Archie Miller (basketball)

Ryan Joseph "Archie" Miller (born October 30, 1978) is an American men's college basketball coach for the Rhode Island Rams.

It's all you're around, and it's all you talk about.”[1] In addition to his father's connection to the game, Miller's brother, Sean, was a point guard who went on to play the position at Pitt.

Sean, then an assistant at North Carolina State University, recruited Archie to play as a point guard.

As a senior, he helped lead the Wolfpack to the championship game of the ACC Tournament, and was named to the all-tournament team.

[5] Miller became the head coach of the Dayton Flyers men's basketball team in 2011 and turned around a program that had back-to-back disappointing seasons.

In his third year, 2014, he had the Flyers in the Elite Eight with 26 wins; to get there, Dayton upset three higher seeded teams.

[2] In the following three seasons, Miller averaged over 25 wins and each year coached the team made to the NCAA tournament.

[5] On March 27, 2017, Miller was named the 29th head coach in the history of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.

[7] Miller's first season involved rebuilding the program and laying the foundation of a pack-line defense and valuing possessions.

Riddled with injuries and poor shooting, Indiana lost 12 of 13 games before turning things around and finishing the regular season with a four-game winning streak.

Indiana failed to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament but earned a 1-seed in the NIT, where they lost in the quarterfinals, ending the season with an overall record of 19–16 and 8–12 in the Big Ten.

[17] Miller employs a structured transition offense intended to open up games, create foul trouble for opponents, and score before the defense can get set.

He frequently uses a "Phoenix fast break" with players pushing the ball off of rebounds and turnovers in a flexible system that can take on a variety of alignments.

He will modify the Phoenix break based on personnel to accommodate five guards or two post players on the floor at once.

The pack line defense is intended to discourage penetration, getting inside the paint, and forces opponents to win with a well executed offense and good outside shooting.

[21] While attending NC State, Miller met Morgan Cruse, who was also a student and athlete for the Wolfpack.