Wes Miller
Wes Miller (born January 28, 1983)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Cincinnati Bearcats
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
UNC Greensboro record: 185-135 (.578)
Cincinnati record: 63-43 (.594)
Overall record: 248-178 (.582)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2018, 2021)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (2017, 2019, 2023, 2024)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Big 12 Regular Season Champion: 0
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 4 (2012, 2017, 2018, 2021)
- Big 12 Tournament Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 2 (2018, 2021)
Awards:
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 2 (2012, 2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Cincinnati |
| 2011-2021 | UNC Greensboro |
| 2010-2011 | UNC Greensboro (asst) |
| 2009-2010 | High Point (asst) |
| 2008-2009 | Elon (asst) |
Wes Miller Facts
- Warren Weston Miller
- Born January 28, 1983
- Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: University of North Carolina (BS, 2007)
- The Greensboro-native started his playing career at James Madison (playing one season under Sherman Dillard), then transferred to North Carolina to spend three seasons as walk-on for Roy Williams
- Earned a spot on the team after a redshirt season; played on the 2005 NCAA National Championship team
- Wrote a book in 2007 called The Road to Blue Heaven, which chronicled his life as a walk-on who eventually earned a spot in the rotation
- Spent one season each as an assistant at Elon (under Ernie Nestor), High Point (under Scott Cherry) and UNC Greensboro (under Mike Dement)
- Dement resigned ten games into the 2011-12 season and Miller was tabbed to be the interim head coach for the rest of that season; the Spartans won a share of the SoCon title
- Took over as full-time head coach in March 2012, becoming one of the youngest head coaches in Division I at just 29 years old
- After several transition years, had the Spartans in the 2016 CBI then the 2017 NIT; the 2016-17 team won 25 games and were SoCon champs
- The Spartans won the SoCon Tournament in 2018 and 2021, making their third and fourth trips to the NCAA Tournament in program history
- In ten seasons at the helm, Miller was 185-135 overall with four SoCon titles and five postseason appearances (two NCAA)
- In April 2021, Cincinnati announced the hiring of Miller as the Bearcats’ next head coach
- 63-43 through three seasons, winning 23 games in 2022-23 and reaching the NIT quarterfinals; UC moved to the Big 12 in 2023
Wes Miller Coaching Tree
- Corey Gipson (Northwestern State)
- Tevon Saddler (Nicholls)
- Duane Simpkins (American)
