Chris McMillian M.E., CSCS ⭐️
@CoachMcMillian1
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Associate Head Coach @ Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Joined August 2014
When I found out about you, I wanted god to give me a son to carry on my last name. When I found out you’d have Downs, I wanted god to keep you healthy. 2 years later god didn’t give me a son, he gave me my best friend. Proud to be your dad.❤️
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To all my college athletes out there who “can’t wait to graduate”. Soon you will realize that being in college on a scholarship, traveling from city to city, eating team meals, tons of gear, cost of attendance checks, and per diem is a pretty good life.
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Please lift my wife and daughter up in prayer today. 💯🙏🏾
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Back in 97 when I committed to the University of Wyoming, I called the coach and said “I’m coming”. No long video, No Social Media, No hype man. Things have changed.
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95% of D1 hoopers will take today off. 4% will go in and do something. 1% of them will attack today full steam because their fear of failure won’t allow them to let a day go by that they don’t get better. Be the 5%🔥⬆️.
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To all the hoopers that don’t like to lift. This is your 2019 League MVP. You have to EAT!!!!!
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Message to 2021 Recruits: IF YOU HAVE AN OFFER YOU LIKE. TAKE IT!!! Don’t play roulette and hold out for something better. This pandemic is going to limit options. Can’t ask god for a blessing and then be mad at the way it’s gift wrapped. 🏀💯.
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If you aren’t committed enough to get up shots daily this time of the year, please don’t talk about winning, and definitely don’t talk about wanting to be a pro. The 8-20 hours per week you get with your team is not enough work for 99% of college hoopers. 🐅.
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In 2009 at the age of 29 I took my first D1 coaching job. Director of Operations at Centenary College. The job paid $500 per month. I almost didn’t take it because it paid so little. Tomorrow I begin my 10th season. If it’s your dream, chase it. #TheU.
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AAU coaches and Agents I’m trying to tap in… Looking for guys that LOVE the game, play HARD, THINK the game, and they love to COMPETE. We have something special going on over here @ Central Michigan. 🔥🆙.
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Doesn’t matter the level. Basketball is basketball. Play hard, play unselfish, defend, and rebound.
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If you can’t show up on time to the bus, film, practice etc. How can your coaches count on you to not melt on a ball screen or to not blow a coverage during the game. It all matters!! Being on time shows your commitment to the process.
People ask me why I'm usually like 15-30 minutes early to any given occasion. Punctuality counts, folks.
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Quitting is a learned behavior. Don’t let your kids quit anything mid season. Quitting kids become quitting adults when things get tough. No matter how hard it is, honor your commitment and if needed make a change after the season.
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🚨Central Michigan Men’s Basketball team has one PWO spot left. If you love the game, are willing to bring your best effort everyday in practice and have unbelievable energy, DM me. 🚨.
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My baby girl had a success surgery today. ❤️🔥🆙
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Kids today will never understand all the things that went into getting bouncy back in the day. Little did we know that your calves have very little to do with your leaping ability. #40inchvert🏀
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Brotherhood 🤜🏾🤛🏻.
Shoutout to my brother @CoachMcMillian1 on his promotion to Associate Head Coach at Central Michigan! A real 1 and a grinder! Congrats, FAM! 🫡
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Too many players want to be like Kevin Durant… When they should want to be like PJ Tucker. Very few stars in the NBA. It’s ok to be a role guy that helps his team win.🔥🔥.
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Attention All Aspiring Pro Hoopers,.If you don’t shoot 45%+ from 2, 35% + from 3 and 75%+ from the FT Line, AND you don’t spend extra time on your game…. Please don’t talk about wanting to be a pro. Those numbers or logic don’t add up. 🔥🔥.
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From 7 wins in year one, 10 wins in year two, and now 18 wins so far in year 3. Picked 12th in the preseason polls, finished 4th. It’s been a hell of a journey. 🔥🆙.
