Bio

Owen Miller enters his third season in charge of the Gulf Coast men’s basketball program having already established a high bar. His first season ended one game short of the NJCAA Tournament, and his Bulldogs have won 36 games over the first two seasons. It’s been an instant turnaround for the program from a coach with long-established connections to the school and the entire South Mississippi community. He arrived at Perkinston after a championship-winning career at Gulfport High School which followed 17 years as an NCAA Division I assistant coach.

The 2024-25 Bulldogs advanced to the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament for the second straight season with a 17-10 regular-season finish. Jabbari Barry earned All-MACCC honors for the second straight season.

The Bulldogs went 19-10 in 2023-24 and finished third in the MACCC with a 9-5 mark. They won eight more games than the year to return to the postseason. Gulf Coast won twice in the Region 23 Tournament, losing by two points in the championship game.

Miller coached the Admirals to the MHSAA Class 6A championship in 2014, and his teams made it to the semifinals two other times and the quarterfinals twice more.

As an assistant coach, Miller helped lead teams to the Final Four in both the NCAA and NIT tournaments. His first coaching job was on Mississippi State’s staff from 1994-1997. The Bulldogs advanced to the Sweet 16 in 1995 before winning the SEC Tournament in 1996 and making it all the way to the national semifinals. 

He was at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 1997-2004 where the Roadrunners won the Southland Conference Tournament twice to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Miller spent two seasons at Colorado State before returning to his home state to coach on Andy Kennedy’s staff. He helped lead the Rebels to NIT berths in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. The 2008 and 2010 teams advanced to the semifinals in Madison Square Garden.

Miller played for legendary Gulfport coach Bert Jenkins from 1986-89, winning state championships in 1987 and 1988. He went on to play two years at NCAA Division I Lamar University before finishing his college career at Division II Mississippi College.

He has a bachelor’s in public relations from Mississippi College and a master’s in education from William Carey University. He and his wife Hollie have been married 20 years.