Alfred Blackman Miles (October 29, 1888 – March 18, 1962) was an American biology and physiology professor and a football, basketball, and baseball coach for Middle Tennessee State University.

[1][2] The First Fifty Years: A History of Middle Tennessee State College recalls this story of Jess Neely's days playing for Middle Tennessee State Normal and coach Miles: "Jess Neely, a brilliant half-back and a handsome man on the campus, is remembered for his popularity among members of the opposite sex and for an incident that occurred just prior to a football game with Southern Presbyterian in Clarksville.

He climaxed the pre-game, locker-room exhortation with a soaring call for courage and deathless allegiance to "dear Ol' Normal."

Neely was greatly affected by the words of his coach for he leaped to his feet and, roaring like an angry bull, led the team in a rush to the doorway opening to the field.

He misjudged the extremely low entrance, and his head received the full impact of the strip of wall above the doorway.