TICUA Spotlight: 

Milligan University Graduate Del Harris 

NBA Coach, Basketball Hall of Fame Honoree, Ordained Minister 

Inducting Institution: Milligan University

Del Harris lives out the mission of Milligan University to honor God through servant leadership. Whether it be coaching professional athletes on the basketball court, giving motivational lectures, or authoring books on how to be an effective member of any team, Harris has dedicated his life to leadership through service.

Before Harris became an NBA head coach, he was a standout student athlete at Milligan in the late 1950s. Harris graduated from Milligan in 1959 with a B.A. in Religion. 

“When I think of Milligan,” Harris says, “I remember the warmth of friends and faculty.”