John F. Miller (American football)

{{Short description|American sports coach and administrator (1890–1972)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = John F. Miller

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|5|27}}

| birth_place = Warrensburg, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|3|30|1890|5|27}}

| death_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1919

| coach_team2 = Missouri

| coach_years3 = 1921–1923

| coach_team3 = Albion

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1916–1917

| coach_team5 = Missouri

| coach_years6 = 1918–1919

| coach_team6 = Missouri

| coach_years7 = 1921–1923

| coach_team7 = Albion

| coach_sport8 = Baseball

| coach_years9 = 1918–1921

| coach_team9 = Missouri

| admin_years1 = ?–1924

| admin_team1 = Albion

| admin_years2 = 1924–1930

| admin_team2 = NC State

| admin_years3 = 1937–1947

| admin_team3 = NC State

| overall_record = 23–7–4 (football)
34–19 (basketball)
30–16–1 (baseball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
1 MVIAA (1919)
1 MIAA (1922)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

John Fletcher Miller (May 27, 1890 – March 30, 1972) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.

Playing career

Miller played football, basketball, and baseball at Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri.{{cite news |author= |title=Johnny Miller to Coach at Missouri |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12546047/moberly_monitorindex/ |newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Index |location=Moberly, Missouri |date=July 16, 1916 |page=1 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Coaching career

Miller was the head football (1919), basketball (1916–1917, 1918–1919), and baseball (1918, 1920–1921) coach at the University of Missouri.

Miller was the head football coach at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. He held that position for three seasons, from 1921 until 1923. His coaching record at Albion was 18–6–2.{{Cite web

|last = DeLassus

|first = David

|title = Albion Coaching Records

|publisher = College Football Data Warehouse

|url = http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/albion/coaching_records.php

|access-date = November 15, 2010

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101121034454/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/albion/coaching_records.php

|archive-date = November 21, 2010

}}

Athletic director

Miller served as the athletic director at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/whoswhoinamerica00unse/whoswhoinamerica00unse_djvu.txt|title=Who's Who in American Sports|year=1928|access-date=March 22, 2018}}

Death

Miller died on March 30, 1972, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.{{cite news |author= |title=Former State AD Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62925814/the-news-and-observer// |newspaper=The News & Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=March 31, 1972 |page=23 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}