Coaching Staff
Addy Miller | Assistant Coach
Former Lady Panthers standout Addy (Roller) Miller enters her third season as a Drury assistant coach in 2022-23. Miller joined the program after four seasons at Pittsburg State, where she was the Gorillas top assistant coach for the last two years and was a graduate assistant from 2016-18.
Last year, the Lady Panthers won their sixth straight GLVC championship, went 32-5, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA-II Tournament. The team also saw Paige Robinson named to the All-American team, Robinson and Alana Findley were named All-Midwest Region selections, and five members of the team were named All-GLVC honorees.
In her first year as a Drury assistant, Miller helped the Lady Panthers to an NCAA-II Runner-Up finish, a 24-2 record, and the program’s fifth-straight Great Lakes Valley Conference championship. The team also produced the NCAA-II Player of the Year, Paige Robinson, who was also the GLVC Player of the Year. Drury had four players honored as all-conference selections, earned a GLVC Team Academic Award, and had seven student-athletes named to the GLVC All-Academic team.
While a Pittsburg State, the Gorillas recorded a 90-30 record in four seasons, reached the NCAA-II tournament twice, and in 2018, finished only behind national champion Central Missouri in the MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings.
Miller played her junior and senior season for the Lady Panthers after transferring from Wayne State (Neb.). She was part of two NCAA-II tournament teams at Drury, two Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division championships, and the 2015 GLVC title while the Lady Panthers went 52-9 during her two years on the squad. Miller ranked in the league's top 10 in assists and free throw percentage in both of her seasons in the GLVC, and she was on the national leaderboard in assist-to-turnover both years. Her 11 assists against Missouri S&T in 2016 is still tied for a program single-game record. Miller led the Northern Sun Athletic Conference in assists averaging 4.7 as a sophomore while leading Wayne State to a 28-5 record and the second round of the NCAA-II tournament.
One of southwest Missouri's top high school players of the last decade, Miller scored a program-record 2,392 career points at Purdy High School, was the Class 2 Player of the Year, and helped her team to a state championship in 2011.
She graduated from Drury with a degree in Business Administration in 2016, and she earned a Master's in Business Administration from Pittsburg State in 2018.
In the summer of 2022, she married Luke Miller and couple now reside in Springfield.
Jordan Mellott | Assistant Coach
Jordan Mellott will enter his second year as a Drury Lady Panthers assistant coach in 2021-22.
Mellott joins the program from Adams State University in Colorado, where he served as an assistant for two seasons. The Kansas native was the assistant girls’ coach at Har-Ber High School in Springdale, Arkansas, for the 2017-18 and left with head coach Jamie Green for the collegiate post at Adams State.
Before his move to Arkansas, Mellott was the head coach for a highly successful high school program in Leavenworth, Kansas. He led the Leavenworth High School girls’ program to a 64-11 record in three seasons, a Class 5 state championship in 2015, and a state semifinals appearance in all three of his years as head coach. Mellott was named the 2015 5A Coach of the Year by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and was selected to serve as the head coach of the Missouri-Kansas High School All-Star Game. During his three seasons as head coach, Leavenworth produced nine players that moved on to the collegiate level.
Mellott moved into the head coaching position at Leavenworth after serving two years as an assistant there. The program won the 2014 state title while he was an assistant and was in the Kansas state semis in both seasons.
“I am extremely excited to have coach Mellott join our Lady Panther family!” said Eagan. “I’ve gotten to know Jordan quite well and am excited to bring such a great person who has a lot of basketball experience to our staff. He is the perfect person to help our program pursue a national title. I look forward to working with him, learning from him, as well as helping him grow.”
Mellott graduated from Benedictine (Kan.) College in 2012 with a degree in Elementary Education and Special Education, and he earned a Master’s degree in Education, School & Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis in Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri in 2017.
He and his wife Sally have one son, Griffin, who turned two last May.
Taylor Birch | Graduate Assistant
Drury Lady Panthers head coach Amy Eagan announced that Taylor Birch will join her coaching staff as a graduate assistant coach in 2021-22. Birch recently graduated from Bethany (Kan.) with a degree in Health & Physical Education/Fitness with a minor in Coaching.
She was also a member of the women's basketball team at Bethany, and her collegiate playing career featured time a Southwest Baptist in 2019-20 and two seasons at Butler Community College. At Butler, Birch played in 64 games, started in 47, and helped her team to two conference championships, a regional title, and an appearance in the NJCAA Division I tournament.
"We are extremely excited to have Taylor join our Drury women's basketball family," said coach Eagan. "Taylor is a tireless worker with a passion to learn and teach. She will be an excellent addition to our program, and I look forward to working with her and developing her in the next couple of years!"
Birch is originally from Emporia, Kansas, and as a standout at Emporia High School, she was selected for the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game following her senior season in 2016.