Ralph Miller
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Hometown:
Chanute, KS
- Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987
- Recorded 33 winning records in 38 seasons at three schools
- Compiled eight 20-win seasons during the 1980s
- Named national coach of the year by UPI, USBWA and NABC in 1981. Voted coach of the year by AP in 1981 and 1982
- Wichita State State's all-time winningest coach
- Played college basketball under Phog Allen with Kansas
- Final Top 20 Rankings (nine: AP/UPI/USA)--1963 (5/6), 1964 (5/6), 1968 (NR/20), 1970 (7/7), 1975 (18/NR), 1980 (5/5), 1981 (2/2), 1982 (4/4) and 1984 (17/20/NR)
- All-Americans (10): Wichita State's Cleo Littleton (1955) and Dave Stallworth (1963 and 1964), Iowa's John Johnson (1970) and Sam Williams (1968) and Oregon State's Ray Blume (1980 and 1981), Fred Boyd (1982), Lester Conner (1982), A.C. Green (1985), Steve Johnson (1980 and 1981) and Charlie Sitton (1983 and 1984).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11-19 | 2-8 | 6th | DNP | |||
16-11 | 3-7 | 6th | DNP | |||
27-4 | 8-2 | 2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
17-9 | 4-6 | 4th | DNP | |||
14-12 | 7-5 | 4th | DNP | |||
15-11 | 8-6 | T-4th | DNP | |||
14-12 | 6-8 | 4th | DNP | |||
14-12 | 7-7 | 4th | DNP | |||
14-12 | 6-8 | T-4th | DNP | |||
18-8 | 6-6 | 4th | DNP | |||
18-9 | 7-5 | 3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
19-8 | 7-5 | 2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
23-6 | 10-2 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
14-10 | 8-6 | 5th | DNP | |||
17-7 | 8-6 | 3rd | DNP | |||
16-8 | 9-5 | 3rd | DNP | |||
16-9 | 10-4 | T-1st | DNP | |||
12-12 | 5-9 | T-8th | DNP | |||
20-5 | 14-0 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
12-14 | 4-10 | 6th | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
18-10 | 9-5 | T-3rd | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
15-11 | 6-8 | T-5th | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
13-13 | 6-8 | 5th | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
19-12 | 10-4 | 2nd | Pacific-8 | NCAA (1-2) | ||
18-9 | 10-4 | T-2nd | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
16-13 | 8-6 | T-3rd | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
16-11 | 9-5 | 2nd | Pacific-8 | DNP | ||
18-10 | 11-7 | 3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
26-4 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-2 | 17-1 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-5 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
20-11 | 12-6 | T-3rd | NIT (2-1) | |||
22-7 | 15-3 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-9 | 12-6 | T-3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
12-15 | 8-10 | T-5th | DNP | |||
19-11 | 10-8 | T-3rd | NIT (1-1) | |||
20-11 | 12-6 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-8 | 13-5 | T-3rd | NCAA (0-1) |
# A total of 15 wins were later forfeited by action of NCAA Council.
* NCAA Tournament games later vacated by action of the NCAA.
- 38-Year Coaching Record: 674-370 (.646) overall
- 220-133 (.623) in 13 years at Wichita State State (Wichita State)
- 95-51 (.651) in six years at Iowa
- 359-186 (.659) in 19 years at Oregon State
- 81-75 (.519) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 54-30 (.643) in Big Ten Conference
- 204-114 (.642) in Pacific-8/Pacific-10 Conference
- 3-3 (.500) in Pacific-10 Tournament
- 5-11 (.313) in NCAA Tournament
- 3-6 (.333) in NIT