Central Michigan finishes with 18 regular season wins and a top-four seed in the MAC Tournament after losing Boopie Miller to Wake Forest. One of the most improved teams in mid-major basketball. Tony Barbee = MAC Coach of the Year.
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🚨Before you can be great in front of a full arena , you have to work hard in a empty arena🚨
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When we first got the news a life WITH you seemed impossible. Fast forward 2 years and 9 months, a life WITHOUT YOU is a life I don’t ever want to live. Happy World Down Syndrome Day to my baby girl. My Homie with the Chromie❤️
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How can you not cheer for a bunch of guys that like Sam Cooke🎵🎤…. They play much better than they sing 🔥
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Since I’ve been coaching EVERY job I’ve had has been connected to @coachsmcclain and his staff at Wyoming where I played for him. The moral of the story, when you choose a school and a coach it should be a lifetime deal not a 4 year deal. #salute.
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I appreciate @7220sports for thinking enough of me to write this piece. I walked on this campus in 1998 a cowboy, despite being a cowboy at heart, I walk back on this campus today a Bengal. Can’t wait!🐅🔥🏀. Hope to see the AA Packed!.
Former Wyoming standout, Chris McMillian, makes his return to Laramie Tuesday night as an assistant coach with Idaho State. Real about McMillian's emotional homecoming here. #7220sports.
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It’s really HARD to win at a school. @coachlooneyisu has won at the last 3. @IdahoStateBball will WIN!! Looking for hard workers who only care about doing whatever it takes to win. Come be a BENGAL!!!
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Im grateful for the honor. I work with two dudes @CoachWhiteISU and @dcfurman who are more deserving. The Bengals are on the RISE. #RunitBACK.
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Extremely proud of the way my cowboys have battled. Respect.
HOLY SH!T.Cowboys win!.Pokes knock off No. 3 seed Nevada, 74-71. Unbelievable resolve from this young team.
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To anybody out there feuding with a parent or have not spoke to them in a very long time. Today more than ever I wanted to call my dad to hear his voice. Sadly I can’t do that. I’d give anything to have one more talk with him. Set aside your differences and call them.
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It’s really hard to coach players HARD ON the floor if you don’t spend time with them OFF the floor. 🏀🐅#sawwood.
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🚨🚨SIGN UP TODAY🚨🚨.WE OFFERED 5 kids at our last Elite Camp
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Bronny James is walking proof that “who you know” will open doors for you. Now he has to be able to stand tall inside the doors that his network was able to knock down for him. 🤞🏾.
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HUGE news for our program….Here…. We…. Come…. No Surrender!! No Retreat!!
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This is just the beginning for our newcomers. If it was easy everybody would do it. 🏀🔥💪🏾
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Thank you @SilverWaveMedia I’m truly honored and humbled… 🔥🆙.
Congratulations to Chris McMillian of Central Michigan on being named to the 2023 75 Rising Stars: Impactful Men's Mid Major Assistants list. @CoachMcMillian1 .
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@FakeWYOSports Proud to be an Alumni. @jefflinder is an elite coach. Had the guy playing hard. The AA is back. Salute.
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This season will be my 10th season coaching college basketball. There are no words to describe how much fun I have had doing this. Time has flown by. Here’s to the next 40 years of coaching. 🔥🏀.
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A lot of young and hungry coaches out there pounding the pavement in Houston. At some point in your career you will find out the difference between friend and acquaintance. You find out who your friends are when they have a job open. Don’t be disappointed. Keep Grinding!🔥.
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Always great to see you. I love your passion and love for the grind. ISU has a great staff. Saw Wood.
Grateful to see my guy @CoachMcMillian1 in Arizona over the weekend! Happy for him and his family with their new opportunity at CMU. Blessings my brother. See you soon!
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Since getting into coaching in 2009, I have not worked a day in my life. It’s not work when you love it…. Feet FIRLMY planted on the HARDWOOD…🔥🔥
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Sometimes you have to get under the bar and feel the weight on your back. 💯🏀
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Every bad team has a best player. In a culture of winning nobody cares about stats. We have 4 guys averaging double figures and 5th and 6th are right below that. Something special brewing in Mount Pleasant. 🔥🆙.
