Education
Mills attended the Friends Academy in Locust Valley, and where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He played Princeton basketball under the tutelage of legendary coach Pete Carril.
Mills attended the Friends Academy in Locust Valley, and where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He played Princeton basketball under the tutelage of legendary coach Pete Carril.
Mills played professional basketball in Ecuador for a year. He worked for the National Basketball Association for sixteen years beginning in 1984 after having worked at Chemical Bank. Mills ascension while at the National Basketball Association was notable.
He was an account executive in the corporate sponsorship department of National Basketball Association properties and program manager for National Basketball Association properties.
He became vice-president of special events, after which he was senior vice-president of Basketball and Player Development, Mills then became Chief operating officer and Sports Business President of Madison Square Garden in 2003. His duties at MSG included supervising day-to-day operations, including finances, business strategies of the NBAs New York Knicks, National Hockey League"s New York Rangers and the Women's National Basketball Association"s New York Liberty.
All sports related activities were under his jurisdiction, including boxing, college basketball and track & field In 2009, Mills left MSG and joined Magic Johnson Enterprises where he helped create the Athletes & Entertainers Wealth Management Group, Limited Liability Company (A&East). of which he was a partner.
On September 26, 2013, the New York Knicks announced Mills would be the executive vice president and general manager of the organization.
Mills was on the Board of Trustees of United States of America Basketball and the Board of Trustees of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He currently is on the Board of Advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery, Board of Directors of Harlem Junior Tennis and Board of Directors Princeton University Varsity Club. He also Company-Chairs the Princeton University Connect Initiative Task Force.
Mills was born on October 6, 1959 in Roosevelt, New New York
His father was a teacher and basketball coach, his mother a social worker He grew up a Knicks fan and lived around the corner from National Basketball Association legend Julius Erving.
Mills was on the Board of Trustees of United States of America Basketball and the Board of Trustees of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He currently is on the Board of Advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery, Board of Directors of Harlem Junior Tennis and Board of Directors Princeton University Varsity Club. He also Company-Chairs the Princeton University Connect Initiative Task Force.