He subsequently worked for Premier League club Liverpool for nine years,[1] assisting Gérard Houllier and Rafael Benítez.
[2] Miller was appointed as player-manager when he played briefly for South China in Hong Kong in 1983, but was unable to save the club from relegation.
[5] He then had the same role at Morton in the first part of the 1983–84 season[6] before contentiously joining the Greenock club's rivals, St Mirren, who were at that time in a higher division.
One of their all-time great nights came in a European campaign when in 1985, Slavia Prague were knocked out after a 3–0 Saints win at Love Street.
[1] Miller then moved to Coventry City, accepting an offer from his Scottish compatriot Gordon Strachan to become assistant manager.
A year later, unable to resist the challenge of being his own man again, he moved to Aberdeen taking over the manager's post from Roy Aitken.
Miller then subsequently worked as first team coach, helping the club win the Champions League in 2005 and the FA Cup in 2006.
[13] Miller was appointed manager of Swedish team AIK in June 2010 as the successor of Mikael Stahre and the interim solution Björn Wesström.