Eldon Miller
Eldon Miller (born June 19, 1939) is an American former college basketball coach. The Gnadenhutten, Ohio native has led four different programs in 36 years of coaching: at Wittenberg University (1962–70), Western Michigan University (1971–76), Ohio State University (1977–86) and the University of Northern Iowa (1987–98). His overall record is 568–419 and 5–6 in NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament games.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 19, 1939 Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1961 | Wittenberg |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1961–1962 | Wittenberg (assistant) |
| 1962–1970 | Wittenberg |
| 1970–1976 | Western Michigan |
| 1976–1986 | Ohio State |
| 1986–1998 | Northern Iowa |
| 2008–2020 | UNC Pembroke (vol. asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 568–419 |
| Tournaments | 5–6 (NCAA Division I) 4–3 (NCAA College Division) 5–0 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NIT (1986) 5 OAC regular season (1963–1965, 1967, 1969) MAC regular season (1976) Mid-Con tournament (1990) | |
| Awards | |
| OAC Coach of the Year (1969) MAC Coach of the Year (1976) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1983) Mid-Con Coach of the Year (1989) MVC Coach of the Year (1997) | |
From 2008 to 2020, Miller was an assistant coach for his son, Ben Miller, at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Miller was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. He was also inducted into Wittenberg's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1986. In 2015 he was inducted into the Western Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame.
In 1976, Miller was named the Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the year.