Southern Arkansas University Athletics

Sam Biley has been associated with SAU in some capacity since 1973 when he began his collegiate basketball playing days.
 
As a player, Biley was a four-year letter-winner and three-time All-AIC honoree, receiving first-team plaudits in his junior and senior seasons. Averaging double figures over his final three years, Biley currently ranks 19^th on SAU’s all-time scoring list with 1,146 career points. Over the course of his four year playing career, Biley helped lead the Muleriders to a 79-30 overall record and SAU did not finish lower than second in the AIC each year either.
 
When he was done playing basketball for the Muleriders, Biley quickly turned to the coaching side of the game and served as a graduate assistant and then began a 15-year tenure as an assistant men’s basketball coach under 2006 SAU Hall of Fame inductee, Monroe Ingram.
 
In his time as an assistant coach, Biley helped lead the Muleriders to 12 winning seasons and in 1989-90, SAU captured the AIC Championship.
 
In 1995-96, Biley took over the reins of the women’s basketball program and he would go on to be the head coach of the Lady Muleriders for 15 years as well.
 
Totaling 143 wins as a head coach, Biley was named as the GSC West Division Coach of the Year in 2003-04. That year, Biley doubled the previous year’s win total and posted a record for wins in the NCAA Division II era for the Lady Muleriders as they won 16 games. Additionally, the Lady Muleriders qualified for the GSC Tournament for the first time and it was the first of four-straight appearances.
 
The following year, Biley and the Lady Muleriders would set a new NCAA wins standard as they won 18 games. At that GSC Tournament, SAU won their quarterfinal game and advanced to the semi-finals. Biley and the Lady Muleriders would match that feat in 2006-07.
 
Over the course of his 30-year coaching career at SAU, Biley has been a part of over 370 wins.
 
Following his retirement from coaching after the 2009-10 season, Biley has remained a fixture around SAU. He is currently the assistant director of the Mulerider Activities Center (MAC) and also is integral in game day management for all of SAU’s home events as he serves as the host to the officials for each sport.