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American basketball coach (born )

This article is about the American basketball coach. For other people with a similar name, see Sean Miller (disambiguation).

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Position	Head coach
League	Big East Conference
Born	() November 17, (age&#;56) Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6&#;ft 1&#;in (&#;m)
Listed weight	&#;lb (84&#;kg)
High school	Blackhawk (Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania)
College	Pittsburgh (–)
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	–present
–	Wisconsin (GA)
–	Miami (OH) (assistant)
–	Pittsburgh (assistant)
–	NC State (assistant)
–	Xavier (assistant)
–	Xavier
–	Arizona
–present	Xavier
As player: As coach:

Sean Edward Miller (born November 17, ) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach of the Xavier Musketeers.

He previously held that position from to , after which he took the head coach position at the Arizona Wildcats, which he held until being fired in

Miller is a three-time gold medalist as a member of USA Basketball: once as a player, once as an assistant coach, and once as head coach. Miller has won five league Coach of the Year Awards: once in the A10, three in the Pac, and once as USA Basketball Coach of the Year.^[1]

Playing career

Early years

Miller was born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.^[2] The son of John Miller, a Pennsylvania high school basketball coach, Miller was a point guard under his father at Blackhawk High School in Chippewa Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

He had developed considerable ballhandling skills before that time^[3] and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson when he was fourteen years old. His ball handling skills were such that he was featured in the movie The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, starring basketball star Julius Erving.^[4] In his junior year, he led Blackhawk to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) title.

In his senior year, he averaged 27 points and 11 assists per game and helped lead his Blackhawk Cougars to the WPIAL championship game. After graduation, he chose to play basketball for Pittsburgh.^[2]

University of Pittsburgh

Miller played at Pitt from to Despite being a true freshman, he was the starting point guard.

Some of his more famous teammates at the time include Charles Smith and Jerome Lane. Many of his teammates recall his knowledge of the game and his leadership qualities. His knowledge of the game allowed him to compete at this level, although he did not have the speed or athleticism of his peers. Jason Matthews, the shooting guard next to Miller, recalls he was the leader of the team, even as a freshman, and that the upperclassmen welcomed him as a leader.

Because of his knowledge and leadership abilities, none of his teammates were surprised once he became a top coach in NCAA men's basketball. Miller's collegiate statistics are: games played, 1, points, points per game, assists, assists per game, rebounds, rebounds per game, and steals. ^[5]

Sean was on the all-Rookie team for the Big East and also won the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.

College coach sean miller biography Retrieved December 22, Xavier advanced to the Sweet 16, the 9th in program history, eventually losing to Texas. In the Sweet match-up, Arizona found itself pitted against top-seeded Duke , the first time since the title game that the two schools had met. The Lottery selections include the first overall pick in Deandre Ayton , the second overall pick in Derrick Williams and the fourth overall pick in Aaron Gordon.

As of the season, he was the No. 21 all-time scorer for Pitt, the 2nd best three-point shooter for Pitt in a career (%), still holds the Pitt top spot for career free throw&#;% (%) and had the fourth most BIG EAST career assists ever. Furthermore, he ranked 10th among career Division I free throw shooters at

Coaching career

Early years

After graduating from Pitt with a degree in communications in , Miller took a graduate assistant position at Wisconsin.

He then spent two seasons (–95) at Miami (Ohio) under Herb Sendek, during which the team made two postseason appearances.^[6] He then returned to his alma mater of Pittsburgh for a season as an assistant under Ralph Willard.

In , Miller rejoined Sendek at North Carolina State. In Miller's five years in Raleigh, the Wolfpack made four postseason appearances, including a run into the NIT semifinals.

Miller's next move was a return to southwestern Ohio in This time, he would join Thad Matta's staff at Xavier as the first associate head coach in the school's history.^[2] The Musketeers won 26 games in each of Miller's three seasons under Matta, making the NCAA tournament each season. The season was especially notable.

