Kenya Mens Basketball coach, Liz Mills received a recognition award during the final close of the men's AfroBasket tournament in Kigali Rwanda. The Australian was recognized for being the first ever female coach to lead the national team to the prestigious tournament. Not only that, Mills was also recognized as the first Female coach at the tournament. Other notable figures who received awards were Tunisian Slimane Radhouane who featured a record 9 AfroBaskets and Ivorian Stephane Konate with 8 Afrobasket.
For Mills, she already had her place in history especially after serving as an assistant coach at Patriots in Rwanda 2020. Mills has also heavily immersed herself in analytics and film breakdown, something which is still non-existent in Africa making her stand out.
Coaching the Morans is not her first association with Kenyan basketball. She was previously in Nairobi in 2015 when she engaged in coaching programmes as well as working with the university league.
Mills’ knowledge of African basketball is great as she has been in the continent since 2011. Her association with African basketball began after she graduated with a degree in Sports Science and Sports Management in 2008. What started as volunteer work in Zambia started a love affair with Africa that has now brought her to Kenya.