Introduction
Eldon Miller (born June 19, 1939) is an American 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.
Miller is now 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 Coach Miller was named the Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the year.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Wittenberg Tigers (Ohio Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1962–63 | Wittenberg | 26–2 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA College Division Runner-up | ||||
| 1963–64 | Wittenberg | 18–5 | 13–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1964–65 | Wittenberg | 17–5 | 12–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1965–66 | Wittenberg | 12–11 | 7–7 | 8th | |||||
| 1966–67 | Wittenberg | 17–7 | 12–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1967–68 | Wittenberg | 13–13 | 8–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1968–69 | Wittenberg | 19–6 | 11–2 | T–1st | NCAA College Division Regional Fourth Place | ||||
| 1969–70 | Wittenberg | 20–6 | 11–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Wittenberg: | 142–55 | 88–20 | |||||||
| Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) | |||||||||
| 1970–71 | Western Michigan | 14–10 | 5–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1971–72 | Western Michigan | 10–14 | 5–5 | 4th | |||||
| 1972–73 | Western Michigan | 8–18 | 2–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1973–74 | Western Michigan | 13–13 | 5–7 | 6th | |||||
| 1974–75 | Western Michigan | 16–10 | 8–6 | 5th | |||||
| 1975–76 | Western Michigan | 25–3 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| Western Michigan: | 86–68 | 40–34 | |||||||
| Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Conference) | |||||||||
| 1976–77 | Ohio State | 11–16 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 1977–78 | Ohio State | 16–11 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 1978–79 | Ohio State | 19–12 | 12–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1979–80 | Ohio State | 21–8 | 12–6 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1980–81 | Ohio State | 14–13 | 9–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Ohio State | 21–10 | 12–6 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 48 | ||||
| 1982–83 | Ohio State | 20–10 | 11–7 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1983–84 | Ohio State | 15–14 | 8–10 | T–5th | |||||
| 1984–85 | Ohio State | 20–10 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 1985–86 | Ohio State | 19–14 | 8–10 | 7th | NIT Champion | ||||
| Ohio State: | 176–118 | 98–82 | |||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers (Association of Mid-Continent Universities / Mid-Continent Conference) | |||||||||
| 1986–87 | Northern Iowa | 13–15 | 7–7 | ||||||
| 1987–88 | Northern Iowa | 10–18 | 4–10 | ||||||
| 1988–89 | Northern Iowa | 19–9 | 8–4 | ||||||
| 1989–90 | Northern Iowa | 23–9 | 6–6 | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | |||||
| 1990–91 | Northern Iowa | 13–19 | 8–8 | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers (Missouri Valley Conference) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | Northern Iowa | 10–18 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
| 1992–93 | Northern Iowa | 12–15 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1993–94 | Northern Iowa | 16–13 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1994–95 | Northern Iowa | 8–20 | 4–14 | T–9th | |||||
| 1995–96 | Northern Iowa | 14–13 | 8–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 1996–97 | Northern Iowa | 16–12 | 11–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Northern Iowa | 10–17 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
| Northern Iowa: | 164–178 | 84–110 | |||||||
| Total: | 568–419 | ||||||||
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