Dennis Miller (American football)

Dennis Miller is a former American football coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Wisconsin Lutheran College, from 2000 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2019.[1] Miller had a brief one-year retirement during the 2013 season.[2]

Dennis Miller
Biographical details
Alma materSt. Cloud State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1978Cathedral HS (MN) (DC)
1980–1983St. Cloud State (DC/LB)
1984–1985BYU (WR/LB)
1986–1997Northern State
2000–2012Wisconsin Lutheran
2014–2019Wisconsin Lutheran
Head coaching record
Overall147–164
Tournaments0–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NIC/NSIC (1990, 1992)
1 NACC (2014)
Awards
3× NIC/NSIC Coach of the Year (1986, 1990, 1992)

Miller previously served as the head coach of Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1986 to 1997, leading a once-moribund team to national prominence and a playoff appearance in 1988.[3]

As an assistant coach at Brigham Young University, Miller was part of the staff that won a national title in 1984.[4]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Northern State Wolves (Northern Intercollegiate Conference / Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (1986–1997)
1986 Northern State 9–25–12nd
1987 Northern State 7–44–2T–3rd
1988 Northern State 8–45–12ndL NAIA Division I First Round
1989 Northern State 8–24–2T–2nd
1990 Northern State 7–45–1T–1st
1991 Northern State 6–53–34th
1992 Northern State 6–55–11st
1993 Northern State 6–54–2T–2nd
1994 Northern State 5–64–23rd
1995 Northern State 4–72–4T–5th
1996 Northern State 7–44–23rd
1997 Northern State 4–73–3T–3rd
Northern State: 77–5548–24
Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors (NCAA Division III independent) (2000–2001)
2000 Wisconsin Lutheran 3–7
2001 Wisconsin Lutheran 4–5
Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2002–2006)
2002 Wisconsin Lutheran 3–70–67th
2003 Wisconsin Lutheran 5–53–3T–4th
2004 Wisconsin Lutheran 2–82–5T–6th
2005 Wisconsin Lutheran 1–91–67th
2006 Wisconsin Lutheran 0–100–78th
Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors (Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference) (2007–2012)
2007 Wisconsin Lutheran 2–81–6
2008 Wisconsin Lutheran 4–63–45th
2009 Wisconsin Lutheran 5–54–35th
2010 Wisconsin Lutheran 6–44–34th
2011 Wisconsin Lutheran 6–45–23rd
2012 Wisconsin Lutheran 7–35–23rd
Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors (Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference) (2014–2019)
2014 Wisconsin Lutheran 7–35–1T–1st
2015 Wisconsin Lutheran 5–54–23rd
2016 Wisconsin Lutheran 5–54–2T–3rd
2017 Wisconsin Lutheran 3–73–34th
2018 Wisconsin Lutheran 2–82–5T–6th
2019 Wisconsin Lutheran 2–82–57th
Wisconsin Lutheran: 72–11748–65
Total:149–172
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Miller Returns To Sidelines As Head Football Coach". wlcsports.com. May 7, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. "Warriors' First And Only Head Football Coach, Dr. Dennis Miller, Steps Down". d3football.com. December 11, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. Smith, Deb (October 2, 2012). "New coach showed immediate faith in struggling Wolves". Aberdeen News. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. "Dr. Dennis Miller". wlcsports.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.