Danny Miles was born on October 9,1945 and is a retired American basketball coach.
15 Facts About Danny Miles
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Danny Miles served as the head men's basketball coach at Oregon Institute of Technology for 45 years from 1971 to 2016.
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Danny Miles achieved his 1,000th win on February 1,2014, in his 43rd year of coaching at OIT.
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On March 29,2018 Danny Miles was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Danny Miles was known as a multi-sport athlete competing in baseball, football, and basketball.
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Danny Miles received a scholarship for baseball from Oregon State University, but then enrolled at Southern Oregon State College after an injury beginning in 1964.
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Danny Miles was first hired by the Oregon Institute of Technology as an assistant coach for football, basketball and baseball in 1970.
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Danny Miles said he thought he would become a college football coach and wanted to work in NCAA Division I in that sport.
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Danny Miles is known for his Value Point System, which he created and used.
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Danny Miles went to Wurzburg, Germany, when Nowitzki was 17 years old and tried to recruit Nowitzki for his team.
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For more than ten years, Danny Miles coached at basketball clinics in France during the summer break.
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In 2010 and 2011, Danny Miles was involved in the Athletes In Action program which included working at basketball clinics in Kenya and Rwanda.
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On July 17,2014 Danny Miles announced that he would retire effective July 2016 at the end of his 45th year at OIT.
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In October 2017, Danny Miles became the head athletic director at Cascade Christian.
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In June 2018, Danny Miles transitioned back into a mentorship role at Cascade Christian.