NCAA Basketball: Retrospective look at 2011 offseason coaching hires

By Joey Loose | Jun 19, 2021

COLLEGE PARK, MD - JANUARY 11: (L to R) Head coachs Mark Turgeon of the Maryland Terrapins and Archie Miller of the Indiana Hoosiers shake hands before a college basketball game at the XFinity Center on January 11, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

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NCAA Basketball Archie Miller Dayton Flyers (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

4. Archie Miller (Dayton)

Over time, Dayton has put together some fantastic teams over the years, being one of the more consistent programs in the A-10. They haven’t exactly been a national power on a regular basis, but the steady play of the program earned better coaching jobs for their last few coaches, seeing most recent coach Brian Gregory move on to Georgia Tech.

The Flyers turned next towards Archie Miller, a young assistant coach with plenty to prove. He played under Herb Sendek at NC State, serving on his coaching staffs there and at Arizona State. He also spent time on the staffs of his brother Sean at Arizona and Thad Matta at Ohio State. Dayton would represent his first foray into head coaching, though he certainly picked up valuable coaching experience along his journey.

His six years in Dayton were very successful for the program. After two dull seasons to begin, he led the Flyers to four straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history. He won a pair of A-10 regular-season titles and led his 11-seeded Flyers to the Elite Eight in 2014. Miller put this Dayton program in great position for the future before bailing for Indiana; though that didn’t quite go as planned for him.

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