First, the Musketeers won the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament despite having to play four games to do so. Xavier then made a deep run in the subsequent NCAA tournament, finishing with the school's first-ever appearance in the Elite Eight.^[2]

Xavier

Taking over as head coach at Xavier after Matta moved on to Ohio State, Miller took the Musketeers to four NCAA tournaments.

Miller won three A regular season championships and one A conference tournament championship. In the NCAA tournament, the 3rd seeded Musketeers were eliminated in the Elite Eight by #1 seed UCLA after beating Georgia, Purdue and West Virginia. In , Xavier was eliminated in the Sweet 16 by another #1 seed, Pittsburgh.

Arizona

After the tournament, Miller was announced to be a possible candidate for the vacant head coaching position at Arizona, which had spent two years under interim head coaches in the wake of the illness and retirement of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson.

He initially turned the job down before changing his mind and accepting the job on April 6, , despite having never visited the Arizona campus.^[7] He was succeeded at Xavier by former assistant Chris Mack. Within three months of joining the program, Miller had already assembled a recruiting class ranked #12 in the nation by ^[8] Miller led Arizona to a 16–15 record (10–8 in the Pacific Conference) in his debut season, and the Wildcats missed postseason play for the first time in 25 years.

In the season, Miller guided Arizona back to college basketball relevance. He led Arizona to its first top 10 ranking in the AP poll since January 8, , and led the Wildcats to their first outright Pac Regular Season Title (its 12th overall), 4th 30+ win season (1st overall), 2nd Elite Eight appearance (9th overall) and its highest coaches poll finish (9th) since the – season.

Miller compiled a recruiting class that included 4 ESPNU top recruits (#4 by ), which was widely regarded as a top ten recruiting class. In addition, Miller led the Wildcats to their first unbeaten home record (17–0) in 14 years and was named Pac Coach of the Year. This was the first time an Arizona coach received this honor since Lute Olson did in The 17 consecutive home win streak tied for the second most in school history^[9] and is part of a game home streak beginning in the – season.

Miller's recruiting has improved. From not being ranked in the top recruiting classes by ESPN in ,^[10] Miller would add to the season's success by guiding the Cats to their first Elite Eight appearance since the – Season as a 5-seed. In the second round, Arizona secured a 2-point victory over 12th seeded Memphis (coached by former Wildcat (and member of the national title team) Josh Pastner) with a blocked shot in the final seconds by Derrick Williams.

Arizona would follow with another close game—a controversial one-point win against 4-seed Texas. In the Sweet match-up, Arizona found itself pitted against top-seeded Duke, the first time since the title game that the two schools had met. Duke would extend an early lead, but 25 points from Derrick Williams kept the Cats in the game and down by 6 points at the half.

In the second half, Williams' teammates picked up the slack, dominating the Blue Devils by scoring 55 second-half points and routing the defending champs 93– Arizona's run at the Final Four would fall 2 points short, losing to 3-seed (and eventual national champion) Connecticut 65–

For –12's third season, Arizona's recruiting class was ranked 7th, notably signing Nick Johnson and Josiah Turner.

Arizona secured three players in the top nine of the ESPNU , with all four newly signed players in the top This cemented Arizona as the No. 1 signing class nationally, surpassing Kentucky who held the No. 1 spot and ^[11][12][13] The Wildcats missed the postseason for the second time, reached to the NIT Tournament before falling to Bucknell to finish the season 23–12 overall, 12–6 in Pac

In his fourth season, Miller guided the Wildcats to their second top-5 ranking in the AP poll (the first coming in weeks 7–10 of the – season^[14]).

Arizona reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament before falling to Ohio State and finished the season with an overall record of 27–8 and 12–6 in Pac

On December 9, , in Miller's fifth season as head coach of the Wildcats, Arizona became the #1 ranked team in the country for the 6th time in school history following a 9–0 start with wins over traditional national powerhouses Duke and UNLV.

The Wildcats followed this up by securing a key come-from-behind victory on the road at Michigan on December 14 and led the Wildcats to their second outright Pac regular season title (its 13th overall, 26th regular season overall).

