Biographical details | |
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Born | April 9, 1892 |
Died | March 31, 1987 Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. | (aged 94)
Alma mater | Cincinnati (1977, Ed.D.) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
c. 1920 | Ironton HS (OH) |
1922 | Wittenberg (assistant) |
1923–1924 | Defiance |
1925 | Alfred |
1926 | Kentucky Wesleyan (line) |
1927 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
1929–1930 | Ohio Northern |
1932 | Western Kentucky State Teachers |
Basketball | |
1923–1925 | Defiance |
1927–1928 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
Baseball | |
1923 | Wittenberg |
1924–1925 | Defiance |
1930–1931 | Ohio Northern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 30–27–2 (college football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 SIAA (1932) | |
Ernest Ray Miller (April 9, 1892 – March 31, 1987)[1] was an American educator and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio from 1923 to 1924, Alfred University in Alfred, New York in 1925,[2] Kentucky Wesleyan College from 1926 to 1927,[3] Ohio Northern University from 1929 to 1930, and Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now known as Western Kentucky University) in 1932.[4][5]
Miller attended Ohio University and graduated from Rio Grande College—now known as the University of Rio Grande—in Rio Grande, Ohio.[6] In 1977, Miller earned a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Cincinnati at the age of 81.[7] He died on March 31, 1987, at a hospital in Pompano Beach, Florida.[8]