Missy Bilderback was named as the fifth head coach in Southern Miss women’s basketball program history on March 23, 2025, after two seasons at Louisiana-Monroe and eight seasons as the head coach at Jones College.
When she accepted the job as Jones' head women's basketball coach in 2015, the Bobcats had never been to the NJCAA National Tournament, nor had they captured an NJCAA Region 23 Tournament Title.
In her second season on the job, Bilderback re-wrote the program's history books with a 30-2 finish, the program's first region title and the first-ever berth in the NJCAA Tournament. What followed was an unprecedented seven consecutive region titles, four NJCAA Sweet Sixteen's, two Elite Eights and the 2021-22 NJCAA Final Four.
Her prowess in Ellisville netted her a 198-33 overall record with a gaudy 110-11 mark in MACJC/MACCC play, 30 All-MACCC players, 12 All-American laurels and 44 players were able to earn spots on four-year rosters, including 40 on Division I squads.
Bilderback was Presbyterian Christian School’s first girl’s basketball coach in 1999. Over the next 16 years, Bilderback and the Bobcats grew together and reached heights once thought unreachable.
Bilderback compiled a 482-117 overall record with PCS, while leading the Bobcats to six MPSA/MAIS State Championships and two overall MAIS crowns in 2008 and 2014.
Bilderback played at Forrest County AHS and two seasons at Pearl River Community College where she earned the school’s Best Female Athlete award in 1998.
