Ryan Miller
Men's Basketball
Northern State University
A native of Mitchell, South Dakota, Ryan Miller attended Northern State University from 1994-98, during which he was a two-time All-NSIC and All-Academic selection. He led the teams to four straight conference championships and the 1998 NCAA North Central Region title. He was named a Division II All-American and an All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Academic selection as a senior in 1997-98. Miller earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Northern State in 2000.
In the 1998 North Central Region Championship, Miller scored 45 points, making nine 3-pointers, leading Northern State to an 88-82 victory over in-state rival South Dakota State to advance to the first Elite 8 in the history of NSIC Men’s Basketball.
Miller’s name is abundant in the NSU record book as he ranks tenth all-time in scoring with 1,802 points and is 17th in career rebounding with 573. He is fourth all-time in points scored and points per game in a season with 726 (22.7) in 1998. Miller also holds the NSU single-game record for free throw attempts with 28 during the 1997-98 season.
Miller attended Mitchell High School where he was a two-time all-state selection, leading the school to the 1994 state championship.
Miller was drafted into the CBA in 1999 and played professionally for the Fargo-Moorhead Beez of International Basketball Association that season. Miller has been an assistant coach at Pepperdine, Memphis, New Mexico, Auburn and UNLV before landing at his current position as assistant head coach at Texas Christian University. In his second season at TCU, Miller helped the Horned Frogs earn an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in 20 seasons. Over the course of his career, Miller has coached under some of the biggest names in college basketball in John Calipari, Steve Alford, Tony Barbee and Dave Rice. Even more impressive though is the number of student-athletes Miller has helped send to the NBA as an assistant coach, including J. R. Giddens, Darington Hobson, Rodney Carney, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Rashad Vaughn, Christian Wood, Cameron Bairstow and Tony Snell.
Miller and his wife, Marna, have two daughters.