to the college level the following season, serving as the women's assistant at Hillsborough Community College in 2016-2017. There she was responsible for all aspects of on-floor development of the program's guards, which finished the season ranked 2nd in conference play in 3-point field goals made per game and 3rd in free-throw percentage.
She completed a B.S. in Sport Management from Grand Canyon University in 2019 and received a Master of Business Administration from Grand Canyon in 2020.
FOLLOW THE WILDCATS Twitter: @UNHWBB Twitter: @UNHWildcats Instagram: @UNHWBB Instagram: @UNHWildcats Get UNH WBB Emails Get UNH Athletics Emails Facebook: UNH WBB Facebook: UNH Wildcats
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