Interview w/ Coach Molly Bachand (Director of Basketball Operations at Western Carolina)
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Coach Molly Bachand shares her journey from growing up in Fairway, Kansas to becoming a Director of Basketball Operations for a NCAA Division I men's basketball program.
She got her first experience working the Roy Williams Camp at Kansas while still in high school and eventually became a Student Manager while at Kansas under Coach Bill Self. After graduating she accepted a position at-then Big 12 member Colorado and spent one year there before returning to Kansas. Molly spent two years at the University of Kansas before accepting a Director of Equipment role at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama.
Coach Danny Manning brought her to Wake Forest as the Director of Equipment Services for both the men’s and women’s basketball programs, when the change in leadership took place in 2020 she found herself out of a job as well.
In 2021 Coach Justin Gray hired her as the Director of Basketball Operations at Western Carolina.
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