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Ed Miller begins his 25th year as the Associate Head Coach at California. Throughout his storied career, Miller has earned both a national and international reputation for his success on the field. He is considered one of the premier multi-event coaches in the world and has served United States Track & Field on four international trips, including the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France, as an assistant coach. As a member of USATF's Development Committees, Miller served as the National Coordinator for the long jump and also was the Regional Coordinator for the high jump.
A former NCAA decathlon champion and All-American for the Golden Bears, Miller assists in the administration of the program, in fundraising and in meet management. Miller's latest honor was his recent induction into the Diablo Valley College athletic hall of fame as a member of its first class. In 2002, Miller received one of his greatest honors when he was inducted into Cal's Hall of Fame.
Miller has coached a number of outstanding athletes at Cal, including current Cal high jumpers, Ed Wright and Inika McPherson. In 2007, Wright won the Pac-10 Championship, the NCAA West Regional Championship and was named an All-American. McPherson, also a 2007 All-American, was at one time ranked fifth in the nation, came in fourth at the USA championships and took sixth at the NCAA Outdoor championships. He has also coached South American record-holder Ramon Jimenez-Gaona (Paraguay, discus). Miller also coached Cal decathletes Bevan Hart (2000 NCAA champion and 1999-2000 Pac-10 champion), Ross Bomben (1996 NCAA runner-up and 1998 Pac-10 champion). On the women's side, Miller coached a number of outstanding multi-eventers, including 1995 All-American Tiffany Janssen, 1995 Pac-10 champion Ifeoma Ozoeze, 2000 Pac-10 champion, All-American Missy Vanek and heptathlete Brooke Meredith (indoor and outdoor All-American and MPSF indoor champion.)
In addition to Jimenez-Gaona, a three time NCAA runner-up and school-record holder in the discus at 210-11, Miller has tutored Kari Nisula, the 1988 NCAA discus champion, the only three-time Pac-10 pole vault champion and 1992 NCAA runner-up; All-American Brent Burns (holds Cal pole vault record of 18-8.25); All-American Clarence Phelps (2nd in the pole vault at the 1997 NCAA championships at 18-0.50); All-American Jeff Rogers (holds Cal high jump record of 7-5.75); Pac-10 high jump and triple jump champion Mike Harris (All-American in 1990); two-time Pac-10 high jump champion Kevin Keane; and high jumper Teak Wilburn (indoor and outdoor All-American and indoor conference and outdoor Pac-10 Champion). Miller's athletes have earned 23 All-America honors.
A native of nearby Pleasant Hill, Calif., Miller was a two-year letterman at California in 1975 and '76. As a senior, he captured the 1976 NCAA decathlon title in Philadelphia, Pa., scoring a then school-record 7,443 points. That score broke a 42-year-old record of Olympian Bob Clark and presently ranks sixth on the all-time list at Cal. Miller continued competing past college, including at the 1976 and '80 U.S. Olympic Trials. Prior to returning to Cal as a coach, Miller taught, coached track and field and coached women's basketball at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, Calif.
He and his wife, Sheila, make their home in Antioch, Calif. Their son, Eddie, currently plays for the Cal basketball team. Their daughter, Jennifer, graduated from the Haas School of Business in 2004.
