University of Arkansas at Little Rock Men's Basketball

Charles Baker is in his seventh season as a member of the Little Rock coaching staff, beginning his current role on June 1, 2018. Baker brings an extensive resume to Little Rock, coaching basketball at numerous levels. From 2015 to 2018, he has served as the head coach at Southwest Christian Academy in Little Rock, guiding the Lions to the National Association of Christian Athletes (NACA) championship in 2017 and a runner-up finish in 2018. Baker has also been the head coach of the EYBL Arkansas Wings during that span. Baker has coached at six Division I institutions during his career, including serving as the associate head coach at Campbell from 2009-13. During his time with the Camels, Baker helped guide Campbell to the 2009-10 Atlantic Sun championship while being named one of the top 11 Mid-Major Assistants in the country by Basketball Times in 2013. Prior to his time in Buies Creek, North Carolina, Baker spent two seasons as an assistant at Colorado (2007-09), following a one-year stint as an assistant at Louisiana Tech (2006-07). Baker spent six seasons as an assistant at Kansas State from 2000-06, preceded by his first stint as an assistant at Louisiana Tech from 1998-2000. Baker spent five seasons as the head coach of Shorter Junior College in North Little Rock, leading the Bulldogs to four-straight Arkansas State Junior College championships from 1995-98 after inheriting a team that was 1-29 in 1992-93. Shorter consistently ranked among the top-20 in the NJCAA ranks as he coached over 20 players that went on to play at the Division I level. Before his return to North Little Rock, Baker spent one year as an assistant at both Coppin State (1991-92) and Middle Tennessee (1990-91) after spending five seasons working with the Arkansas Wings Basketball program from 1985-90, the last of which serving as head coach. His time working with AAU programs has resulted in 12 Final Four national appearances and three national champions. A native of North Little Rock, Baker graduated from Ole Main High School in 1984, before earning a general undergraduate degree from Westark Junior College (now UA-Fort Smith) in 1986. He then went on to play at Eastern Kentucky and was a two-year letter-winner for the Colonels, earning his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1990.  

Tyler Milchman joined Little Rock Athletics in August of 2023 as the Director of Men’s Basketball Operations.   In his current role, Milchman assists with the day-to-day operations of the men’s basketball program. He is also responsible for the coordination of travel, analyzing film and data, handling team-issued merchandise, and monitoring the student-athletes' academic progress.   Prior to Little Rock, Milchman spent five years with the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team where he served as the head student-manager and graduate assistant. WVU made two NCAA tournament appearances during his time on the staff. He also assisted with the development of seven All-Big 12 conference players.   Milchman graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology in 2021, followed by master's degrees in Sport Management and Athletic Coaching in 2023.  

Lawrance Triplett is a second year Men's basketball graduate assistant coach under Coach Darrell Walker. This is his first time coaching college basketball after spending 4 and a half years playing internationally in Australia, Mexico, and Brazil. Triplett was the leading scorer of his league in Australia and one of the highest scorers by game in the entire country of Australia. He finished second in MVP voting and was selected as an All-Star. In Mexico he was a leading scorer in his region and a top 5 scorer in the Ciba-Pac league while also being voted an All-Star. Following Mexico, Triplett moved on to play in Brazil's NBB.   Triplett played 2 years at and graduated with his Bachelors in Business Administration Marketing from Clark Atlanta University under then head coach Darrell Walker. There he won a conference championship (2016-17), was awarded team MVP (2016-17), and given the Iron Panther award among all sports at CAU (2016-17).   Before arriving at Clark Atlanta Triplett received his associate degree from Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC). There in 2014-15 Triplett was named First Team All State by the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association (GABCA), Second Team All Conference by the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA), was awarded team MVP, and received the IMPACT award for Student Athlete of the year.