Super Circuit Supervisor/Intramural Coordinator

Bio

Mike "Scoop" Harding enters his second season as an assistant coach at Garden City Community College. During the 2019-20 season, Harding also served as the Interim Head Coach of the Women's program, notching the team's biggest win of the season when the Broncbusters knocked off No. 21 Butler, 80-78. 

Harding is very familiar with the Jayhawk Conference, having played two years at Butler. He came to Garden City from Lawrence, where he spent five years as an assistant coach at Lawrence High School. There, he was part of a team that played in five straight 6A state tournaments. In 2015, the Lions finished as the runner-up to Wichita East. The following year, they went 24-2 and took third. 

Before Lawrence, Harding spent two years as the Junior Varsity Coach at Raytown High School in Raytown, MO. Prior to that, he was the Head Coach at Bishop-Seabury Academy in Lawrence, where he won 22 games in two seasons. He did all of that while working 10 years in the registrar's office at the University of Kansas. 

In high school, Harding was teammates with former No. 1 overall pick, Danny Manning at Lawrence High. After graduation, he played two years at Butler before moving on to Georgia Southern, where he played with another first-round draft pick, Jeff Sanders (Chicago Bulls) and former Detroit Pistons Head Coach, Michael Curry. 

While Harding is still new to the college coaching scene, he has plenty of experience on the big stage. In 2000, he guided a team consisting of former KU standouts Wayne Simien and Jeff Hawkins, to an AAU National Championship.