Bowling Green State University Athletics
Curt Miller Named Head Women's Basketball Coach
May 08, 2001 | Women's Basketball
May 8, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University has named Curt Miller as the seventh women's basketball coach in the school's history, Director of Athletics Paul Krebs announced today. Miller comes to BGSU from Colorado State University, where he has spent the past three years as associate head coach.
During the 2000-01 season, Miller was listed as one of the top 10 assistant coaches in the country in an article in the Women's Basketball Journal, as voted by his peers.
Miller, a native of Girard, Pa., has ties to Ohio and the Mid-American Conference as well. He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and spent a year as a graduate assistant, working with the women's basketball staff at Kent State University.
Miller has helped Colorado State to an overall record of 81-20 over the last three seasons. The Rams, guided by head coach Tom Collen, a 1977 BGSU graduate, finished with a 25-7 record in 2000-01. CSU won the Mountain West Conference Tournament and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The year prior, CSU qualified for the WNIT and advanced all the way to the final four of that tourney, losing to eventual champion Wisconsin. In 1998-99, Miller's first season in Fort Collins, CSU won the preseason WNIT title and the Western Athletic Conference championship. The Rams posted a 33-3 record, the best in school history, and advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" in the NCAA Tournament. That squad was ranked as high as fourth in the nation.
Miller's responsibilities at Colorado State included serving as defensive coordinator. He was in charge of all practice and game decisions regarding defensive strategies. Additionally, Miller was the recruiting coordinator and scouting coordinator, and his responsibilities also have included academic counseling, scheduling, player development and administrative coordination.
Prior to Colorado State, Miller spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Syracuse University (1994-98). The Orangewomen shared the Big East Conference championship during the 1995-96 season.
Miller was an assistant coach at Cleveland State University for three seasons, and was the youngest top assistant in the country upon his hiring in 1991. Prior to his stint with the Vikings, Miller served as a graduate assistant coach on Bob Lindsay's staff at Kent State University. The Golden Flashes finished 17-12 that season (1990-91), and KSU enjoyed the second-best turnaround in the nation, with a 12-game improvement over the previous year.
In Miller's 10 years as recruiting coordinator, Colorado State, Syracuse and Cleveland State combined to sign all-state players from 17 states, Canada and South America. That list includes a Gatorade Player of the Year from the states of Maryland, New York and Connecticut. Miller has been asked to serve on coaches' round table discussions regarding recruiting or coaching techniques at four Women's Basketball Coaches Association national conventions.
Miller has a plethora of camp experience, having served as camp director at each of his previous three schools. He has also instructed at Blue Star camps and at schools including Purdue and North Carolina.
Miller received his Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education and business administration from Baldwin-Wallace in 1990. He has taken courses toward his Master of Arts degree in sports administration at KSU.
THE MILLER FILE
AT COLORADO STATE
Associate Head Coach, Colorado State University
Year..........Record...Pct..Postseason 2000-01 25-7 .781 NCAA Second Round 1999-2000 23-10 .697 WNIT Semifinals 1998-99 33-3 .917 NCAA "Sweet 16" CSU Totals 81-20 .802
OTHER COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE
BGSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES
Name (Seasons).......................Years...W...L...Pct. Sue Hager (1973-74 to 1975-76) 3 38 13 .745 Nora Liu (1976-77 to 1977-78) 2 11 17 .393 Kathy Bole (1978-79 to 1983-84) 6 71 81 .467 Fran Voll (1984-85 to 1990-91) 7 144 60 .706 Jaci Clark (1991-92 to 1997-98) 7 135 65 .675 Dee Knoblauch (1998-99 to 2000-01) 3 35 49 .417
