Bill Miller (American football coach, born 1931)

Bill Miller

Biographical details
Born	1931 Goldthwaite, Texas
Died	February 20, 2006 (aged 74)
Playing career
1955–1956	Southwest Texas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1963	Southwest Texas State (assistant)
1964–1978	Southwest Texas State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1972–1992	Southwest Texas State
Head coaching record
Overall	94–53–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 LSC (1971)

Bill Miller (1931 – February 20, 2006) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Texas State University now—Texas State University—from 1964 to 1978, compiling a record of 94–53–3. Miller was also the athletic director at Southwest Texas State from 1972 to 1992.

Life and career

Miller was born in Goldthwaite, Texas in 1931. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War before enrolling at Texas State, then called Southwest Texas State College, playing football under coach Milton Jowers.

He was appointed as an assistant coach in 1961 and became co-head coach with Jowers in 1964. He was football coach for 15 years, the second longest term at Texas State and has the best record at 94–53–3. Miller retired as athletics director at Texas State in 1992.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Lone Star Conference) (1964–1978)
1964	Southwest Texas State	8–2	4–2	3rd
1965	Southwest Texas State	8–2	4–2	T–2nd
1966	Southwest Texas State	7–2–1	4–2–1	T–2nd
1967	Southwest Texas State	9–1	6–1	2nd
1968	Southwest Texas State	5–5	3–4	5th
1969	Southwest Texas State	3–6–1	3–4	4th
1970	Southwest Texas State	6–5	4–5	T–5th
1971	Southwest Texas State	8–1–1	7–1–1	1st
1972	Southwest Texas State	7–3	6–2	T–2nd
1973	Southwest Texas State	4–6	3–6	T–6th
1974	Southwest Texas State	6–4	6–3	T–3rd
1975	Southwest Texas State	7–3	7–2	3rd
1976	Southwest Texas State	5–5	4–3	T–3rd
1977	Southwest Texas State	5–4	5–2	T–3rd
1978	Southwest Texas State	6–4	3–4	T–5th
Southwest Texas State:		94–53–3	69–43–2
Total:		94–53–3
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth