Tom Miller (born November 7, 1948)

Teams coached: Cornell Big Red, Colorado Buffaloes, Army Cadets
Cornell record: 71-85 (.455)
Colorado record: 35-79 (.307)
Army record: 13-61 (.176)
Overall record: 119-225 (.346)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1990-1993	Army
1986-1990	Colorado
1980-1986	Cornell
1975-1980	Indiana (asst)

Tom Miller Facts

• Thomas E. Miller
• Born November 7, 1948
• Hometown: Westchester, Illinois
• Alma Mater: United States Military Academy (BA, 1970)
• Graduated from St. Joseph HS (IL) then enrolled in the US Military Academy at West Point, NY
  • Played basketball for Cadets under Hall of Fame head coach Bob Knight
• Got into coaching in 1975, joining Knight‘s staff at Indiana – he left Army in 1971 to take over the Hoosiers’ program
  • Miller was part of three NCAA Tournaments in five seasons at IU, including the 1976 NCAA Championship team
  • Helped recruit future HOF player Isiah Thomas to Bloomington; Thomas attended Miller’s alma mater St. Joseph HS
• Left in 1980 when he was hired to be the head coach at Cornell in the Ivy League
  • Taking over a program that hadn’t finished over .500 in over a decade prior to his arrival, Miller turned the Big Red around
  • Went 71-85 overall and finished his six-year tenure with three straight winning seasons
• Hired away from Cornell in 1986, taking over as the new head coach at Colorado
  • Did not have much success with the Buffs, going just 35-79 in four seasons
    • Nearly reached the NCAA Tournament in 1990, advancing to the Big Eight Tournament final as the 8-seed
  • Similar to his mentor Knight, Miller got in hot water for reported physical abuse of players during practice
    • The school threatened to fire him in 1988 if he did not change his tactics; Miller was fired in March 1990
  • Miller and many of his former players were recognized in Boulder in Feb 2017, an event set-up by current coach Tad Boyle
• Returned to West Point to coach the Cadets in 1990, his final collegiate head coaching role
  • Fired before the end of the 1992-93 season with a 13-61 overall record at Army
    • Again, outbursts and poor relationships with players were cited by the school in his dismissal

Tom Miller Coaching Tree

• Michael Connors (USciences, Army)
• Mike Dement (UNC Greensboro, SMU, Cornell)
• Jeff Jackson (Furman, New Hampshire)
• Randy Rahe (Weber State)