Smith was promoted from the Spartans Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach position after three seasons to head coach. Smith replaces Mark Noll who left the university to pursue other opportunities. I’m going to do everything I can, I’m going to work hard out there and I think I can help them out in a few years, that’s the goal.DUBUQUE, Iowa – The University of Dubuque announces the appointment of Justin Smith as the new head women’s basketball coach. “Honestly to any hooper out there playing D-1 basketball, whether it’s a walk-on or a scholarship, it’s a dream come true. There’s pros and cons to both, but it honestly just came down to this is just a great opportunity and I didn’t want to pass it up,” Charlie Miller said.
“It was just a lot of talk with my family. Miller had several Division-II scholarship offers, including UNC Pembroke, but after weighing the options ultimately chose the path of walking on in a Division-I program. … The prep year seemed like a logical opportunity to grow and develop, get stronger, play against a little bit better competition.” “It was a challenge, for not only Charlie but for a lot of kids that were on his prep team or that he played high school ball with. “It was a really strange time for everybody recruiting, with COVID and the transfer portal,” Ben Miller said. He played a post-grad season in 2021-22 with the Flight 22 program, based in Wilmington, due in part to the congestion in college basketball recruiting resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the extra year of eligibility given to all players who participated in the 2020-21 season. “That made my mom and dad really happy that we’ll be in the same spot,” Charlie Miller said.Ĭharlie Miller, a 5-foot-10 shooting guard, was part of Lumberton’s 4A co-state championship team in 2020 as a junior the following season he averaged 16.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game in helping lead the Pirates back to the 4A East Regional final. “Of course, my mom and dad are really excited about that, just the connections they have with that university and the people there.”Ĭharlie Miller’s sister Betsie, who recently completed her undergraduate work at the University of Kansas, will also be attending UNI to begin grad school this fall. “During the process, Dad and I tried to take a step back we didn’t want Charlie to feel any pressure from him or the history, we wanted it to be his decision,” Ben Miller said. I know he’s really excited too, and the whole family is, honestly, but it’s definitely cool to have his legacy out there.” So that was just kind of a really cool experience just to see all that. “When I went on my visit and everything, seeing his banner in the gym and stuff, and soon as I walked in they had the Eldon Miller Plaza, a sign. “That’s a really cool part about it,” Charlie Miller said.
Right then and there I just knew this was going to be the best fit for me.”Ĭharlie Miller, the son of former UNC Pembroke head coach Ben Miller, will bring a Miller family presence back to Cedar Falls after his grandfather, Eldon “Pops” Miller, was the Panthers’ head coach from 1986-98. I liked what he had to say and everything. He pretty much said I could come out for a visit and everything, so I did that and I really liked it. “I had a couple good conversations with him. “I talked to Coach (Ben) Jacobson a couple times he saw me play last summer, so he told me he would be in touch,” Miller said. The former Lumberton High School basketball player announced Sunday he has committed to the University of Northern Iowa as a walk-on, joining a traditionally-strong midmajor program competing in the Missouri Valley Conference in NCAA Division I. He’s found it - and at a place his family is very familiar with. LUMBERTON - For the last couple of years, Charlie Miller has looked for the right opportunity.
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