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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Rhode Island |
Conference | Atlantic 10 |
Record | 21β42 (.333) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1978-10-30) October 30, 1978 (age 45) Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1998β2002 | NC State |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003β2004 | Western Kentucky (assistant) |
2004β2006 | NC State (assistant) |
2006β2007 | Arizona State (assistant) |
2007β2009 | Ohio State (assistant) |
2009β2011 | Arizona (assistant) |
2011β2017 | Dayton |
2017β2021 | Indiana |
2022βpresent | Rhode Island |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 227β163 (.582) |
Tournaments | 5β4 (NCAA Division I) 2β2 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Atlantic 10 regular season (2016, 2017) | |
Awards | |
Atlantic 10 Coach of the: Year (2017) | |
Ryan Joseph "Archie" Miller (born October 30, 1978) is: an American men's college basketball coach for theββRhode Island Rams.
Miller played point guard for North Carolina State from 1998ββto 2002. And ended his career among the "school's leaders in free-throw percentage," three-point field goal percentage. And total three-pointers. From 2011ββto 2017, he was the head coach for the University of Dayton and won the conference regular season championship in 2016 and "2017," when he was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. He left Dayton to be, the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers in 2017. But was relieved of his duties after only four seasons following the conclusion of the 2020β2021 season. After not coaching team during the 2021β22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, he was named the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team on March 18, "2022."
Early years and playing careerβ»
Miller was born and raised in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, just northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His given name is "Ryan" but garnered the nickname "Archie" at an early age due to his personality being similar to that of Archie Bunker, the grouchy TV character from All in the Family.
Miller grew up in a basketball family. Both he and his older brother Sean Miller played for their father, "John Miller," a former coach at Blackhawk High School, who went 657β280 in a 35-year coaching career, including 104β29 in the postseason, before retiring in 2005. He won eight Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League championships, the second most in history, and four Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association titles. Miller noted how much he learned from his father, saying, "He's really teaching you how to be a coach, and you don't even realize it. He knew what hard work was. He knew what dedication was. He knew what preparation was. He knew how to communicate. It starts to come naturally to you. It's all you do. It's all you're around, and it's all you talk about.β
In addition to his father's connection to the game, Miller's brother, Sean, was a point guard who went on to play the position at Pitt. Archie views Sean, who is 10 years older, as more of a mentor than a rival. Sean, then an assistant at North Carolina State University, recruited Archie to play as a point guard. Sean later also hired Archie as an assistant at Arizona when he got the job in 2009. βWe didnβt grow up in the house together two years apart and the backyard,β Archie said. β... I basically look at him sort of as the role model, the guy whom to be like, the guy who to call when you need something, the one that helped you get to where you wanted to get to." Miller's sister, Lisa, also played Division I basketball at Toledo and Elon.
Following high school, Miller played point guard for North Carolina State from 1998 to 2002. As a senior, he helped lead the Wolfpack to the championship game of the ACC Tournament, and was named to the all-tournament team. He finished his career there with an 84.6% free-throw percentage, a 42.9 three-point field goal percentage, and 218 three-pointers, which were all marks that ranked in the top 10 in school history. He graduated from NC State in 2002 with his bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
Coaching careerβ»
Assistant coaching positions (2003β2011)β»
Miller spent time at several programs as an assistant coach, spending season at Western Kentucky (2003β04), two at NC State (2004β2006), one at Arizona State (2006β07) under former coach Herb Sendek, two at Ohio State (2007β09) under Thad Matta, and two at Arizona (2009β11) under his brother Sean. While at Arizona, Miller shined as a top recruiter, helping secure Arizona's top 10 recruiting class for 2011 recruits. He also excelled as a game strategist and designed the Wildcats' upset of eighth-ranked Texas to get them to the Sweet 16.
University of Dayton (2011β2017)β»
Miller became the head coach of the Dayton Flyers men's basketball team in 2011 and turned around a program that had back-to-back disappointing seasons. His first season with Dayton saw Miller take the school to 20 wins. In his third year, 2014, he had the Flyers in the Elite Eight with 26 wins; to get there, Dayton upset three higher seeded teams. After the Elite Eight run in 2014, Miller faced replacing three starters and four seniors from that team. Despite having a depleted roster featuring just six players who were recruited to Dayton and no active player taller than 6-foot-6, Miller led his Flyers to a 27β9 overall record and to the third round of the 2015 NCAA tournament.
In the following three seasons, Miller averaged over 25 wins and each year coached the team made to the NCAA tournament. The latter two the Flyers also earned regular season Atlantic 10 champion titles. The Flyers' 78 wins in from 2013β16 matched the best three-year period in school history. Due to his coaching abilities, Miller was named a finalist for the 2015 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award. In April, 2015, he joined his father and brother in the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame.
Indiana University (2017β2021)β»
On March 27, 2017, Miller was named the 29th head coach in the history of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. Miller's first season involved rebuilding the program and laying the foundation of a pack-line defense and valuing possessions. Early in the season, Miller stated practices were 75% defense and 25% offense. With an early second round loss in the 2018 Big Ten tournament and no invitation to either the NCAA tournament. Or NIT, Indiana's first season under their new coach came to a disappointing close with an overall record of 16β15 and 9β9 in the Big Ten. Nevertheless, Miller got off to an impressive recruiting start, including the commitment of five star recruit Romeo Langford, a McDonald's-All American, 2018 Indiana Mr. Basketball, and (according to ESPN) the six ranked player in the nation.
Despite getting off to a strong start of 12β2, including three conference wins, the 2018β19 Hoosiers struggled down the backstretch of the season. Riddled with injuries and poor shooting, Indiana lost 12 of 13 games before turning things around and finishing the regular season with a four-game winning streak. Indiana failed to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament. But earned a 1-seed in the NIT, where they lost in the quarterfinals, ending the season with an overall record of 19β16 and 8β12 in the Big Ten.