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I truly hope that all the players in the portal find a better fit for themselves. As the number approaches 1500 in the portal a lot of you are about to find out that the portal is a lonely place. If you are lucky enough to come out of the portal. Be Grateful.
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Dear Cam,.THEY said you would be be in the NICU for 3-6 months, THEY said you would be on Oxygen for 6-9 months, THEY said life would be hard. All YOU have done was prove them WRONG. Here’s to many more years of YOU proving them wrong. Happy Birthday Cam.WE love you. #CamStrong
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🚨🚨I appreciate the responses we received for our open PWO spot. I tried to message back as many of you as I could. We are looking for a PWO that’s 6’8” +🚨🚨. 🔥🆙.
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🚨Elite Camp Is Filling Up Fast🚨.Register @ .
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This hit me hard. Worn many hats on this journey. Ton of respect for the the one who have to grind like this.
Ed Orgeron began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for Northwestern State, where he lived in a locker room, sleeping on a cot. He's worked for 11 different teams, with roles ranging from asst. strength coach to head coach. Now, Coach O has led LSU to an SEC title.
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How do you regulate NIL?. NCAA should fund all NIL Collectives. Each league has a salary cap and every team in that league gets the SAME amount. Money limited to 100,000 but not to exceed 1,000,000.00 based on conference. With a level playing field, go and build your roster. 🤞🏾.
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As a coach we sacrifice a lot, usually that sacrifice is time. We miss family gatherings, we miss holidays, we miss little league games. It’s never easy, but it’s what we signed on for. Shoutout to the families who allow us to lay it on the line daily. 🏀🐅🔥.
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You can’t talk about loving the game, but you spend no extra time with it. It’s no different than a relationship, you treat the game right and good thing happen, you treat it wrong and it will bless somebody else with all it has to offer. 🏀🏀.
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How you act when you find out you aren’t a starter says a lot about you. Will you pout?.Have low energy?.Blame coaches ?.#OR DIG in and work that much harder. I knows it’s tough to do, I’ve lived it. And I wish I would have handled it differently.
Being a great teammate comes down to a choice. It is something that anyone is able to do.
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Most kids watching the game today want to be like Steph Curry, when they should want to be like Kevon Looney…. He affects winning without scoring. #dirtywork.
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Lots of questions arise when you are trying to get information on a recruit. After I get past the character and grades portion of the convo. My 2 main questions are. Is he a gym rat? .Is he self motivated?.🏀💯🗣.
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Seasons is just around the corner. One last relaxing Sunday before the mayhem. I love this profession. 🐅🏀.Idaho St vs Wyoming on Nov 5th @ 7pm.
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The world would be a better place if people did 3 things. #1 Listen .# 2 Acknowledge Peoples Feelings .# 3 Instead of a rebuttal as to why things are the way they are. OFFER TO HELP!.
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Our team is 1 game out of first place. Reed Gym needs to become the place that opponents hate coming to. Let’s pack Reed Gym!! This team needs your unwavering support.🏀.
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Extremely grateful for the opportunity.
Pocatello please help me welcome these guys to our staff! #RoarBengalsRoar
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🚨🚨BASKETBALL COACHES:🚨🚨. I’ve got a 6’9 athletic , rim running, high motor big that is looking for a home the next two years. Open to D2 and NAIA. DM me for details!!.
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🚨🚨ELITE CAMP SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE 🚨🚨. We have a player on our current roster that we identified at one of our elite camps 🔥🆙
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On the road looking for future chips. 🔥⬆️
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🚨🚨One of my former players is looking to get into the College Basketball Coaching Business. If anybody is looking for a hard worker/ grinder willing to do anything to get his foot in the door please let me know.🚨🚨. He’s also good with player development. 🔥.
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This is what happens when kids hop in the portal searching for something better. Left a great situation to “see what else is out there”… And now he knows…. 🤞🏾.
