Billy Mims
Director

Billy Mims is in his seventh season as Florida Tech’s head men’s basketball coach, 25th season as a head coach and 31st season coaching overall.

Entering the 2011-12 campaign, Mims was just 12 victories shy of 500 in his coaching career. He also entered the season as Florida Tech’s third-most all-time winning head coach with 83 wins. He is trailing only Andy Russo (125 wins) and FIT Hall of Famer Tom Folliard Sr. (124 wins).

Since he took over the Florida Tech program, he has coached 10 All-SSC players, 11 SSC Players of the Week, four All-South Region players, one Division II Bulletin National Player of the Month, one SSC Freshman of the Year (Derek Hellemann), two SSC Freshman of the Year runner-ups, one Daktronics All-South Region Player of the Year and one Daktronics Second Team All-American.

Mims came to Florida Tech after one season at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB). At UTPB, he set the school record for wins, compiling more victories in one season than the Falcons combined to achieve in the program’s first two years of existence. He spent six seasons as the head coach of Barry University from 1989-94. After coaching at Barry, Mims spent 11 years in the British professional ranks, serving as head coach and director of player personnel for two different clubs: London Leopards and Leicester Riders.