Mike Miller (basketball coach)

Mike Miller
Westchester Knicks
Position Head coach
League NBA G League
Personal information
Nationality American
Career information
High school Monmouth (Monmouth, Illinois)
College East Texas State (1983–1986)
Coaching career 1989–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1990 Western Illinois (asst.)
1990–1991 Sam Houston State (asst.)
1991–1994 Texas State (asst.)
1994–2000 Texas State
2000–2005 Kansas State (asst.)
2005–2012 Eastern Illinois
2012–2013 UC Riverside (asst.)
2013–2015 Austin Toros/Spurs (asst.)
2015–present Westchester Knicks
Career highlights and awards

Mike Miller (born c. 1964) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League.

Early life

Mike Miller graduated from Monmouth High School in Monmouth, Illinois. After graduating, he went on to play basketball at Texas A&M University–Commerce, then known as East Texas State University, where he was a part of the team that won the 1984 Lone Star Conference championship. He graduated from East Texas State in 1987.

Coaching career

In 2012–13, Miller was an assistant at UC Riverside.[1] In 2012, he was dismissed as head coach of Eastern Illinois.[2] He was previously the head coach at Texas State University–San Marcos, and was an assistant at Kansas State[3] from 2000 to 2005.

In October 2013, Miller was named an assistant coach at the Austin Toros.[4]

On October 7, 2015, the Westchester Knicks hired him to be their head coach.[5] While with the Knicks, Miller won the NBA G League Coach of the Year for the 2017–18 season.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Basketball Hires Mike Miller As Assistant Coach". University of California-Riverside Athletics.
  2. ↑ Mike Miller out as Eastern Illinois Panthers coach - ESPN Chicago
  3. ↑ Nielsen, Brian (2005-04-12). "Miller named EIU basketball coach: Kansas State assistant makes good impression and now takes over program". Journal Gazette and Times-Courier. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  4. ↑ Toros Add Mike Miller to Coaching Staff
  5. ↑ Westchester Knicks Hire Mike Miller as Head Coach
  6. ↑ "Westchester's Mike Miller Named 2017-18 NBA G League Coach of the Year". OurSportsCentral.com. April 2, 2018.
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