Tony Miller Joins the Cardinal Track and Field Staff
August 23, 2019 | Track & Field
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tony Miller has been named assistant track and field coach at the University of Louisville, head coach Dale Cowper announced Friday afternoon. Miller joins the Cardinals after spending the last 12 seasons at SMU.
"I'm excited to welcome Tony, Toinette, and their daughter Candace to Louisville," said head coach Dale Cowper. "Coach Miller has an outstanding background of recruiting and developing championship caliber student-athletes in the sprint, hurdle, and relay events. He was not only a natural fit with our coaching staff but his virtues and values reflect our department's core beliefs. The future of our program takes a significant step forward with his addition."
Miller comes to Louisville with 15 years of coaching experience. Overall, Miller has coached 27 conference champions, 42 regional qualifiers, six national qualifiers and five All-Americans. His athletes have broken 45 school records.
Most recently, Miller's athletes saw their most successful season during the 2018-19 season with a total of seven school records broken, three Conference Championships, four Regional Qualifiers, and one NCAA Berth which produced a second-team All-American. Highlighted by Chelsea Francis, the SMU school record holder in the 60m with a time of 7.25. Francis also set the American Athletic Conference 60m all-time record and the AAC Championship record. She earned a berth to the Indoor NCAA Championships, earning earned second team All-American honors.
Before coming to SMU, Miller spent two years developing the University of North Texas 400, 800 and 4x400 relay runners.
At UNT, Miller contributed to the women's first Indoor Sun Belt Conference Championship and a fifth-place finish on the men's side by leading nine athletes to indoor All-Conference honors in five events. The highlight of his outdoor campaign at UNT was the men's Sun Belt conference championship 4x400 meter relay, which ran the second fastest time in school history, placing fourth. The mark at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet just missed a berth to the NCAA Nationals. The women's 4x400 relay set a school record and qualified for the NCAA Regional, where it placed 10th. Miller led eight athletes to all-conference honors in five events and several athletes to personal bests individually.
Miller had a stellar collegiate track and field career at Baylor, competing in the 400,and the 4x400 and 4x100relays. In addition to three NCAA national titles in the 4x400, Miller earned seven Southwest Conference Championship titles. A 15-time All-American, Miller still tops Baylor's list for highest number of combined All-America honors. He was a member of the 1995 US Pan-American 4x400 relay, competed in two U.S. Olympic Trials and was a semi-finalist in the 400 at the 1996 trials.
A 1996 graduate of Baylor, Miller earned a bachelor's in business administration in marketing and is certified in USATF Level II.
"I'm excited to welcome Tony, Toinette, and their daughter Candace to Louisville," said head coach Dale Cowper. "Coach Miller has an outstanding background of recruiting and developing championship caliber student-athletes in the sprint, hurdle, and relay events. He was not only a natural fit with our coaching staff but his virtues and values reflect our department's core beliefs. The future of our program takes a significant step forward with his addition."
Miller comes to Louisville with 15 years of coaching experience. Overall, Miller has coached 27 conference champions, 42 regional qualifiers, six national qualifiers and five All-Americans. His athletes have broken 45 school records.
Most recently, Miller's athletes saw their most successful season during the 2018-19 season with a total of seven school records broken, three Conference Championships, four Regional Qualifiers, and one NCAA Berth which produced a second-team All-American. Highlighted by Chelsea Francis, the SMU school record holder in the 60m with a time of 7.25. Francis also set the American Athletic Conference 60m all-time record and the AAC Championship record. She earned a berth to the Indoor NCAA Championships, earning earned second team All-American honors.
Before coming to SMU, Miller spent two years developing the University of North Texas 400, 800 and 4x400 relay runners.
At UNT, Miller contributed to the women's first Indoor Sun Belt Conference Championship and a fifth-place finish on the men's side by leading nine athletes to indoor All-Conference honors in five events. The highlight of his outdoor campaign at UNT was the men's Sun Belt conference championship 4x400 meter relay, which ran the second fastest time in school history, placing fourth. The mark at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet just missed a berth to the NCAA Nationals. The women's 4x400 relay set a school record and qualified for the NCAA Regional, where it placed 10th. Miller led eight athletes to all-conference honors in five events and several athletes to personal bests individually.
Miller had a stellar collegiate track and field career at Baylor, competing in the 400,and the 4x400 and 4x100relays. In addition to three NCAA national titles in the 4x400, Miller earned seven Southwest Conference Championship titles. A 15-time All-American, Miller still tops Baylor's list for highest number of combined All-America honors. He was a member of the 1995 US Pan-American 4x400 relay, competed in two U.S. Olympic Trials and was a semi-finalist in the 400 at the 1996 trials.
A 1996 graduate of Baylor, Miller earned a bachelor's in business administration in marketing and is certified in USATF Level II.
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