Women's Basketball Coaches

Becky Mullis just completed her 10th year at the helm of the Lady Bobcats program, where she completed a 26-win campaign, culminating with an NCCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship. Her teams have tallied a 252-56 record, winning 20 or more games each season of her tenure. 

Mullis, as head coach and eleven-year assistant, has been instrumental in helping the Lady Bobcats become one of the top programs in the nation. During her tenure as head and assistant coach, the Lady Bobcats have compiled a 627-110 record. 

In addition, the Lady Cats have qualified for the NAIA or NCCAA national tournament each year of her tenure, where they have been an NAIA Elite Eight team ten of 15 seasons, made six trips to the Fab Four, and posted five National Championship Runner-Up finishes. In 2023, the Lady Cats completed their first National Championship and look to continue the tradition of excellence in the years to come. As head coach, Mullis has coached two NAIA DII, three NCCAA DI, and two WBCA first-team All-Americans; three NAIA DII and one NCCAA DI second-team All-Americans; two NAIA DII and two NCCAA DI third-team All-Americans; and three NAIA DII and WBCA honorable mention All-Americans. In addition, she has coached 16 NAIA/NCCAA Scholar Athletes. 

Her personal accolades as head coach include being named as the Association of Independent Institutions Division II Women's Basketball Coach of the Year in 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20, National Christian College Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball Regional Coach of the Year in 2016-17 and 2017-18, and most recently the 2023 National Christian College Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball national Coach of the Year. 

Mullis was a key player for College of the Ozarks for two years after transferring from John Brown University. She graduated from C of O in 2003 cum laude with a double major in secondary education and physical education and proceeded to complete her master’s degree in physical education at Missouri State in 2005. She is a graduate of Stoutland High School. Mullis is a full-time Assistant Professor in the College's Physical Education Department 

Strongly committed to the mission of the College, Mullis strives to recruit student-athletes who meet the standards of the College and can uphold the tradition of the women's basketball program both on and off the court. She leads by example and motivates her players to work hard toward achieving the expected level of excellence in the program and the classroom. 

Coach Mullis and her husband, Daniel, reside in Ozark, Mo.

Steve Frank joins Coach Mullis on the sideline for his third year as the Lady Cats’ assistant. 

Coach Frank is no stranger to the College of the Ozarks and the Keeter Athletic Complex.  The 1985 Clopton High School standout went on to play two years at East Central College in Union, MO.  He then transferred to then, School of the Ozarks, where he received his bachelor’s degree and played for Coach Al Waller.  After graduation, Coach Frank spent eight years coaching boys’ basketball and 19 years in the girls’ coaching ranks.  Most recently he led the Strafford Lady Indians (Strafford, MO) to four consecutive state championships, while also setting the record for most consecutive wins in Missouri basketball history (125).  Coach Frank was inducted into the College of the Ozarks Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2018. He has numerous Coach of the Year honors and brings a wealth of knowledge and winning experience to the Lady Cat sideline.