Danny Miles


Danny Miles is a retired American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Oregon Institute of Technology for 45 years from 1971 to 2016. Miles has led the Hustlin' Owls to three NAIA Division II National Championships. He achieved his one thousandth win on February 1, 2014, in his 43rd year of coaching at OIT. This is the fourth most of any men's college basketball coach all-time. The other coaches at a four-year school with 1,000 or more wins are Harry Statham, coach of McKendree University, Mike Krzyzewski, coach of Duke University, and Herb Magee, coach of Philadelphia University.
On March 29, 2018 Miles was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Playing career

Miles was known as a multi-sport athlete competing in baseball, football, and basketball. In 1962, he won the Oregon class 4A state championship in Football and in 1963 he was recognized as the outstanding athlete at Medford High School. Miles received a scholarship for baseball from Oregon State University, but then enrolled at Southern Oregon State College after an injury beginning in 1964.
While at SOU, Miles continued as a multi-sport athlete and attained the following honors:

Oregon Tech

In 1971, the Oregon Institute of Technology hired Miles at the age of 26 as head coach. During his 45 years as head coach at Oregon Tech, the Hustlin' Owls won 1040 games while losing 437, for a.704 winning percentage. He had 10 seasons of 30 or more wins.
During his time at Oregon Tech, Miles was also the head softball coach for nine years with a 323-171 record. Over seven years as the head baseball coach at Oregon Tech, his record was 132-103.

Retirement

On July 17, 2014 Miles announced that he would retire effective July 2016 at the end of his 45th year at OIT. Justin Parnell, a former player of his was named as his successor at OIT.

Life after coaching

In April 2016 Miles became the assistant athletic director at Cascade Christian High School in Medford, Oregon. In October 2017 Miles became the Head Athletic director at Cascade Christian
June 2018, Miles transitioned back into a mentorship role at Cascade Christian

Awards and honors