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UNC Basketball: Wes Miller ‘serious candidate’ for head coaching position

By Blake Cockrum

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: Head coach Wes Miller of the UNC-Greensboro Spartans looks on during a college basketball game against the Georgetown Hoyas at the Verizon Center on December 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Hoyas won 78-56. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: Head coach Wes Miller of the UNC-Greensboro Spartans looks on during a college basketball game against the Georgetown Hoyas at the Verizon Center on December 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Hoyas won 78-56. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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Former UNC basketball player and current UNC-Greensboro head coach Wes Miller is considered a “serious candidate” for the Cincinnati Bearcats’ head coaching position.

UNC-Greensboro head coach Wes Miller has been named in a number of head coaching searches over the past month. Most notably, Miller was a legitimate contender to fill the recent head coaching vacancy at the University of North Carolina; one that was ultimately entrusted to former Roy Williams assistant Hubert Davis.

And now, the 38-year-old Miller, who was born in the same city that he now coaches in, is emerging as a “serious candidate” for the Cincinnati Bearcats’ head coaching position. The job became available when Cincinnati head coach John Brannen was fired last Friday following a 12-11 record overall and an 8-6 mark in conference play for the 2020-21 season. Ohio State assistant Ryan Pedon is also a front-runner for the Bearcats’ head coaching job; that according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

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Miller has seen considerable success in his current position, putting together a record of 185-135 in 10 seasons with the program. That includes no less than 21 victories in each of the last five seasons, and four first-place finishes in the Southern Conference since 2012. He’s taken the Spartans to the NCAA Tournament on two occasions, the most recent being during the 2021-22 season. UNC-Greensboro was awarded a 13-seed in the tourney, and ultimately lost to fourth-seeded Florida State in a close Round of 64 game.

Miller has received strong endorsements in the past from former UNC head coach and Hall-of-Famer Roy Williams, the most recent of which came at the latter’s retirement press conference in Chapel Hill two weeks ago.

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