Ken Miller (gridiron football)

Ken Miller
Career information

Date of birth	(1941-10-15) October 15, 1941
Place of birth	The Dalles, Oregon
Position(s)	HC
Career history
As administrator
2010–2011	Saskatchewan Roughriders (VP of Football Operations)
As coach
1966	Dickinson State (Asst. coach)
1970–1976	Yucaipa High School (HC)
1977–1983	University of Redlands (OL coach)
1984–1987	University of Redlands (HC)
1988–1993	University of Redlands (OC)
1994	University of Redlands (DC)
1995–2000	University of Redlands (OC)
2002	Toronto Argonauts (QB coach)
2003–2005	Toronto Argonauts (OL coach)
2006	Toronto Argonauts (DL coach)
2007	Saskatchewan Roughriders (OC)
2008–2011	Saskatchewan Roughriders (HC)

Ken Miller (born October 15, 1941) is the former Head Coach and Vice President of Football Operations for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He served as the Roughriders head coach between 2008 and 2010, leading the team to appearances in the Grey Cup in 2009 and 2010. Miller returned as head coach of the Roughriders on August 19, 2011 after the firing of Greg Marshall after a 1–7 start to the 2011 CFL season.^[1] Miller was the club's offensive coordinator under head coach Kent Austin when they captured the 95th Grey Cup in 2007. He had previously served on the coaching staffs of the Toronto Argonauts, University of Redlands, Dickinson State, and Yucaipa High School.

Coaching career

Miller started his coaching career in 1966 as a student assistant coach with Dickinson State. He spent the next three season coaching high school football in Oregon before becoming head coach at Yucaipa High School in 1970. He joined the University of Redlands as a part-time offensive line coach in 1977 and in 1984 he was promoted to the head coaching position. In 1988 Miller was demoted to offensive coordinator. In 1994, Miller switched to defensive coordinator. He moved back to the offensive side of the ball in 1995 and held the offensive coordinator position until his retirement after the 2000 football season. Miller was also the head baseball coach at Redlands from 1986–2000. As Redlands' baseball coach, Miller accumulated a 250–235–2 record and led the Bulldogs to a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 1991.^[2]

In 2002, Miller started his Canadian Football League coaching career when he became the Toronto Argonauts quarterbacks coach. From 2003–2005, Miller was the Argo’s offensive line coach. In 2004, Miller's offensive line helped the Argonauts win the 92nd Grey Cup and Damon Allen win the league’s Most Outstanding Player award. In 2006 Miller was moved to the defensive side of the ball where he handled the defensive line.^[3]

In 2007, Miller was hired by former Argonauts assistant Kent Austin to become the offensive coordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Miller's offensive, led by MOP Kerry Joseph scored the second most points in the CFL and led the Riders to victory in the 95th Grey Cup. After the season, Miller was promoted to head coach when Austin left after one season to become the offensive co-ordinator at the University of Mississippi.^[4] On December 2, 2010, Ken Miller resigned as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was originally to remain vice-president of football operations.^[5] On August 19, 2011 Miller was reinstated as head coach after the firing of head coach Greg Marshall following the Saskatchewan Roughriders 1–7 start to the 2011 season.^[6] Following the second last week of the 2011 CFL season Ken Miller announced that he will be stepping down as the team's head coach and vice-president of football operations.^[7]

CFL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
SSK	2008	12	6	0	.667	2nd in West Division	0	1	Lost in Semi-Finals
SSK	2009	10	7	1	.583	1st in West Division	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
SSK	2010	10	8	0	.555	2nd in West Division	2	1	Lost in Grey Cup
SSK	2011	4	6	0	.400	4th in West Division	0	0	Missed Playoffs
Total		36	27	1	.570	2 West Division Championship	3	3

References

Redlands Bulldogs head football coaches

R. L. Grover (1910)
S. Guy Jones (1911)
Edwin Sanders (1912–1913)
Doc Roberts (1914)
Ashel Cunningham (1915–1920)
Guy Daniels (1921–1922)
Cecil Cushman (1923–1924)
Hoge Workman (1925)
Max Houser (1926)
Leesyl Trin (1927–1930)
John Gough (1931–1932)
Cecil Cushman (1933–1952)
Jim Verdieck (1953–1958)
Ted Runner (1959–1963)
Frank Serrao (1964–1983)
Ken Miller (1984–1987)
Mike Maynard (1988– )

Saskatchewan Roughriders head coaches

Ken Preston (1946–1947)
Fred Grant (1947–1950)
Harry Smith (1951)
Glenn Dobbs (1952)
Frank Filchock (1953–1957)
George Terlep (1958–1959)
Frank Tripucka (1959)
Ken Carpenter (1960)
Steve Owen (1961–1962)
Bob Shaw (1963–1964)
Eagle Keys (1965–1970)
Dave Skrien (1971–1972)
John Payne (1973–1976)
Jim Eddy (1977–1978)
Walt Posadowski (1978)
Ron Lancaster (1979–1980)
Joe Faragalli (1981–1983)
Rueben Berry (1983–1984)
Jack Gotta (1985–1986)
John Gregory (1987–1991)
Don Matthews (1991–1993)
Ray Jauch (1994–1995)
Jim Daley (1996–1998)
Cal Murphy (1999)
Danny Barrett (2000–2006)
Kent Austin (2007)
Ken Miller (2008–2010)
Greg Marshall (2011)
Ken Miller (2011)
Corey Chamblin (2012–2015)
Bob Dyce (2015)
Chris Jones (2016– )

Toronto Argonauts 92nd Grey Cup champions

1 Noel Prefontaine
2 Michael Fletcher
3 Andre Rison
4 Andre Talbot
5 Arland Bruce III
6 Dan Giancola
7 Michael Bishop
8 Chris Hardy
9 Damon Allen
10 Antonious Bonner
11 John Williams
12 Adrion Smith
13 Clifford Ivory
15 Tony Miles
16 Romaro Miller
18 R. Jay Soward
19 Scott Krause
20 John Avery
21 Orlondo Steinauer
23 Bashir Levingston
24 Raphaol Ball
26 Jordan Younger
29 Hurley Tarver
30 Kenny Wheaton
32 Chuck Winters
33 Jeff Johnson
34 Skip Hicks
35 Kevin Eiben
36 Ray Mariuz
37 Mike Crumb
38 Kris Aiken
45 Randy Srochenski
50 Mike O'Shea
56 Chad Folk
58 Frank Hoffmann
59 Mike Mihelic
62 Jon Landon
64 Mark Moroz
65 Sandy Annunziata
66 Jude St. John
67 John Feugill
68 Dave Costa
69 Bernard Williams
70 Kevin Gagnon
77 Michael Palmer
82 Jean-Frederic Tremblay
85 Johnnie Mitchell
88 Robert Baker
90 Chuck Walsh
92 Noah Cantor
93 Gabe Robinson
94 Arnold Miller
95 Eric England
97 Jonathan Brown
98 Marvin Thomas

Head coach: Pinball Clemons

Assistant coaches: Kent Austin
Perry Marchese
Tom Menas
Ken Miller
Marcello Simmons
Rich Stubler

Saskatchewan Roughriders 95th Grey Cup champions

Chairman Ronald Pletch
President Jim Hopson
General Manager Eric Tillman
Assistant General Manager Joe Womack

Head coach: Kent Austin
Assistant coaches: Ron Estay
Mike Gibson
Richie Hall
Paul LaPolice
Ken Miller
Alex Smith

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