Jim Miller

JIM MILLER
Wartburg College Head Coach
1991-Present

His teams have compiled a 292-28-3 dual meet record, won 15 consecutive Iowa Conference championships and placed first or second in the nation 13 of the past 15 years. Wartburg has also reeled off a remarkable string of 115 consecutive dual wins against Iowa Conference competition, dating back to 1994, and has reached the 20-win dual mark in each of the last three years.

Miller is a member of the National Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame. He was named Division III Rookie Coach of the Year and National Rookie Coach of the Year by Amateur Wrestling News in 1992 and Division III Coach of the Year in 1993, 1996,1999 and 2003. He also won Coach-of-the-Year laurels in the Iowa Conference in 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006 and was the third runner-up (1996) and recipient of the prestigious Dan Gable all-division Coach of the Year award in 2004 as selected by W.I.N. magazine. Wrestling USA magazine tabbed him Iowa’s Man of the Year in 2003. Miller is a member of the Glen Brands Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame and the East (Waterloo) High School Athletics Hall of Fame.

He previously served for eight years as the top assistant at the University of Northern Iowa where he was honored as an assistant Coach of the Year in 1989. Prior to moving to UNI, he was an assistant coach at Riceville High School and a head coach at Charles City High School, where he compiled a 55-10 record. He was named Iowa High School Coach of the Year in 1979 and Iowa’s Freestyle Coach of the Year in 1982.

He received the Distinguished Service Award in wrestling in conjunction with the 1980 Olympics.

While attending UNI, where he earned a B.A. degree in 1975 and an M.A. degree in 1988, Miller was a two-time NCAA champion in Division II and a two-time All-American in Division I, placing second and fourth.

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