Curt Miller (2017) - Hall of Fame - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Curt Miller

Induction:
2017

Miller, a native of Girard, Pa. and the current coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, was the architect of the women's basketball program from 2001-12. He went 258-92 with a MAC record of 135-41 in his 11 seasons at the helm.

The Falcons won an unprecedented eight-straight MAC Divisional titles over his final eight seasons, with seven outright league regular-season crowns during that span. BGSU made national postseason appearances in each of those seasons, with five trips to the NCAA Tournament from 2005-07 and 2010-11. The Falcons participated in the WNIT in 2008, 2009 and 2012.

The 2007 team was perhaps the greatest in program history, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen as the No. 7 seed, defeating No. 10 seeded Oklahoma State and No. 2 seeded Vanderbilt.

Miller was named MAC Coach of the Year a league-record six times and earned Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 4 Coach of the Year accolades on four occasions. He left BGSU as the third-winningest coach in MAC women's basketball history in league games, ranking second in MAC annals in overall victories. Miller was the fastest coach in MAC history to record both 200 and 250 overall wins. His players earned six MAC Tournament MVP awards, four MAC Player of the Year honors and were named All-MAC 23 times.

In has 11 years as head coach, every student-athlete who played four years at BGSU under Miller graduated, won a MAC regular season title and played in an NCAA Tournament. His teams earned WBCA Academic Honor Roll (top 25 in the nation) accolades in each of his last five years, including fifth in the nation in 2008-09 and sixth in 2009-10.

Miller left BGSU to become the head coach at Indiana University, spent a year as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA and was named head coach of the Connecticut Sun in Dec. of 2015. He then added the role of general manager in Sept. of 2016 and was named the 2017 WNBA Coach of the Year.