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Malone Graham

Malone Graham

  • Title
    Assistant Coach / Director of Basketball Operations
  • Email
    mxg23g@acu.edu
Malone Graham enters her third season on the Abilene Christian women's basketball staff in 2025-26 as the program's director of operations and an assistant coach. She was promoted to her current role prior to the 2024-25 season after joining the wildcats in 2023-24 as a graduate assistant.

ACU experienced its deepest postseason run in the program’s 12-year Division I history in 2024-25. The Wildcats reached the Super 16 round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament for the first time ever, building a 22-13 record with a 9-7 mark in Western Athletic Conference play. ACU accrued its most victories, highest overall winning percentage and highest conference winning percentage since 2020.

Four-year veteran Bella Earle led the charge on the All-WAC First Team and WAC All-Defensive Team, while sophomore Meredith Mayes was an All-WAC Second Team selection. The Wildcats made a living on the defensive side of the ball, forcing the 14th-most turnovers in the nation at 21.5 per game and ranked 30th with 10.5 steals per game.

In Graham's first year with the program, ACU built a 14-16 record with a 10-10 mark in the WAC. Freshman guard Payton Hull burst onto the scene as the WAC Freshman of the Year and was named to the All-WAC Second Team alongside Earle after leading the league with 79 three-pointers and a 35.3% clip from long range. The Peaster, Texas product’s 57 three-point makes in conference play were tied for the second-most in WAC history.

Prior to joining the Wildcats' staff, Graham served as a student assistant for two years for Texas Tech's women's basketball program. There, she assisted in practice management, drill assistance, statting, on-campus recruiting, facility upkeep, clock operation, event setup and management and other various tasks. Graham also served as a producer for Ramar Communications and a sports director for KTXT 88.1 FM - The Raider.

Graham graduated from Texas Tech in 2023 with a Bachelor's degree in journalism and minors in creative media industries and public relations and strategic communication management.