Episode 41 of Inside Warhawk Athletics Presented by Educators Credit Union includes a conversation with Pat Miller, who is in his 20th season as head men’s basketball coach at UW-Whitewater. Coach Miller has led the Warhawks to six WIAC championships, four conference tournament titles and nine NCAA Tournament appearances, including national championships in 2012 and 2014. Coach Miller enters the 2021 season with a 394-141 career record, good for a .736 winning percentage, and is a four-time WIAC Coach of the Year. As a three-year guard for the Warhawks from 1986-89, Coach Miller helped UW-Whitewater claim the national championship in 1989 and shot 48 percent from 3-point range for his career. He graduated from UW-Whitewater in 1989 and was the WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete as a senior.
Miller discusses the 2021 team as it heads into this week’s season-opening games, his background and start in basketball, the team’s success over the past 20 years and several other topics.