T. R. Miller High School

T. R. Miller High School
Location
Brewton, Alabama
United States
Information
Type Public school
Motto Our mission is to employ T. R. Miller's legacy of greatness to maintain a creative, yet structured, learning community from which students emerge as a generation of citizens committed to the pursuit of lifelong academic social and moral excellence.
School district Brewton City Schools
Principal Mr. Ron Snell
Faculty 28
Grades 9-12
Number of students ~360 [1]
Color(s) Red and White
Athletics Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Softball, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Swimming
Athletics conference Alabama High School Athletic Association
Mascot T. R. Miller Tiger
Website T. R. Miller High School

T. R. Miller High School is a public high school located in Brewton, Alabama educating students in grades 9-12. The school was named for local timber baron Thomas Richard Miller who financially contributed to the construction of the original school building. The school mascot is the T. R. Miller Tiger.

Campus

The current campus, located off Douglas Avenue in the northern section of town, was opened in 1962 after moving from the previous location, now the site of Brewton Elementary School, less than one mile south. The school consisted of three wings of classrooms, a lunch room, a gym, a choir room, an art room, and an office area. The school was expanded to include a fourth wing consisting of four science classrooms in 1994. More recent additions include an auditorium and band room (completed in 1998), a field house for the football program (completed in 2001), a new gym (completed in 2002), and a new football practice field, track, and concession stands (completed in 2011). In 2013, the lunchroom and two wings of classrooms were demolished. In 2014 a new wing consisting of sixteen classrooms and a lunchroom was completed. In 2014 construction also began on a second wing which would include more classrooms, a media center, and an office area. It was completed in 2015. The auditorium, band room, art room, choir room, two gyms, science wing, and field house were not torn down and are still in use. Renovations to the football stadium began in 2015 and included updates to the home bleachers, a new press box, and a new scoreboard. Renovations to the baseball field also began in 2015 and included new dugouts, new batting cages, a new scoreboard, and eventually new bleachers.

Clubs and activities

T. R. Miller's clubs and activities include:

Student Government Association - sponsored by Mrs. Tammy Jones

National Honor Society - sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Watson

T. R. Miller Yearbook (The Tiger Roar) - sponsored by Mrs. Heather Cook

Spanish Club - sponsored by Mr. Charles Gilchrist

Scholars' Bowl - sponsored by Mrs. Julia Clements

Math Team - sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Watson

EnviroBowl - sponsored by Mrs. Lisa Atkinson

Band - sponsored by band director Mr. Brandon Cornutt

Pep Club - sponsored by Mrs. Lisa Atkinson

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Cheerleading - sponsored by Mrs. Becky Edge

Athletics - athletic director is Coach Keith Etheredge

Competition teams

T. R. Miller's competition teams, such as the Marching Tiger Band, have been successful for many years. They have brought home hundreds of trophies and plaques. The Tiger Band had hosted the Dixieland Band Festival in years past, and in 2011 this annual tradition was brought back to life. Other teams like Scholars' Bowl, Math Team, and EnviroBowl have been successful. Envirobowl placed first in the regional tournament in 2016 and advanced to the state competition. The Scholars' Bowl team has won several tournaments. The math team had three of its members place in the top ten at the 2016 tournament, and seven in 2017. The Spanish Club attended its first competition in 2015.

Sports

T. R. Miller High School has had success in several athletic programs, especially since the mid-1980s. The men's basketball team brought home a mythical state championship in 1952, which is to date the only championship the boys basketball program has won. The athletic program most closely identified with the school is the football team. The Tigers currently have six football state championships (1969, 1984, 1991, 1994, 2000, and 2002.[2]) Most of the success had been under the helm of T. R. Miller graduate turned head coach Jamie Riggs. Under Riggs the Tigers won four state titles. The T. R. Miller football team was considered to be "the winningest football team of the 1990s" in the State of Alabama. In 2015, Riggs won his 300th coaching victory, becoming one of only four coaches in the state to achieve that milestone. On December 14, 2015 Riggs announced his retirement. On January 25, 2016 Riggs announced that he would put off his retirement until a suitable candidate for the position was found. On February 29, 2016 it was announced that Andrew Thomas of Trenton High School in Florida would take over as head football coach and athletic director effective April 1, 2016. Thomas resigned after a 5-5 season in 2017 which TRM failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1983. On Dec. 22, Keith Etheredge was hired as the new coach for the Tigers. Etheredge comes to TRM from Pell City where he coached two years. He is most known for his winning ways at Leeds High School, outside Birmingham. The Tiger track program has won numerous state championships over the last twenty years, most recently in 2009, 2010, and 2011,[3][4] and the Lady Tiger basketball team brought home state titles in 1995, 1996, 2002, and 2009.[5] T. R. Miller also has a successful baseball team under head coach Kevin Madden, softball team under head coach Chris Baker, volleyball and tennis teams under head coach Terri Lynne Peacock, golf team under head coach Marc Edge, and swim team under head coach Lisa Atkinson.

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. ↑ "Brewton City Schools Demographics". Brewton City Schools. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
  2. ↑ AHSAA. "AHSAA Football Past State Champions".
  3. ↑ AHSAA. "AHSAA Past State Boys Track Champions". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12.
  4. ↑ AHSAA. "AHSAA Past State Girls Track Champions". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12.
  5. ↑ AHSAA. "AHSAA Basketball Past State Champions". Archived from the original on 2012-11-25.

Coordinates: 31°08′18″N 87°04′15″W / 31.138275°N 87.070695°W / 31.138275; -87.070695

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