Mike Cound

Mike Cound has been representing professional basketball players around the world since 1994. Over the past 30 years, he has negotiated over 1,500 WNBA contracts for players from 50+ U.S. universities and 18 countries, in addition to negotiating 4,000+ contracts for players in Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. ​Mike played basketball at Hendrix College, followed by mid-level leagues and tours in Brazil, Spain and Tunisia. After becoming the youngest high school head coach in Arkansas State history in 1988-1989, he continued coaching on professional club teams in North Africa. Mike received a Bachelor’s in Spanish from Hendrix College and his Masters Degree in Hispanic Studies from Auburn University in 1994. He was a Spanish professor at Auburn and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for 6 years before becoming a full-time sports agent in 1997. Having dedicated half his life to bringing old-school values to next-generation talent, while weathering the ups and downs of international women’s basketball, under Mike’s leadership, Cound Group Global is just getting warmed up.