The Hofstra Pride have announced Jay Miller as the program’s next head coach.
Miller is a victor of more than 1,000 games as a head coach, including at Missouri; Mississippi State; and NAIA Oklahoma City. He boasts a career record of 1004-668 and has led teams to thirteen appearances in the NCAA tournament, including a pair of Women’s College World Series appearances.
As the head coach of Missouri from 1987-2002, Miller amassed 556 career wins and was twice named the conference’s Coach of the Year while it was still known as the Big Eight. He led the Tigers to a pair of WCWS berths and five NCAA regional appearances during his tenure. He was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year in 1997.
Miller then spent nearly a decade in Starkville, Mississippi as the Bulldogs head coach, collecting 295 wins and six NCAA tournament appearances. It was at Mississippi State that Miller recorded his 1,000th career victory.
An NFCA Hall of Fame inductee in 2008, Miller’s coaching resume also includes stints as an assistant coach at Missouri in the early 1980s, as well as at Louisville and Rutgers in the past decade.
Named the head coach of Team USA in 2009, Miller led the national team to a gold medal in the World Championships in 2010 and a 44-5 record overall during his tenure.
He takes the helm of a Hofstra program that posted a 41-14 overall record during the 2018 season. After posting a 17-4 conference record, the Pride took home the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship and ended the season ranked in the top 25 nationally.
