Bill Miller (basketball)

Bill Miller
Personal information
Born (1924-11-24) November 24, 1924
Berea, Kentucky
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Kentucky)
College Eastern Kentucky (1944–1945)
North Carolina (1947–1948)
NBA draft 1948 / Undrafted
Number 6, 13, 21
Career history
As player:
1948 Chicago Stags
1948–1949 St. Louis Bombers
As coach:
1955–1956 Roanoke Rapids HS
1956–1959 Campbellsville JC
1959–1979 Elon
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

William Ralph "Bill" Miller (born November 24, 1924) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] He played in the National Basketball Association for the Chicago Stags and St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 season.[1] Prior to playing in the NBA, Miller played collegiate basketball at Eastern Kentucky Teachers College and then at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.[2]

After the NBA, Miller became a college coach for Campbellsville Junior College and Elon University.[3] Between 1968 - 1974, Miller led Elon to six straight 20-win seasons.[4] In the Winter of 1973, Miller was selected to coach the NAIA All-Stars - which went on to defeat the NCAA All-Stars 107-78 in High Point, N.C. Miller ended his career with 329 wins at Elon, still the most in program history.[5]

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