Brad Miley

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Brad Miley
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Miley with Indiana State c. 1977
Personal information
Born (1958-05-15) May 15, 1958 (age 65)
Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Rushville (Rushville, Indiana)
College Indiana State (1976–1980)
NBA draft 1980 / Undrafted
Playing career1980–1983
Position Forward
Number40
Career history
As player:
1980–1981 Valur
1982 Geelong Cats
1982–1983 Keflavík
As coach:
1982–1984 Keflavík
Career highlights and awards

Brad Miley (born May 15, 1958) is an American former basketball player and coach. After graduating from Indiana State in 1980, he played professionally in Australia and Iceland, winning the Icelandic Cup in 1981. In 2016, Miley was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

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High school

Miley played his senior season for Rushville Consolidated High School in Rushville, Indiana under head coach Larry Angle, where Miley was a member of Rushville's 26–2 1976 state runner-up squad. He remains the school's single-season rebounding leader with 394 rebounds in 28 games (14.1 rpg). Miley set a state finals record 29 rebounds in the Lions' come-from-behind semi-final game against East Chicago Washington. [1] He followed it up in the state championship game with 16 rebounds in the loss to Marion. [2]

College career

Miley played college basketball for Indiana State from 1976 to 1980 where he became known for his defense. [3]

Miley started all 34 games during the 1978–79 season as Indiana State finished 33-1 and the runner-up to the NCAA championship, losing to 75-64 to Michigan State with Magic Johnson and Greg Kelser in the NCAA Final. [1] Miley averaged 5.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, shooting 62% from the field, playing alongside Larry Bird, Carl Nicks and Bob Heaton under coach Bill Hodges. [1] [4]

In 120 career games at Indiana State, Miley averaged 4.6 points 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists, shooting 53% from the floor. [4]

Professional career

In October 1980, Miley signed with reigning Úrvalsdeild karla champions Valur. [5] [6] [7] In his debut, he scored 14 points in Valur's overtime victory against ÍS. [8] For the season, Miley averaged a team high 19.7 points in 17 games [9] but Valur failed to repeat as champions. In the Icelandic Cup, Valur fared better, beating national champions Njarðvík in the Cup final where Miley scored 13 points. [10]

Miley spent the 1982 NBL season with the Geelong Cats where he averaged 7.6 points and 10.1 rebounds in 28 games. The Cats finished with the second best record in the league and lost to the West Adelaide Bearcats in the NBL finals. [11]

He returned to the Úrvalsdeild in November 1982 when he signed as player-coach with newly promoted Keflavík, replacing Tim Higgins. [12] [13] His first game for Keflavík was against Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur where his matchup against former teammate Pétur Guðmundsson was highly anticipated. [14] In the game, Miley scored 10 points in Keflavík's 73-67 victory. [15] For the season, Miley averaged 15.8 in 14 games, helping Keflavík finish as the runner-up to the national championship. After 19 games, Keflavík and Valur were tied at the top with a 14–5 record. Incidentally, they faced each other in the last game of the season. [16] In the game, Keflavík lost 88-87 after a controversial three second violation was called on Miley with few seconds left in the game. [17] [18] After the season he finished as the runner-up to Tim Dwyer for the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year award. [19]

He returned to Keflavík for the 1983–1984 season, [20] this time only as the head coach as foreign players had been barred from playing in the Icelandic leagues during the summer. [21] Without Miley playing, Keflavík was unable to reproduce its previous season's success and ended last in the league and were relegated to 1. deild karla. [22]

Honors

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  2. ↑ Dick Denny (2006). Glory days Indiana : legends of Indiana high school basketball . Sports Pub. pp.  67–70. ISBN   978-1-59670-062-8 . Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Larry Keith (2 April 1979). "They caged the bird". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Brad Miley College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "Brad Miley til Valsara". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 31 October 1980. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Brad Miley er mættur til leiks..." Vísir (in Icelandic). 6 November 1980. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Hittnin í leiknum var alveg frábær". Vísir (in Icelandic). 7 November 1980. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Heildartölfræði einstaklinga á einu tímabili - Meðaltöl". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation . Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Pétur Var eins og vindmylla í vörn Valsmanna". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 6 March 1981. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "National Basketball League (NBL) Match Centre - SportsTG". sportstg.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Brad Miley kemur til ÍBK". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 November 1982. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Var allt í einu orðinn stærstur í skólanum". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 30 March 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Pétur leikur gegn Keflavík í kvöld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 November 1982. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "Miley byrjaði betur en Pétur og ÍBK vann". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 23 November 1982. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "Úrslitaleikurinn!". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 19 March 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Valsmenn Íslandsmeistarar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 March 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  18. ↑ "Sönnuðum það að við erum bestir". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 22 March 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  19. ↑ "Pétur kosinn maður mótsins". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 March 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  20. ↑ "Miley þjálfar Keflvíkinga". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 May 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  21. ↑ Gunnar Valgeirsson (29 September 1987). "Íslenskur körfuknattleikur hefur fengið góða kynningu með frammistöðu Péturs Guðmundssonar í NBA-deildinni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Við kveðjum með reisn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 12 March 1984. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  23. 1 2 "1978-79 Men's Basketball Team (2000) - Hall of Fame".
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