Tim Miles
Tim Miles (born August 20, 1966)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: San José State Spartans
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
Mayville State record^: 35–22 (.614)
Southwest Minnesota State record^: 78–39 (.667)
North Dakota State record^: 99-71 (.582)
Colorado State record: 71-88 (.447)
Nebraska record: 116-114 (.504)
San José State record: 38-60 (.388)
Overall record^: 437-394 (.526)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2012, 2014)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (2011, 2018, 2019)
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2010, 2023)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 0
- NSIC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2001)
- NDCAC (NAIA) Regular Season Champion: 2 (1996, 1997)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 0
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2001)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1996, 1997)
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2014)
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: 1 (2014)
- NSIC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2001)
- NDCAC (NAIA) Coach of the Year: 1 (1996)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | San José State |
| 2012-2019 | Nebraska |
| 2007-2012 | Colorado State |
| 2001-2007 | North Dakota State |
| 1997-2001 | Southwest Minnesota State |
| 1995-1997 | Mayville State |
| 1989-1995 | Northern State (asst) |
Tim Miles Facts
- Timothy Sean Miles
- Born August 20, 1966
- Hometown: Doland, South Dakota
- Alma Mater: University of Mary (BS, 1989) / Northern State University (MA, 1990)
- Played for the Division II Mary Marauders (ND) and then started his coaching career in 1989 at D-II Northern State (SD), spending six seasons as an assistant under Bob Olson
- Inducted into the University of Mary Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007
- First head coaching job was at NAIA Mayville State (ND), where he went 35-22 in two seasons and went to the NAIA Tournament both seasons
- Spent four years coaching at D-II Southwest Minnesota State, winning 78 games and going to the NCAA D-II Tournament in 2001
- Took over the North Dakota State program in 2001, then members of the D-II North Central Conference
- The program became a D-I Independent in 2004 while Miles was still at the helm; won 20 games in their third season at D-I and last before joining the Summit League
- Coached the Colorado State Rams for five seasons, earning CBI, NIT and NCAA berths in his final three seasons respectively
- Hired to be the head coach at Nebraska in 2012 and quickly turned around a Cornhuskers team that was new to the Big Ten
- Led the Huskers to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and the NIT in 2018 and 2019
- Fired in March 2019 after going 116-114 over seven seasons in Lincoln
- In April 2021, Miles was introduced as the new head coach at San José State, marking a return to the Mountain West
- In his second year, Miles led the Spartans to a 21-14 season and was named Mountain West COY
Tim Miles Coaching Tree
- Flynn Clayman (Southern Utah)
- Aaron Fearne (Charlotte, Cairns Taipans)
- Ben Johnson (Minnesota)
- Michael Lewis (Ball State)
- Niko Medved (Colorado State, Drake, Furman)
- Saul Phillips (Ohio, North Dakota State)
- David Richman (North Dakota State)
- Craig Smith (Utah, Utah State, South Dakota)
^ Overall record includes seasons at the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA levels; NDSU was Division II until the 2004-05 season
