When you talk to Jim Miller you don’t get far into the conversation when he talks about the former baseball players he coached at UW-Whitewater.“Mills” was the Warhawks’ head baseball coach from 1987 to 2003. He holds the record for victories for a UW-Whitewater baseball coach with a record of 416-226-4, a winning percentage of .648 and an average of 24 wins a year.
Miller mentored players to first team all-conference honors seventy-eight times, all-region honors fifty times and All-America recognition eleven times. Eleven players coached by Miller signed professional contracts.
Many of those formal players are expected to be in attendance Saturday for the formal dedication of James B. Miller Stadium between games of the UW-Whitewater baseball team’s doubleheader vs. UW-La Crosse. First pitch for Saturday's twinbill is set for 12-Noon. There will be a tailgate during game two, with food and beverages provided. The tailgate will be located in the Miller Stadium Hawk's Nest (down the right field line).
Miller was among the top thirty National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III active coaching leaders in both total wins and winning percentage at his retirement in 2003. He was a three-time Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association College Coach of the Year, earning the honor in 1988, 1990, and 2000 and was named the NCAA III Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 1989.
In 2000, 2001, and 2003 “Mills” directed UW-W to Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and was named the conference baseball coach of the year each of those years. He led the Warhawks to National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III tournament bids in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2001, and 2003, including a fifth place finish in 1989.
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