Jay Miller (softball)

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Jay Miller
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Hofstra
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1981 Purdue
1982–1984 Missouri (Asst.)
1985–1987 Oklahoma City
1988–2002 Missouri
2003–2011 Mississippi State
2013–2015 Louisville (Asst.)
2016–2018 Rutgers (Asst.)
2018–present Hofstra
Head coaching record
Overall1,004–668 (.600)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Jay Miller is the former head coach of the Hofstra Pride softball team which represents Hofstra University in the Colonial Athletic Association. [1] He was previously head coach of the softball teams at Purdue, Oklahoma City, Missouri, and Mississippi State.

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Coaching career

Miller began coaching at Purdue after finishing his master's degree there. He then spent 3 seasons as an assistant coach at Missouri, helping lead the Tigers to two appearances in the Women's College World Series. [2] Miller then moved on to Oklahoma City University, where he led the Stars to two appearances in the NAIA Women's College World Series, including a runner-up finish in 1986. [3] Miller was also the pitching coach for the Netherlands Antilles team at the 1987 Pan American Games. [3]

Miller returned to Missouri in 1988, where he spent fifteen seasons as the head coach, leading the Tigers to 2 conference championships, 5 NCAA Tournament appearances, and two Women's College World Series appearances. However, Miller was fired in 2002 after 3 straight losing seasons. Miller was then hired as head coach of Mississippi State, where he led the Bulldogs to 6 NCAA Tournament appearances in nine seasons, despite never having a winning conference record. Miller was fired after the 2011 season, his second straight losing season. [4]

While at Mississippi State, Miller was also the head coach of the U.S. national team. [5] He joined the staff at Louisville Cardinals softball in the fall of 2012., [6] officially becoming pitching coach before the 2015 season. [7]

In June 2018, Miller was named the head coach of the Hofstra Pride after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Rutgers. [8] Miller was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008. [9]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Purdue Boilermakers ()(1980–1981)
1980Purdue 13–10
1981Purdue 16–11
Purdue:29–21 (.580)
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Midwestern City Conference)(1985)
1985 Oklahoma City 28–32
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Sooner Athletic Conference)(1986–1987)
1986Oklahoma City 50–26 NAIA WCWS
1987Oklahoma City 46–27 NAIA WCWS
Oklahoma City:124–85 (.593)
Missouri Tigers (Big 8 Conference)(1988–1995)
1988 Missouri 44–184th
1989 Missouri 35–223rd
1990 Missouri 30–144th
1991 Missouri 39–141st NCAA WCWS
1992 Missouri 41–144th
1993 Missouri 31–183rd
1994 Missouri 40–23 NCAA WCWS
1995 Missouri 47–193rd NCAA Regional
Missouri Tigers (Big 12 Conference)(1996–2002)
1996 Missouri 31–2211–103rd
1997 Missouri 47–1615–31st NCAA Regional
1998 Missouri 36–205–139th
1999 Missouri 41–2110–53rd NCAA Regional
2000 Missouri 34–276–138th
2001 Missouri 31–285–118th
2002 Missouri 29–334–149th
Missouri:556–309 (.643)
Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference)(2003–2011)
2003 Mississippi State 34–3013–168th NCAA Regional
2004 Mississippi State 39–2614–157th NCAA Regional
2005 Mississippi State 35–3112–1810th NCAA Regional
2006 Mississippi State 33–287–2210th
2007 Mississippi State 35–2714–145th NCAA Regional
2008 Mississippi State 41–2213–147th NCAA Regional
2009 Mississippi State 28–288–199th NCAA Regional
2010 Mississippi State 26–297–2010th
2011 Mississippi State 24–3210–198th
Mississippi State:295–253 (.538)40–60 (.400)
Hofstra Pride (Colonial Athletic Association)(2019–Present)
2019 Hofstra 20-277-13T-7th
Hofstra:20–27 (.426)7–13 (.350)
Total:1004–668 (.600)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

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  2. ↑ "Jay Miller (Missouri bio)". MUTigers.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  3. 1 2 "Jay Miller bio (Mississippi State)". HailState.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  4. ↑ Locke, Brad (2011-05-18). "Softball Coach Miller Fired by MSU". DJournal.com. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Jay Miller named USA Softball Women's National team head coach". TeamUSA.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  6. ↑ "Jay Miller Joins Softball Coaching Staff". GoCards.com. 2012-09-13. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  7. ↑ "Miller Named Assistant Softball Coach". GoCards.com. 2014-07-24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  8. ↑ "Hofstra Hires Jay Miller as Head Coach". justinsworldofsoftball.com. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  9. ↑ "nfca hall of fame | awards". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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