David Midlick (44-16)
enters his third season at the helm of the Delta State University Lady Statesmen basketball program. He was formally introduced as the fifth head coach in Lady Statesmen history on Monday, July 9, 2012.
In his first campaign as head coach at Delta State, Midlick led the Lady Statesmen to a 21-10 overall record and an NCAA Sweet 16 finish after advancing to the championship game of the NCAA South Region Tournament. The Green-and-White captured the Gulf South Conference regular season title after finishing conference play 13-5.
The Lady Statesmen marched their way to the title game of the NCAA South Region Tournament with a 51-41 victory over the University of North Alabama and an 81-58 win over the University of Alabama-Huntsville. DSU fell in the title tilt to Nova Southeastern University 78-56.
Midlick's 21 wins are the most ever by a first year coach of the Lady Statesmen. The legendary Margaret Wade won 16 in her first season at DSU while another DSU legend Lloyd Clark established the previous record of 20 in 1983-84.
Two Lady Statesmen were also recognized as All-Gulf South Conference players, as Rhandi Ball was named to the First Team and Seneca Walton was tabbed for the Second Team.
Guard Chelsey Rhodes was named GSC Freshman of the Year and established a new freshman record for 3-pointers made with 45.
In the 2013-2014 season, Midlick led the Green-and-White to a 24-6 overall record and 17-3 conference record, earning his second straight Gulf South Conference Regular Season title.
The Lady Statesmen came up short in the GSC Championship game, falling to West Florida but made their 25th appearance in the NCAA South Region Tournament. DSU climbed as high as No. 9 in the WBCA polls.
Midlick put his name in the record book as the head coach with the most wins in the first two seasons with 44. Margaret Wade held the previous record with 43 wins.
The Memphis, Tenn., native brought nine years experience at the NCAA Division I level back to the Mississippi Delta. During his time with Tennessee State and Austin Peay State, Midlick established himself as a great evaluator of talent and once on campus the ability to develop student-athletes into successful players on and off the court.
Prior to coming to DSU, Midlick spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Austin Peay State University, where he served under head coach Carrie Daniels and the Lady Governors. Midlick was in charge of forwards and centers development, while assisting with recruiting, academic tracking, scheduling, compliance and game planning. Two of his signees in the 2011 APSU class were ranked nationally by ESPN.
Midlick spent four seasons at Tennessee State University prior to joining the Austin Peay coaching staff. While with the Lady Tigers, Midlick helped engineer a complete turnaround from winless squad to Ohio Valley Conference contender. As the program’s recruiting coordinator and director of post development, Midlick turned Tennessee State’s standout post players Obiageli Okafor, a first-team All-Ohio Valley conference selection in 2010, and Jasmine Smith, an OVC All-Newcomer team selection in 2009, into difference makers for the Lady Tigers.
Before taking on the challenge at Tennessee State, Midlick began his dream to be a collegiate coach as an assistant coach for the legendary Dave Loos at Austin Peay State. He served the Governors from 2003-2006 and honed the skills that have served him at every stop along the way. Under Loos’ leadership, Midlick was responsible for preparing scouting reports and video preparation, while assisting with the evaluation and recruitment of student-athletes.
Midlick was an established and successful physical therapist in Greenville, Miss., before embarking on the path to becoming a college head coach. He twice served as head boys basketball coach (1994-97, 1999-2003) at Washington School and also served as varsity girls coach from 1999-2002. In between his stints at Washington, he coached varsity boys and girls at Indianola Academy in Indianola. Miss.
During his time at Washington School, Midlick was named the Mississippi Independent Association of Schools North AAA Coach of the Year in 1996 and MAIS District I-AAA Coach of the Year in 1999.
Midlick enjoyed a strong playing career at the University of Mississippi under head coach Ed Murphy. During his time with the Rebels, Midlick played in 80 games with 33 starts at guard. In his three-year career, Midlick scored 459 points for an average of 5.8 points per game, while leading the Rebels in free throw percentage (83.7) all three seasons and three-point field goal percentage in 1989.
The Rebels were a National Invitational Tournament participant in 1989 and a Southeastern Conference Tournament finalist the following season. Midlick was a three-time Academic All-SEC selection (1989-91), a 1991 SEC Male Scholar-Athlete and a finalist for SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Midlick received his bachelor’s degree in biological science in 1991 from the University of Mississippi and followed that with a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1994.
He is married to the former Leslie Biddle of Grenada, Miss., also a physical therapist. They have two sons, David Jr. and Will.
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| YEAR | INSTITUTION | OVERALL | GSC | HONORS |
| 2012-2013 | Delta State University | 21-10 | 13-5 | GSC Reg. Season | NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 2013-2014 | Delta State Univesrity | 24-6 | 17-3 | GSC Reg. Season | NCAA DII Appearance |
| Totals | | 44-16 | 30-8 | |