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Arizona also secured its second unbeaten home record (18–0) and Coach Miller was again named the Pac/12 coach of the year. The Wildcats completed their fifth ever 30+ win season (2nd overall). In the NCAA tournament, Arizona made its second Elite Eight appearance (9th overall) of the Miller era, but fell to Wisconsin in overtime to finish the season with an overall record of 33–5, including 15–3 in Pac

After Gonzaga's home loss to BYU on February 28, , Arizona claimed the longest active home winning streak in D-I men's college basketball.

Arizona defeated #13 Utah in Salt Lake City the same day, winning its share of the Pac regular season title. After three losses to Pac arch-rival Arizona State, Oregon State, and UNLV, Arizona won their third outright Pac regular season championship title under Miller's leadership (Arizona's 14th Pac regular season title, and 27th conference title overall).

The Wildcats completed their sixth ever 30+ win season (3rd under Miller) and won their first Pac Tournament title (5th overall) since In the NCAA tournament, the Wildcats would fall to Wisconsin for the second consecutive year in the Elite Eight, 85–78, finishing the season with a 34–4 record overall, 16–2 in Pac

During the – he signed an extension through the season as the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats.^[15] Miller has the 4th best conference winning percentage of any coach with at least conference wins percentage() only behind John Wooden, Lute Olson & Jim Harrick.

He is tied for 20th in career conference victories at On March 6, Miller won his 3rd Pac Coach of the Year honor, second most in school history. Miller's Wildcats finished the Pac regular season with a record of 27–4 plus a 16–2 in conference play which was good enough for co-champions 15th in school history & 2 seed in the Pac tournament.

They went on to defeat 7 seed Colorado, 3 seed Ucla & overall 1 seed Oregon for the Pac Conference Championship, its 6th in school history and second under Miller. During the NCAA Selection process Miller and the Wildcats received a 2 seed in the West Region. They defeated 15 seed North Dakota –62 to reach the round of 32, 7 seed Saint Mary's 69–60 to reach the schools 19th sweet 16 where they lost to 11 seed Xavier in the West regional Semi-Final in San Jose, 71–

Miller has the most wins and best winning percentage in a 4-year span currently at wins, while only losing 22 games for a winning percentage.

Miller is currently the winningest coach in the Pac, with a % winning percentage and an average of more than 27 wins a season at the end of his 8th season at Arizona.^[16] Miller served as head coach for four of the seven seasons in Arizona history in which the team has won 30 or more games. His tenure at Arizona includes three undefeated home seasons and the second longest home winning streak (49 games) in McKale Center history.^[17] Arizona is one of three Power 5 schools to win more than 25 games each season each of the last five seasons, joined by Duke and Kansas.

Miller has helped to improve the University of Arizona's facilities, overseeing an $80 million renovation to the McKale Center,^[18] and the opening of the Cole and Jeannie Davis Strength and Conditioning Center at the Richard Jefferson Gymnasium—partly financed by a sizable donation from the Miller family.^[19]

He was the subject of an investigation related to the NCAA basketball corruption scandal regarding offers to illegally pay athletes for attending his school, including recruit and future #1 NBA draft pick Deandre Ayton.^[20] On February 24, , Miller would not be allowed to coach the upcoming game against Oregon, with coaching instead going to Lorenzo Romar that game.^[21] On March 1, Miller denied any allegations against him and was reinstated as Arizona's head coach.^[22]

Miller began his 10th season as the Arizona head coach during the – season.

After a victory against UTEP, Miller recorded his th win for Arizona (th win overall), in only games, which is the 5th fastest of any coach at any Division 1 program all-time.^[23] Arizona ended the season 17−15, missing the NCAA tournament for only the 3rd time in the previous 34 seasons.

Miller would enter his 11th season at Arizona with yet another top 5 recruiting class & preseason ranked #21 in the AP poll.

