Jay Miller (softball)

Jay Miller is the current head coach of the Hofstra Pride softball team, which represents Hofstra University in the Colonial Athletic Association.[1] He was previously head coach of the softball teams at Purdue, Oklahoma City, Missouri, and Mississippi State.

Jay Miller

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Hofstra
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1981	Purdue
1982–1984	Missouri (Asst.)
1985–1987	Oklahoma City
1988–2002	Missouri
2003–2011	Mississippi State
2013–2015	Louisville (Asst.)
2016–2018	Rutgers (Asst.)
2018–present	Hofstra
Head coaching record
Overall	1,004–668 (.600)

Coaching career

Miller began coaching at Purdue after finishing his master's degree there. He then spent 3 seasons as an assistant coach at Missouri, helping lead the Tigers to two appearances in the Women's College World Series.[2] Miller then moved on to Oklahoma City University, where he led the Stars to two appearances in the NAIA Women's College World Series, including a runner-up finish in 1986.[3] Miller was also the pitching coach for the Netherlands Antilles team at the 1987 Pan American Games.[3]

Miller returned to Missouri in 1988, where he spent fifteen seasons as the head coach, leading the Tigers to 2 conference championships, 5 NCAA Tournament appearances, and two Women's College World Series appearances. However, Miller was fired in 2002 after 3 straight losing seasons. Miller was then hired as head coach of Mississippi State, where he led the Bulldogs to 6 NCAA Tournament appearances in nine seasons, despite never having a winning conference record. Miller was fired after the 2011 season, his second straight losing season.[4]

While at Mississippi State, Miller was also the head coach of the U.S. national team.[5] He joined the staff at Louisville Cardinals softball in the fall of 2012.,[6] officially becoming pitching coach before the 2015 season.[7]

In June 2018, Miller was named the head coach of the Hofstra Pride after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Rutgers.[8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Purdue Boilermakers () (1980–1981)
1980	Purdue	13–10
1981	Purdue	16–11
Purdue:		29–21 (.580)
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Midwestern City Conference) (1985)
1985	Oklahoma City	28–32
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Sooner Athletic Conference) (1986–1987)
1986	Oklahoma City	50–26			NAIA WCWS
1987	Oklahoma City	46–27			NAIA WCWS
Oklahoma City:		124–85 (.593)
Missouri Tigers (Big 8 Conference) (1988–1995)
1988	Missouri	44–18		4th
1989	Missouri	35–22		3rd
1990	Missouri	30–14		4th
1991	Missouri	39–14		1st	NCAA WCWS
1992	Missouri	41–14		4th
1993	Missouri	31–18		3rd
1994	Missouri	40–23			NCAA WCWS
1995	Missouri	47–19		3rd	NCAA Regional
Missouri Tigers (Big 12 Conference) (1996–2002)
1996	Missouri	31–22	11–10	3rd
1997	Missouri	47–16	15–3	1st	NCAA Regional
1998	Missouri	36–20	5–13	9th
1999	Missouri	41–21	10–5	3rd	NCAA Regional
2000	Missouri	34–27	6–13	8th
2001	Missouri	31–28	5–11	8th
2002	Missouri	29–33	4–14	9th
Missouri:		556–309 (.643)
Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2003–2011)
2003	Mississippi State	34–30	13–16	8th	NCAA Regional
2004	Mississippi State	39–26	14–15	7th	NCAA Regional
2005	Mississippi State	35–31	12–18	10th	NCAA Regional
2006	Mississippi State	33–28	7–22	10th
2007	Mississippi State	35–27	14–14	5th	NCAA Regional
2008	Mississippi State	41–22	13–14	7th	NCAA Regional
2009	Mississippi State	28–28	8–19	9th	NCAA Regional
2010	Mississippi State	26–29	7–20	10th
2011	Mississippi State	24–32	10–19	8th
Mississippi State:		295–253 (.538)	40–60 (.400)
Hofstra Pride (Colonial Athletic Association) (2019–Present)
2019	Hofstra	20-27	7-13	T-7th
Hofstra:		20–27 (.426)	7–13 (.350)
Total:		1004–668 (.600)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Jay Miller (Hofstra bio)". GoHofstra.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
2. "Jay Miller (Missouri bio)". MUTigers.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
3. "Jay Miller bio (Mississippi State)". HailState.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
4. Locke, Brad (2011-05-18). "Softball Coach Miller Fired by MSU". DJournal.com. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
5. "Jay Miller named USA Softball Women's National team head coach". TeamUSA.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
6. "Jay Miller Joins Softball Coaching Staff". GoCards.com. 2012-09-13. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
7. "Miller Named Assistant Softball Coach". GoCards.com. 2014-07-24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
8. "Hofstra Hires Jay Miller as Head Coach". justinsworldofsoftball.com. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-09-25.