NEWS: Indiana forward Payton Sparks in entering the transfer portal, a source tells me. Sparks began his career playing two seasons at Ball State before making the move to Bloomington last spring. Started 2 of the 24 games he played in this season. He averaged 2.1PPG and 1.8RPG
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I’m looking to connect with some NIL agents. Please DM me so we talk about current and future players. This is a relationship business. Let’s build… 🔥🆙.
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To those who say, “ just listen to the cops”.
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These are the only kind of friends I want in my life.
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They say you never know what true unconditional love is until you have your first child…. I can say this without any doubt…. It’s 100% True.❤️
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Ton of respect for @MONSTATREZZ. Big time what he did here. Make a mistake, acknowledge the mistake, and apologize sincerely. The world would be a better place if this was done more often by all. 🐅💯.
Montrezl Harrell apologized to Luka Doncic pregame for comments he made about Doncic in Game 3.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this… BUT……. It’s not too late to chase your dreams. Set big goals in 2022 and crush them…. 💯.
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Excited to be in Windsor Colorado @ the @JUCOadvocate event to evaluate some of the top Junior Colleges in the country. I don’t like this job, I LOVE it. #BeABengal🐅.
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That moment when you have to decide to be a DAD and help or a COACH and talk her through it. ❤️
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Everybody wants to be a professional athlete, until it’s time to put in the kind of work a professional athletes put it!🏀🏀💯💯.
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Hate is a taught behavior. Pure love at its best.❤️❤️.
These two toddlers' heartwarming reaction to spotting each other on the street will make your Monday.
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I hope these young athletes have good people around them showing them how to invest all this money. I’d love to see a kid take NIL in the form of an investment property. Money comes and goes but rental income last forever. 🔥🆙.
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Too many young athletes holding out for offers from schools who “like” them. Go where you are “LOVED!”.
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“Adversity “ is a part of life. When it happens you have TWO choices . # 1 It can consume you, causing you to forget what your goals are and you drown in your misfortune. #2 It can FUEL you more than ever. With your shoulders back and head high, you keep going. 🔥🆙.
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It’s the best profession ever. I prefer that over a shirt and tie while sitting in a cubicle smiling and dialing. Love my job.
Most people think they want 2 coach. Until they get in the middle of 70+ hour weeks, 10 hour bus rides, laundry at 3am, fund raising, not seeing ur family for days, missing kids games, managing personalities & dreams, & all while being 2nd guessed by every person u encounter!.
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The days are gone where the staff that recruited you the hardest and gave you the best opportunity is where you went. NIL is here to stay… 🤞🏾.
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One a cowboy, Always a Cowboy. LetRBuck.
Poke Nation help us wish a Happy Birthday to @CoachMcMillian1 One of the toughest Cowboys ever to rock the Brown & Gold!#OneWyoming
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Huge shoutout to @GottliebShow for speaking to our guys. His insight and perspective to our guys was spot on. We will keep putting positive influential people in front of @IdahoStateBball. #sawwood #comeBeAbengal
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We are all standing in line for eternal life. You can’t change your place in line. Life would be so much easier if you knew when you were next in line. Sadly we don’t know. Live everyday as if it’s your last, speak kindly to people as if you will never talk to them again.
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🚨🚨BASKETBALL COACHES:🚨🚨. I’ve got a 6’9 athletic , rim running, high motor big that is looking for a home the next two years. Open to D2 and NAIA. DM me for details!!. Please Contact Abdul about KJ Oduor. 1 (619) 869-0544 . KJ is currently out of the country.
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What a honor it has been to see @CoachTonyBarbee build this program back up to where it is today. ALOT of hard work and long hours. Salute 🔥🆙🤞🏾.
🏆 @CoachTonyBarbee named @MACSports Coach of the Year!. ✔️ Guided Chippewas to 4th place finish (12-6).✔️ 12 MAC victories were the most at CMU since 2014-15.✔️ In preseason coaches poll, CMU was picked to finish in last place. 📰 #FireUpChips 🔥⬆️🏀
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