Brian Miller

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Position: Volunteer Assistant Coach Experience: First Year

Brian Miller is in his first season as volunteer assistant coach at the University of Iowa.

Miller has worked as a baseball coach since 1992, including serving as the head baseball coach at Mid-Prairie High School from 2000 to 2010. He served as the Kirkwood Community College pitching coach from 2006 to 2011. Miller also coached the Iowa City High School sophomore baseball team from 1993 to 1999 and was an assistant baseball coach at Iowa City Regina High School in 1992.

Miller was named the district coach of the year six times (2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009), the Iowa High School Association All-Star Coach twice (2005, 2009) and the A.B.C.A Regional Coach of the Year in 2008 and the Iowa state Coach of the Year in 2004. He led Mid-Prairie to its first ever EIHC conference title in 2000 in his first year as head coach. In 2001, Miller led Mid-Prairie to the state semi-finals for the first time in school history. He also led the school to the state semi-finals in 2004, 2006 and 2007, including a state championship in 2004.

"Brian has a lot of coaching experience," said Dahm. "He was a long-time high school coach and served as the pitching coach over at Kirkwood Community College. To be able to bring him in is going to be a big positive for our program. We are very excited."