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Jim Miller

Jim Miller

  • Class
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Wrestling
Coach Jim Miller

Miller, or "Milboy," orchestrated the Wartburg wrestling program's rise to national dominance. Under his leadership, the Knights won 10 national championships, had 34 individual national champions, 138 All-Americans, and 70 NWCA Scholar All-Americans. Miller was named the 2003 NCAA National Coach of the Year and was a 10-time Iowa Conference Coach of the Year. He amassed a career record of 411-38-2. Wartburg won 21 straight IIAC titles under Miller, and the team still has not lost a dual against conference opponents since 1994. After he stepped down from coaching, Wartburg President Darrel Colson bestowed Miller with coach emeritus honors. Miller is an instructor in health and physical education at Wartburg and lives in Cedar Falls with his wife, Kathy. They have three adult sons, Christopher Clark, Chris Miller, and TJ Miller '08, along with three granddaughters.
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