Eldon Miller

This article is about the basketball coach. For the racing driver, see Chase Miller.

Eldon Miller (born June 19, 1939) is a former college men's basketball coach. The Gnadenhutten, Ohio^[1] native has led four different programs in 36 years of coaching: Wittenberg University (1962–70), Western Michigan University (1971–76), Ohio State University (1977–86) and the University of Northern Iowa (1987–98).^[1] His overall record is 568–419 and 5–6 in NCAA Tournament games.

Miller is now the assistant coach for his son, Ben Miller, at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in Pembroke, NC.^[2]

Miller was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.^[1] He was also inducted into Wittenberg's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1986.^[1]

References

Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball head coaches

William H. Spaulding (1913–1922) Buck Read (1922–1949) William Perigo (1949–1952) Joe Hoy (1952–1958) Don Boven (1958–1966) Sonny Means (1966–1970) Eldon Miller (1970–1976) Dick Shilts (1976–1979) Les Wothke (1979–1982) Vernon Payne (1982–1989) Bob Donewald (1989–2000) Robert McCullum (2000–2003) Steve Hawkins (2003– )

Unknown (1898–1901)
No team (1901–1902)
D. C. Huddleson (1902–1904)
Unknown (1904–1908)
Tom Kibler (1908–1910)
Unknown (1910–1911)
Lynn St. John (1911–1919)
George Trautman (1919–1922)
Harold Olsen (1922–1946)
Tippy Dye (1946–1950)
Floyd Stahl (1950–1958)
Fred Taylor (1958–1976)
Eldon Miller (1976–1986)
Gary Williams (1986–1989)
Randy Ayers (1989–1997)
Jim O'Brien (1997–2004)
Thad Matta (2004– )

Unknown (1900–1902)
Jones (1902–1903)
Charles Pell (1903–1906)
Roy F. Seymour (1906–1909)
Clayton Simmons (1909–1910)
Unknown (1910–1911)
H. F. Pasini (1911–1913)
Allen Berkstresser (1913–1917)
No coach (1917–1918)
Russell Glaesner (1918–1919)
Ivan Doseff (1919–1921)
L. L. Mendenhall (1921–1924)
Arthur D. Dickinson (1924–1932)
Melvin Fritzel (1932–1933)
Arthur D. Dickinson (1933–1937)
Hon Nordly (1937–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Hon Nordly (1945–1954)
Stanley Hall (1954–1956)
James Witham (1956–1961)
Norm Stewart (1961–1967)
Zeke Hogeland (1967–1973)
James Berry (1973–1986)
Eldon Miller (1986–1998)
Sam Weaver (1998–2001)
Greg McDermott (2001–2006)
Ben Jacobson (2006– )

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

*Selection later vacated

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