Another Addition

Coach Andy Kennedy has announced the addition of Owen Miller to his basketball staff. Miller comes to Ole Miss from Colorado State. Before his assistant coaching job with the Rams he coached for Mississippi State and Texas San Antonio. He was at MSU during their run in the 95 and 97. He grew up in Gulfport and played along side great player Chris Jackson, aka Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, while in high school.

As much as I hate to bring in a former MSU coach, I am ok with this. He has seen success in several conferences. He was probably hired as the number three assistant before Tracy Dildy resigned. Now that Dildy has resigned, Kennedy is going to have to find another good assistant. No doubt it will be a minority candidate. No leads yet as to who the next assistant hired will be.

Here is some info from CSU website:

Miller began his college playing career at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas where he spent two seasons before moving to Mississippi College. In the 1993-94 season, Miller concluded his career by ranking second on the team in scoring and leading the team in three-pointers while starting in 23 games.

Following his successful playing stint, Mississippi State University added Miller to its coaching staff. While with the Bulldogs, he helped the team to a Sweet 16 appearance in 1995 and a Final Four trip the following year. MSU won the SEC title both years and captured the league tournament title in 1997.

Following three years at Mississippi State, he spent seven years at the University of Texas-San Antonio, including the last two years as associate head coach. While with UTSA, he helped the Roadrunners to annually challenge for an NCAA berth and, in six of seven years, helped the team to a second place finish or better in the Southland Conference. In his seven years at UTSA, the Roadrunners won more games than any other team in the league.