Atlantic 10 Basketball: Top 10 head coaches of the century (2000-20)

By Joey Loose | Jul 18, 2020

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 12: A general view of the Barclay Center prior to the start of the 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament - Second Round on March 12, 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. Tournament games will be played without fans amid growing concerns of the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MARCH 17: Head coach Archie Miller of the Dayton Flyers (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

2. Archie Miller – Dayton (2011-2017)

When Miller took over at Dayton in 2011, it was seen as a great hire. Miller had gained valuable experience all over the country, under Thad Matta, Herb Sendek, and even brother Sean at Arizona. The Flyers were one of the better mid-major teams in the country but had made just one NCAA Tournament in the last seven seasons. Under Miller’s tutelage, the program was greatly elevated.

After two decent seasons to start, Miller’s Flyers teams really ignited. In his final four seasons, Dayton made the NCAA Tournament and won at least 24 games, winning the Atlantic 10 regular-season titles in both 2016 and 2017. Even more impressively, his 2014 squad made the Elite Eight as an 11-seed. He won two-thirds of his Atlantic 10 games while head coach and the Flyers made four straight Tournaments for the first time in school history.

Miller parlayed this success into the tough Indiana job in 2017, though he still has a lot of work on the horizon. His first few seasons with Dayton were slow too, but the uphill climb with the Hoosiers is far greater than with the Flyers. That being said, it’s hard not to laud what he was able to accomplish with this program, transforming them into one of the consistent powers as a result of conference realignment.

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