Coach Miller is in his ninth year as Bethel’s defensive coordinator following a successful 10-year run as head coach at Northwestern College. During his time at Northwestern, Miller was named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference coach of the year twice and led the Eagles to a win in the Victory Bowl, the national championship game for the National Christian College Athletic Association, following the 2000 season.
Last season, Miller directed a Bethel defense that finished first in the MIAC. Bethel led in several categories, including scoring defense by allowing the fewest points, touchdowns, and extra points. Bethel was also first against the pass, allowing just five yards per reception and fewer than 130 yards per game. The Royals allowed the fewest first downs, and even more impressively, the discipline of the defense allowed fewer than 10 first downs by way of penalty as the least penalized team in the conference. Bethel's defense was the toughest in the red zone, posted the second highest number of sacks in the conference, and was also the second toughest team to convert on fourth down against.
Miller, a top player for the Royals after transferring in for his final two seasons, is a 1983 Bethel graduate and a 2003 inductee into the Bethel University Athletic Hall of Fame. Miller also teaches in Bethel’s health and physical education department.
He and his wife Liz, also a Bethel grad, live in Falcon Heights with daughters Casey, a junior at Bethel, Carly, a freshman at Bethel, son Beau, 13, and Moses, their one-year old yellow Labrador.