After defeating Wake Forest to win the Wooden Legacy, Arizona began the season 9−0. With a win over USC on February 6, Miller would win his th game in only games, which was 22nd fastest.^[24]

After 12 seasons as head coach, Miller was fired by Arizona on April 7, ^[25] On December 14, the IARP ruled in the –18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal Arizona & Miller were forced to vacate all regular-season, conference and NCAA Tournament wins in which Alkins competed during and –18, plus the two exhibition games in Spain in August that Pinder played in.

It reduced Arizona's record from 32–5 to 0–5 in and from 27–8 to 9–8 in –18, when former guard Rawle Alkins played in 18 games. Miller would vacate 50 wins in his coaching record wherever he coaches collegiately.^{[26][27][28][29]}

Xavier (2nd stint)

Miller was hired by Xavier on March 19, , after having last coached at the school in ^[30] In his first season back at Xavier (–23) Miller lead the Musketeers to a record which included a 2nd place finish in the BIG EAST regular season and being the Runner-Up at the BIG EAST Tournament.

Xavier advanced to the Sweet 16, the 9th in program history, eventually losing to Texas.

Postseason Success

Miller’s teams he has been a part of at XU and Arizona since have appeared in 15 NCAA Tournaments. In 12 of those 15 years, the team advanced beyond the NCAA Tournament’s First Round, with four trips culminating in the Sweet 16 and five others in the Elite Eight.

As a head coach, Miller’s teams have made it to 12 NCAA Tournaments since In nine of those 12 years, the team advanced beyond the NCAA Tournament’s First Round, with four trips culminating in the Sweet 16 and four others in the Elite Eight.^[31]

Players in the NBA

Over the last 18 seasons as a head coach, Miller has seen 26 players that he has signed and/or coached move on to play professionally in the NBA, including Quincy Olivari and Colby Jones, a NBA Draft second round selection (34th overall selection).

Of these 26, 12 were selected in the First Round of the NBA Draft, including six NBA Lottery picks. The Lottery selections include the first overall pick in (Deandre Ayton), the second overall pick in (Derrick Williams) and the fourth overall pick in (Aaron Gordon). active players in the NBA (10): Aaron Gordon (Denver Nuggets), Bennedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers), Christian Koloko (Toronto Raptors), Dalen Terry (Chicago Bulls), Deandre Ayton (Portland Trail Blazers), Josh Green (Dallas Mavericks), Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz), T.J.

McConnell (Indiana Pacers), Zeke Nnaji (Denver Nuggets) and Colby Jones (Sacramento Kings). Gordon and Nnaji won the NBA World Championship with the Nuggets.^[31]

International Recruiting

During his 12 seasons at Arizona, Miller signed a total of 13 international players.

This group included six that would go on play in the NBA - highlighted by the first pick in the NBA Draft, Deandre Ayton (Bahamas), NBA All-Star and the NBA Most Improved Player Award winner Lauri Markkanen (Finland) and Bennedict Mathurin (Canada). Nine of Miller's international signees would be named All-Conference including Pac Conference Player of the Year Bennedict Mathurin (Canada) and Pac Conference Player of the Year Deandre Ayton (Bahamas).^[31]

USA Basketball

Miller served as the head coach of the USA men's Under junior national team, which competed at the FIBA Under World Championship.

The USA team ended up with a perfect 7–0 record and a gold medal.

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As a result of this performance, Miller was named the co-national coach of the year by USA basketball.^[32][33] He was replaced in by close friend John Calipari as the head coach, ending his 2-year run.^[34]

Personal life

Miller and his wife, Amy, have three sons (Austin, Cameron and Braden).^[35] His brother, Archie Miller, is the men's basketball head coach at Rhode Island.

Head coaching record

* The NCAA vacated 32 wins from the –17 season, and 18 wins from the –18 season as a result of the –18 NCAA men's basketball corruption scandal. The players involved in the scandal played in every game in the –17 & 23 games in the –18 season, resulting in a 9–8 record.^[36][37][38]

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