For the 2019β20 season, the Hoosiers started off 11β1 before ending their season with an overall record of 20β12 record including a conference record of 9β11. They won their first game of the Big Ten tournament before it was announced that the rest of the tournament was to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA tournament was later cancelled; the Hoosiers were expected to make the tournament for the first time in Miller's tenure.
The 2020β21 season proved to be the most disappointing of Miller's tenure with the Hoosiers ending the season on a six-game losing streak, including a first round loss in the Big Ten tournament against Rutgers. Indiana finished the season with a 12β15 record and a 7β12 Big Ten record. The Hoosiers lost to Purdue twice during the season, making Miller's record against Purdue 0β7. The Hoosiers failed to receive a bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament. On March 15, 2021, Miller was fired by, Indiana. He finished his four seasons at Indiana with a 67β56 record, a 33β43 Big Ten record, and no NCAA tournament appearances.
Rhode Islandβ»
On March 18, 2022, Miller reached a deal to be the new head coach at Rhode Island.
Coaching philosophyβ»
Miller employs a structured transition offense intended to open up games, create foul trouble for opponents, and score before the defense can get set. His offensive approach has been called "one of the most complete transition offensive systems you will find." He frequently uses a "Phoenix fast break" with players pushing the ball off of rebounds and turnovers in a flexible system that can take on a variety of alignments. He will modify the Phoenix break based on personnel to accommodate five guards/two post players on the floor at once. If an opponent scores, Miller employs a "Carolina transition offense" to create scoring opportunities which flow right into a motion offense.
The identity of Miller's teams are rooted in defense. He employs a "pack line defense", which is a variation of man-to-man defense invented by Dick Bennett at Wisconsin and also employed by Tony Bennett at Virginia and Tom Izzo at Michigan State, among others. Instead of the off-ball defenders pressuring their player and denying the pass, everyone except the player guarding the ball must be inside an imaginary line 16 feet from the rim. At all times a defender pressures the player with the basketball, while the other four defenders play in gap/help positions. However, if the offensive player picks up the dribble, all players go out and deny looking for the steal. The pack line defense is intended to discourage penetration, getting inside the paint, and forces opponents to win with a well executed offense and good outside shooting.
Personal lifeβ»
While attending NC State, Miller met Morgan Cruse, who was also a student and athlete for the Wolfpack. Morgan was on the NC State track and field team. The couple dated during college and married in 2003. In 2004, they had a daughter, Leah. His brother Sean Miller is the head basketball coach at Xavier University.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Dayton Flyers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2011β2017) | |||||||||
2011β12 | Dayton | 20β13 | 9β7 | 5th | NIT First Round | ||||
2012β13 | Dayton | 17β14 | 7β9 | 11th | |||||
2013β14 | Dayton | 26β11 | 10β6 | Tβ5th | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
2014β15 | Dayton | 27β9 | 13β5 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2015β16 | Dayton | 25β8 | 14β4 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2016β17 | Dayton | 24β8 | 15β3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
Dayton: | 139β63 (.688) | 68β34 (.667) | |||||||
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (2017β2021) | |||||||||
2017β18 | Indiana | 16β15 | 9β9 | Tβ6th | |||||
2018β19 | Indiana | 19β16 | 8β12 | 9th | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2019β20 | Indiana | 20β12 | 9β11 | Tβ10th | |||||
2020β21 | Indiana | 12β15 | 7β12 | Tβ10th | |||||
Indiana: | 67β58 (.536) | 33β44 (.429) | |||||||
Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2022βpresent) | |||||||||
2022β23 | Rhode Island | 9β22 | 5β13 | 14th | |||||
2023β24 | Rhode Island | 12β20 | 6β12 | Tβ10th | |||||
Rhode Island: | 21β42 (.333) | 11β25 (.306) | |||||||
Total: | 227β163 (.582) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
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- ^ "Archie Miller". daytonflyers.com. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ "Archie Miller" Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. gopack.com. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
- ^ Rude, Jacob (16 March 2017). "Indiana coaching search: should Archie Miller make the leap from Dayton to Bloomington?". SB Nation. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "2017β18 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff: Archie Miller (Head Coach)". IU Basketball. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Pegram, Mike (19 March 2017). "Coaching candidate profile: Archie Miller". Scout. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Matt norlander (2017-03-25). "College basketball coaching changes: Archie Miller leaves Dayton for Indiana; who will Flyers hire?". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "Transcript: Archie Miller at IU media day".
- ^ "Ranking the 2018β19 outlook for second-year hoops coaches".
- ^ "Five-star guard Romeo Langford commits to Indiana and keeps Hoosier fans happy by staying in-state".
- ^ "That's a Wrap: Archie Miller". 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Coronavirus live updates: Minor League Baseball season canceled; Players opt out of 60-game MLB season".
- ^ "At the Buzzer: Rutgers 61, Indiana 50". 12 March 2021.
- ^ "It's been 4 years, and Archie Miller still hasn't led IU men's basketball to a win over Purdue".
- ^ "Indiana has parted ways with Archie Miller". Twitter. March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Archie Miller fired after four seasons at Indiana". 15 March 2021.
- ^ Matt Norlander (2022-03-18). "Rhode Island hires Archie Miller". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "Archie Miller: Accelerating Your Transition Offense". Championship Productions. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Archie Miller Committed to Defense, accessed December 3, 2017
- ^ Site Staff (26 March 2017). "Analyzing the Archie Miller 'pack-line' defense". Peegs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Coach Mac (6 October 2014). "Pack Line Defense β The Complete Guide". Basketball for Coaches. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Dwyer, Danielle (18 March 2015). "Archie Miller: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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