John Miller (basketball)

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John Miller
Sport(s)	Basketball
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1937–1942 1942–1947	Murray State (Freshmen) Murray State
Head coaching record
Overall	63-50

John Miller is an American basketball coach who served as the head coach of the Murray State Teachers College men's basketball team from 1942-1947.

A former player at Murray College, Miller spent five seasons as the school's freshman coach before becoming head coach in 1942.^[1] In his first season as head coach, Miller coached the Thoroughbreds, led by future Basketball Hall of Famer Joe Fulks, to a 4th place finish in the 1943 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. This would be the school's only postseason appearance under Miller. He reisgned three games into the 1947-48 season and was replaced by the school's first basketball coach Carlisle Cutchin.^[2]

References

↑ "Trailing World Sport Events". The Southeast Missourian. December 16, 1942. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
↑ http://racerhistory.com/

Murray State Racers men's basketball head coaches

Carlisle Cutchin (1925–1941)
Rice Mountjoy (1941–1942)
John Miller (1942–1947)
Carlisle Cutchin # (1947–1948)
Harlan Hodges (1948–1954)
Rex Alexander (1954–1958)
Cal Luther (1958–1974)
Fred Overton (1974–1978)
Ron Greene (1978–1985)
Steve Newton (1985–1991)
Scott Edgar (1991–1995)
Mark Gottfried (1995–1998)
Tevester Anderson (1998–2003)
Mick Cronin (2003–2006)
Billy Kennedy (2006–2011)
Steve Prohm (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Miller, John
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player and coach
Date of birth
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Date of death
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