Among his players at Maryland were Gary Williams and Joe Harrington. Williams in his autobiography “"Sweet Redemption"” wrote, “I played for a first-rate coach in Bud Millikan, but after that, nothing was first-rate in the Maryland basketball program…You couldn’t play for Bud Millikan unless you were willing to play hard on the defensive end of the court. In practice, we would practice two and half hours of defense and spend about ten minutes on offense.” According to the "Daytona Beach Morning Journal", Millikan was "praised for his coaching ability but criticized as a recruiter of talent."