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.