In 1999, she was inducted into the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Miller played at Riverside Polytechnic High School (1978–1982) where she was a four-year letter winner and led her team to a 132–4 record.

[4][5] Averaging 32.8 points and 15.0 rebounds a game, Miller was Street & Smith's national High School Player of the Year in both 1981 and 1982.

[4] At the University of Southern California (USC), the 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) Miller played the forward position.

She was a four-year letter winner, scored 3,018 career points (tenth all-time in NCAA history), and was a four-time All-American.

[10] Miller played for the USA National team in the 1983 World Championships, held in São Paulo, Brazil.

The Soviets' Elena Chausova received the inbounds pass and hit the game winning shot in the final seconds, giving the USSR team the gold medal with a score of 84–82.

[12] In 1984, the USA sent its National team to the 1984 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan, for pre-Olympic practice.

This set up the final against the Soviet Union, led by 7-foot-2 Uljana Semjonova, considered the most dominant player in the world.

The Soviet team had a 152–2 record in major international competition over the prior three decades, including an 84–82 win over the US in the 1983 World Championships.

The Soviet team, having lost only once at home, wanted to show that the Goodwill games setback was a fluke.

The USA team started by scoring the first eight points, and raced to a 45–23 lead, although the Soviets fought back and reduced the halftime margin to 13.

The USA went on a 15–1 run in the second half to put the game away, and ended up winning the gold medal with a score of 108–88.

On April 30, 2014, she was named women's basketball coach at Langston University by athletic director Mike Garrett.

On May 26, 2016, she was named women's basketball coach at California State Los Angeles by athletic director Mike Garrett.

Miller joined Turner Sports in September 1995 as an analyst and reporter for the NBA on TBS and TNT.