Archie Miller (basketball)
Archie Miller, born Ryan Joseph Miller on October 30, 1978, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, is an American college basketball coach and the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams in the Atlantic 10. He played point guard at North Carolina State from 1998 to 2002, finishing with strong free-throw and three-point shooting marks.
He began his coaching career as an assistant at several programs: Western Kentucky (2003–04), NC State (2004–06), Arizona State (2006–07), Ohio State (2007–09), and Arizona (2009–11). He later became the head coach at Dayton (2011–2017), then Indiana (2017–2021). In 2022, he took the job at Rhode Island. His given name is Ryan, but he is widely known as Archie, a nickname that stuck from an early age.
As Dayton’s coach, Miller led the Flyers to the Elite Eight in 2014 and won two Atlantic 10 regular-season titles (2016, 2017). He was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 2017. His Indiana tenure produced a 67–56 record but no NCAA Tournament appearances, and he was fired in 2021. He then joined Rhode Island in 2022.
Miller’s teams are known for a strong defense and a fast, transition-oriented offense. He uses a pack-line defense and an up-tempo transition attack that can adapt to different lineups, aiming to push the pace and create scoring opportunities off rebounds and turnovers.
Off the court, Miller comes from a basketball family. His father, John Miller, was a longtime coach, and his brother, Sean Miller, is the head coach at Texas. Archie is married to Morgan Cruse, and they have a daughter named Leah.
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