Mountain Brook High School, where McMillan starred as a player and then built the Spartans into a national prep power as head coach, is six miles away. Advertisement“It’s so fun, because you get to see the happiness of all those who were with you along the way,” McMillan says. It’s where his high school buddies are in the stands every game and their children now come to his basketball camps. “Play fast, play defense and give it 100 percent or get the hell out,” says Bucky McMillan Sr., the coach’s father. Oats was a high school coach who became a Division I head coach after just two years as a college assistant.

Source: New York Times March 09, 2024 00:36 UTC