Hall of Fame Induction Video
Interview
Curt Miller – Bowling Green (Women’s Basketball Head Coach)
Miller, a native of Girard, Pa. and the current coach of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, was the architect of the BGSU women’s basketball program from 2001-12. He went 258-92 with a MAC record of 135-41 in his 11 seasons at the helm.
In 11 years at the BGSU helm, Miller had an overall record of 258-92 and a Mid-American Conference record of 135-41. The Falcons won an unprecedented eight-straight MAC divisional titles over his final eight seasons, with seven outright league regular-season crowns during that span. BGSU made national postseason appearances in each of those eight seasons, many years, with trips to the NCAA Championships in three consecutive years from 2005-07 and back-to-back appearances in 2010 and 2011. The 2007 season saw the Falcons win two games to make the first trip to the ‘Sweet Sixteen’ in MAC women’s basketball history. BGSU participated in the WNIT in 2008, 2009 and 2012.
Miller was named MAC Coach of the Year a league-record six times, including a MAC-record five years in a row, and he also earned Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 4 Coach-of-the-Year accolades on four occasions.
Miller was the fastest MAC coach to reach both 200 and 250 overall wins, and the second-fastest coach in league annals to reach 100 MAC wins.
His 2006-07 team was perhaps the greatest in program history, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen as the No. 7 seed, defeating No. 10 seeded Oklahoma State and No. 2 seeded Vanderbilt.
Miller, as mentioned, was named MAC Coach of the Year a league-record six times and earned Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 4 Coach of the Year accolades on four occasions. He left BGSU as the third-winningest coach in MAC women’s basketball history in league games, ranking second in MAC annals in overall victories. His players earned six MAC Tournament MVP awards, four MAC Player of the Year honors and were named All-MAC 23 times.
In has 11 years as head coach, every student-athlete who played four years at BGSU under Miller graduated, won a MAC regular season title and played in an NCAA Tournament. His teams earned WBCA Academic Honor Roll (top 25 in the nation) accolades in each of his last five years, including fifth in the nation in 2008-09 and sixth in 2009-10.
Miller left BGSU to become the head coach at Indiana University, spent a year as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA and was named head coach of the Connecticut Sun in Dec. of 2015. He then added the role of general manager in Sept. of 2016 and was named the 2017 WNBA Coach of the Year. Miller was again named WNBA Coach of the Year in 2021 with the Sun. He was named head coach of the Sparks in October of 2022.
In August of 2023, Miller won his 150th game as a WNBA head coach. He became just the third head coach (joining Lin Dunn and Van Chancellor) to have won at least 275 collegiate games and 150 WNBA games. Additionally, he was the fifth-fastest coach to reach the 150-win mark in the WNBA.
Miller was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
