BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Besides the fact that his first name is actually Ryan; he’s Sean’s kid brother; is the son of western PA HS coaching legend John Miller; was an outstanding college PG at NC State and that he is 1-1 thus far in his young career as a college head coach, what do we really know about Archie Miller? “From the Swamp” is here to try and shed a little more light on the guy now roaming the sidelines for our favorite college hoops squad.

— Did you realize that Archie actually had a 5 year career for the North Carolina State Wolfpack? He ended up only playing in 2 games during the 1998-1999 campaign and took a medical redshirt. Here are his stats:

http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/player/north-carolina-state/archie-miller

— The Salisbury Post expected big things out of Archie in his fifth year at NC State back in 2001:

http://www.salisburypost.com/2001nov/110301h.htm

His girlfriend Morgan alluded to in the article is now Coach Miller’s wife.

— This was Archie Miller’s ‘Moment in Time’ as a member of the Wolfpack:

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121810aac.html

— The Tucson Citizen endorsed the hiring of Archie for his first head coaching gig mere weeks before UD did exactly that:

http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildaboutazcats/2011/03/16/programs-looking-for-hire-wise-to-pursue-archie-miller-while-getting-is-good/

— The Bleacher Report provides their analysis of Coach Miller’s hiring:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/687171-atlantic-10-basketball-dayton-flyers-coach-archie-miller-the-chosen-one

— Here’s a YouTube video of Sean on the impact of losing Archie at U of A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ts1sc_c_4&feature=related

— James Whitford is the guy who ended up replacing Archie:

http://azstarnet.com/sports/basketball/college/wildcats/whitford-a-natural-to-assist-ua-s-miller/article_716b7c73-0007-5e9a-9837-373abb266e3c.html

— Archie has his own Wikipedia page, albeit a sparse one, not unlike his Twitter account:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Miller_(basketball)

— The hiring of Coach Miller makes him the ninth branch on the “Herb Sendek Coaching Tree” which is now the largest lineage in college basketball:

http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102111aad.html

— The guy who hired him shares his thoughts on hiring Archie, courtesy of “the other Arch” Tom Archdeacon of The DDN:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2011/04/03/archie_miller_reportedly_dayto.html

— Archdeacon also had a great interview in The DDN with Coach Miller’s dad John, which includes the explanation on the origin of his nickname of “Archie”:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/university-of-dayton-flyers/new-flyers-coach-showed-tough-spirit-at-early-age-1126443.html

— “What others are saying” about UD’s hiring of Archie as Head Coach, courtesy of The Arizona Daily Star:

http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/starnet-blog/article_b7bd8698-5e80-11e0-a2d5-001cc4c03286.html

— This is the most recent interview of Archie from The DDN, conducted by Doug Harris:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/university-of-dayton-flyers/uds-miller-still-believes-in-winning-championship-1282877.html

— The Flyer News details how Archie’s mentors are some of basketball’s best minds:

http://www.flyernews.com/articles/id/7103

— Who knew? Coach Miller was one of the speakers at a roast of WVU Coach Bob Huggins that took place in Pittsburgh:

http://pghcomedy.blogspot.com/2011/04/bob-huggins-roast-featuring-comedian.html

So, was this before or after Huggy Bear stole recruit Eron Harris from Archie and the Flyers?

— Both Archie and Sean played in the legendary Ozanam Basketball Program in Pittsburgh. Check out this roster of alumni:

http://www.ozanamprogram.org/alumni.html

— Archie made the 10th year anniversary All-Star team for the Pittsburgh Basketball Club when it was announced back in 2004:

http://www.pittsburghbasketballclub.com/index.php/tradition/anniversary-team

Also on that list are current NFL stars Darelle Revis and Lavar Arrington.

— The following is the in-depth profile on Coach Miller that appeared in The University of Dayton Magazine:

http://udquickly.udayton.edu/udmagazine/features/2011/06/strong-suit/

— A YouTube interview with Archie and some of the players after the European trip that the Flyers took this summer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK6n9un9sYY

— “Archie Miller gets going at Dayton” is one of the five things that Eammon Brennan of ESPN.com says he can’t wait to see happen in the A-10 this season:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/36935/a-10-five-things-i-cant-wait-to-see-2

— Coach Miller is his own man, according to his hometown paper The Beaver County Times:

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/archie-s-on-his-own/article_3d52a1e4-7704-5845-8cbd-555dc4ad0462.html

— YouTube video of Archie at the Atlantic 10 Media Day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjB33uF8NB4

— Shannon Russell at The Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed Coaches Miller and Mack about UD/X and each other:

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/xavier/2011/09/05/more-from-chris-mack-archie-miller/

— The reaction to Archie’s hiring from a X fan’s perspective, courtesy of Stacy Decker at The Crosstown Shoutout blog:

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/shoutout/2011/04/03/archie-miller-to-dayton/

— If your kid is in the 6th-8th grade, it’s not too late to sign him/her up for John Miller’s “Drill for Skill” Thanksgiving tournament:

http://www.drill4skill.com/

— The gospel according to Archie on what it means as a Flyer player to be “All In”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeXU1ZKsW3Q&feature=youtu.be

— The Wilmington Star-News provides some background on Archie and a look at this year’s edition of the Dayton Flyers thru the eyes of their next opponent, The University of North Carolina-Wilmington:

http://hawkshoops.blogs.starnewsonline.com/15181/nonconference-overview-dayton/

Speaking of UNCW, “From the Swamp” will be motoring down I-75 to the UD Arena for the game vs. the Seahawks this Saturday afternoon. It should provide the chance to find out a little bit more about Archie Miller first-hand.

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: [email protected]