Player Bio: Kevin Miller - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Baseball
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Kevin Miller enters his first season as an assistant coach at the UW, where he was a three-time first-team All-Pac-10 North shortstop and two-time Pac-10 North Player of the Year.
Miller will primarily oversee the infielders and will coach third base during games.
Miller was a key component of perhaps the greatest era in Washington baseball history as he helped the Diamond Dawgs to three straight Pac-10 North titles (1996-97-98) and two consecutive overall Pac-10 crowns (1997-98). He was named the Pac-10 North Player of the Year as a freshman and sophomore and was first-team all-league all three years. Additionally, he was a first-team Freshman All-America selection in 1996 and earned second-team All-America honors in 1997 and 1998.
When his college career was over, Miller had set UW records for RBI in a season and in a career and was the Husky career record holder with 30 home runs. He also set a school record that still stands with a 22-game hitting streak in 1997.
Drafted in the seventh round out of Ballard High School (he was, at the time, the highest-drafted freshman ever to come to UW), Miller was selected by Oakland in the third round of the 1998 draft. After going straight to high-A ball to play with the Modesto A's, his pro career was cut short by a severe ankle injury.
Prior to coming back to coach at Washington, Miller had spent the last four seasons as head coach at Ballard, his alma mater. In 2007, he was named the KingCo 4A coach of the year.
Prior to taking over as head coach at Ballard, Miller spent two seasons as an assistant for the Beavers after a year as an assistant at Seattle's Garfield High.
Miller, who is pursuing his degree in sociology, has also coached several 18-year old summer teams, including a year as head coach of the Shockers and the last four as head coach of Baden Baseball.
During his high school playing career, Miller was a three-time first-team All-Metro League selection and was the 1995 Metro League Player of the Year. He batted .727 with 20 walks as a senior and helped the Beavers to the state playoffs as a junior and senior. He also earned varsity letters in basketball and swimming.
Miller and his wife, Erika, are the parents of two boys, six-year old Tyler and three-year old Kameron.
