Richard "Pete" Miller (born May 4, 1952) is an American retired basketball player and current coach.
Playing career
Miller played collegiate basketball for the San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team. From 1975, Miller played three seasons with Nationale Nederlanden Donar in the Dutch Eredivisie.[1] He averaged 20.4 points per game over three seasons in the Eredivisie.[2] Later, he left to play in Germany for Bayer Leverkusen and later Bayern Munich.[3]
Coaching career
Miller started his coaching career with Bayern Munich in 1985 and spent the next decade in Germany coaching several clubs in the Munich area.
In 2008, Miller returned to the Netherlands to coach Aris Leeuwarden. In 2010, he reached the semi-finals of the DBL with Aris.
On April 12, 2021, Miller signed as head coach of Donar for the remainder of the 2020–21 season after the club sacked Ivan Rudež.[4] Donar was eliminated in the semifinals of the playoffs by Heroes Den Bosch.
Personal
Miller is often nicknamed "Pistol Pete" after Peter "Le Pistol" Dickson.[5]
References
- ^ "Pete Miller - DonarMuseum.nl". www.donarmuseum.nl.
- ^ "Pete Miller Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier". db.basketball.nl.
- ^ "It's Miller time!". Sportinstad.nl.
- ^ "Pete Miller maakt seizoen af als hoofdcoach van Donar". Donar.nl.
- ^ van der Putten, Tim. "Pete Miller nieuwe hoofdtrainer Basketball Academy RTC Noord en Donar DTL".
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