David Miller (baseball)


David Cochran Miller is an American college baseball coach and former first baseman. Miller is the head coach of the La Salle Explorers baseball team.

Amateur career

Miller attended Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Miller played for the school's varsity baseball team all four years and played basketball as well. Miller then enrolled at Clemson University, to play college baseball for the Clemson Tigers baseball team.
As a freshman at Clemson University in 1993, Miller had a.271 batting average, a.303 on-base percentage and a.329 SLG.
As a sophomore in 1994, Miller batted.313 with a.396 SLG, 1 home run, and 59 RBIs.
In the 1995 season as a junior, Miller hit 9 home runs, 14 doubles, 10 triples and 78 RBIs. He was named First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference, Second Team Coaches All-American, Third Team All-American by Baseball America and Third Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

Professional career

Miller was considered to be one of the best available players in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft and was drafted in the 23rd overall by the Cleveland Indians.
Miller began his professional career with the Kinston Indians of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, where he batted.254 with seven home runs. He was promoted to the Akron Aeros of the Double-A Eastern League in 1997. He hit.301 with four home runs for Akron. Miller started 1998 with the Buffalo Bisons of the Class AAA International League. He completed the season batting.267 with 9 home runs and 54 RBIs in 115 games. With Miller not being added to the Indians' 40 man roster, Miller was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1998 Rule 5 draft. Miller failed to make the Phillies 40 man and was returned to the Indians. He played a second season at Buffalo in 1999, hitting.240 with 2 home runs and 37 RBIs. In 2000, Miller played for the Bisons again, was demoted to the Aeros and then released by the Indians. He was signed by the Atlanta Braves and played the remainder of the season with the Greenville Braves. Miller then missed the 2001 season with an injury. He returned to action in 2002 with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Cincinnati Reds organization. He was released following the 2002 season. He signed with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Miller retired after the season.

Coaching career

Miller assisted coaching at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2003. Miller was assistant coach at Rutgers University–Camden in 2009. From 2010 to 2011, Miller assisted on the Villanova Wildcats baseball team. On July 8, 2011, Miller joined the William & Mary Tribe baseballprogram as an assistant coach. On July 15, 2013, Miller was announced as the head coach of William Penn Charter School.
On June 29, 2017, Miller was the head coach of the La Salle Explorers baseball program. Miller lead the Explorers to a 14–41 record in his first season.

Head coaching record