Former Tar Heel Guard Wes Miller Leads UNCG Back to NCAA Tournament - #Tar #Heel #Guard #Wes #Miller #Leads #UNCG #NCAA #Tournament
Former North Carolina guard and UNC Greensboro head coach Wes Miller is heading back to the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans defeated Mercer 69-61 on Monday night in the Southern Conference Tournament Championship game to earn an invite to the Big Dance.
The Spartans were lead guard Isaiah Miller who finished with 25 points (10-for-20). UNCG Greensboro finished the regular season and SoCo Tournament with a 21-8 overall record.
Coach Miller also lead the Spartans to the NCAA Tournament in 2018. They were the No. 14 seed and lost 68-64 in the first round to No. 4 seed Gonzaga.
After three seasons playing under Roy Williams at UNC, Miller played one season for the London Capitals of the British Basketball League before returning to the United States to start his coaching career. He was an assistant coach at Elon and High Point University before accepting an assistant coaching job with UNCG ahead of the 2010-2011 season.
Miller was named UNC Greensboro's interim coach during the 2011-12 season after the school and head coach Mike Dement parted ways. When he took over, the team was 2-8. Miller helped the Spartans finished with a 10-8 record in Southern Conference play and a 13-19 record overall. They won first place in the Southern Conference North Division.
Miller has been the head coach at UNCG for the last 10 years. He has led the Spartans to 182-134 overall record (.576) and a 109–66 (.623) mark in conference play. The Spartans have won 25 or more games in each of the last four seasons.
"He's a very bright young man. He's very organized," UNC head coach Roy Williams said last week. "We talk a lot together now. We talked, I guess, earlier this week or the end of last week, I guess it was Friday night when he was on the bus going up to East Tennessee State. But he thinks the game very well. He's just done a great, great job. He's already a big-time coach, but he's going to be a big-time coach at a much bigger program one of these days.”
Miller started his playing career at James Madison before deciding to transfer to play for Coach Williams at North Carolina. Miller sat out and redshirted during the 2003-04 season. In 2004-05, Miller played in 24 games and averaged 1.1 points per game. In 2005-06, he played in 31 games and made 16 starts. That season he averaged 7.2 points and 1.9 assists per game while playing 22.6 minutes per contest. He shot 43.8 percent from the field and 44.1 percent from three.
In 2007-08, Miller played in 38 games and averaged 2.5 points and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 33.3 percent from three.
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