Gus Miller Explained

Gus Miller
Birth Date:3 August 1900
Birth Place:Pine Grove, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:Denton, Texas, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1919
Player Team2:West Texas State
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1923–1926
Coach Team2:Slaton HS (TX)
Coach Years3:1927–1936
Coach Team3:Trinidad HS (CO)
Coach Years4:1937–1941
Coach Team4:Texas Wesleyan
Coach Years5:1942–1946
Coach Team5:West Texas State
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1937–1942
Coach Team7:Texas Wesleyan
Coach Years8:1942–1957
Coach Team8:West Texas State
Admin Years1:1946–1957
Admin Team1:West Texas State
Overall Record:41–32–3 (college football)
283–154 (college basketball)
Tournament Record:Basketball
4–3 (NAIA)
0–1 (NCAA)
Championships:Football
1 Texas Conference (1940)

Basketball
4 Texas Conference (1938, 1940–1942)
3 Border (1943, 1952, 1955)

William Augustus Miller (August 3, 1900 – February 16, 1992) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Wesleyan College—now known as Texas Wesleyan University—in Fort Worth, Texas from 1937 to 1941 and West Texas State Teachers College—now known as West Texas A&M University—in Canyon, Texas–from 1942 to 1946, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–32–3. Miller was also the head basketball coach at Texas Wesleyan from 1947 to 1942 and West Texas State from 1942 to 1957, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 283–154. His basketball teams won three Border Conference championships and made an appearance in the 1955 NCAA basketball tournament.[1]

Miller coached at Trinidad High School in Trinidad, Colorado for 10 years before he was hired at Texas Wesleyan in 1937.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Miller was born in Pine Grove, Texas. He received a bachelor's degree from West Texas State and a master's degree from Texas Tech University. He died on February 16, 1992, at a hospital in Denton, Texas.[6]

Head coaching record

College basketball

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-13 Men's Basketball Record Book.
  2. News: King . Dub . Miller Appointed Rams' Head Coach . . . July 2, 1937 . 12 . August 13, 2021 . .
  3. News: . West Texas Buffaloes Add Miller to Coaching Staff . . . . February 13, 1942 . 11 . August 13, 2021 . .
  4. News: Gilstrap . Harry . Miller Takes Over WTS Athletic Director Duties . . . October 23, 1946 . 8 . August 13, 2021 . .
  5. News: . College Announces Changes In Coaching Staff, PE Department . The Canyon News . . April 10, 1957 . 1 . August 13, 2021 . .
  6. News: . William A. Miller . . . February 18, 1992 . 15 . August 13, 2021 . .