Mike Miller (basketball, born 1964)

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Mike Miller
Washington Wizards
PositionAssistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1964-08-14) August 14, 1964 (age 59)
Monmouth, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High school Monmouth (Monmouth, Illinois)
College
Coaching career1989–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1990 Western Illinois (assistant)
1990–1991 Sam Houston State (assistant)
1991–1994 Southwest Texas State (assistant)
1994–2000Southwest Texas State
2000–2005 Kansas State (assistant)
2005–2012 Eastern Illinois
2012–2013 UC Riverside (assistant)
2013–2015 Austin Toros/Spurs (assistant)
2015–2019 Westchester Knicks
2019 New York Knicks (assistant)
2019–2020 New York Knicks (interim HC)
2020–2021 Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2021–present Washington Wizards (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Michael E. Miller (born August 14, 1964) is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Early life

Miller was born on August 14, 1964, in Monmouth, Illinois, [1] [2] and graduated from Monmouth High School where he was a standout basketball player where the Monmouth "Zippers" finished second in the 1982 state championship game. He played college basketball at Burlington Junior College (now Southeastern Community College) in Burlington, Iowa and East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University–Commerce). [3] At East Texas State, he was a member of the team that won the Lone Star Conference championship in 1984. He graduated from East Texas State in 1987. [1]

Coaching career

Early coaching career (1987–1994)

Miller began his coaching career as an assistant coach Cistercian Prep School in Irving, Texas in 1987. He was an assistant football and baseball coach, and the head coach of the JV basketball team his first year. The next year, he was head coach of the varsity basketball team, and left the following year to join the college ranks as an assistant at Western Illinois University, where he coached from 1989–90. The following season, Miller was an assistant coach at Sam Houston State. [4]

From 1991 to 1994, Miller was an assistant coach at Southwest Texas State (now Texas State) under Jim Wooldridge, where he helped Southwest Texas State achieve an NCAA tournament appearance and school record 25 wins in the 1993–94 season. [4]

Southwest Texas State (1994–2000)

At age 29, Miller was promoted as head coach at Southwest Texas State in 1994 and was the second youngest NCAA Division I head coach that year. [4] As head coach, Miller led Southwest Texas State to the Southland Conference regular season and conference tournament titles and an NCAA tournament appearance in 1996–97, for which he won Coach of the Year honors from the Southland. [4] [5] Southwest Texas State finished second in the Southland standings in 1997–98 and won another regular season title in 1998–99. [4] Miller also coached center/power forward Jeff Foster, who would be a 1999 NBA first-round draft selection and play his entire 13-season career with the Indiana Pacers. [4] In six seasons as head coach at Southwest Texas State, Miller had an 87–79 record. [5]

Later college coaching career (2000–2013)

In 2000, Miller reunited with Wooldridge, this time as associate head coach at Kansas State, where he would remain for five seasons. [4] [6]

Miller had his second head coaching job at Eastern Illinois from 2005 to 2012, during which he went 75–130. His only winning season there was in 2009–10 when Eastern Illinois went 19–12. [5] Following a 12–17 season, Eastern Illinois decided on February 27, 2012 not to renew Miller's contract that was to expire April 30. [7] [8]

In 2012–13, Miller was an assistant at UC Riverside, for his third assistant coaching job under Wooldridge. [9]

Professional coaching career (2013–present)

In October 2013, Miller was named an assistant coach at the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League (now G League). [10]

On October 7, 2015, the D-League's Westchester Knicks hired him to be their head coach. [11] While with the Knicks, Miller won the NBA G League Coach of the Year for the 2017–18 season. [12] After four seasons in Westchester, during which he went 108–92, [13] Miller was promoted to the New York Knicks as an assistant coach. [14]

Miller was named the Knicks' interim head coach on December 6, 2019. [15] [16]

He joined the Oklahoma City Thunder as an assistant coach for the 2020–21 season, [17] later joining the Washington Wizards in the same role the following season. [18]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Southland Conference)(1994–2000)
1994–95 Southwest Texas State 12–147–11T–7th
1995–96 Southwest Texas State 11–157–11T–7th
1996–97 Southwest Texas State 16–1310–6T–1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
1997–98 Southwest Texas State 17–1110–6T–2nd
1998–99 Southwest Texas State 19–913–51st
1999–2000 Southwest Texas State 12–178–10T–6th
Southwest Texas State:87–79 (.524)55–49 (.529)
Eastern Illinois Panthers (Ohio Valley Conference)(2005–2012)
2005–06 Eastern Illinois 6–215–159th
2006–07 Eastern Illinois 10–206–145th
2007–08 Eastern Illinois 7–226–149th
2008–09 Eastern Illinois 12–188–107th
2009–10 Eastern Illinois 19–1211–7T–3rd
2010–11 Eastern Illinois 9–204–149th
2011–12 Eastern Illinois 12–175–1110th
Eastern Illinois:75–130 (.366)45–85 (.346)
Total:162–209 (.437)

      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

NBA D-League/G League

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Westchester 2015–16 502822.5602nd in Atlantic202.000Lost quarterfinals
Westchester 2016–17 501931.380T–3rd in Atlantic––––Missed playoffs
Westchester 2017–18 503218.6401st in Atlantic101.000Lost semifinals
Westchester 2018–19 502921.580T–2nd in Atlantic211.500Lost semifinals
Career20010892.540 514.200 

NBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
New York 2019–20 441727.3865th in Atlantic ————Missed playoffs
Career441727.386 –––– 

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  9. ↑ "Men's Basketball Hires Mike Miller As Assistant Coach". University of California-Riverside Athletics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Toros Add Mike Miller to Coaching Staff
  11. ↑ Westchester Knicks Hire Mike Miller as Head Coach
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