Miller attended Woodruff High School in Spartanburg County, SC., and in his junior and senior years he lettered in four sports. He played shortstop on the baseball teams that won the state championships for two consecutive years.

He received a baseball scholarship to Wilmington Junior College, and his 1961 team won the National Junior College Championship and the 1962 team finished second nationally. Miller was awarded Junior College All American Honors in 1961.

He received a scholarship to Wake Forest University where he played second base. The 1963 team won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and Miller earned All American honors.

In 1964 he played professional baseball in the New York Mets organization.

Returning to school, he earned his M.Ed. at UNC Chapel Hill and was offered a position to teach and coach at Wilmington College (formerly Wilmington Junior College). Wilmington College later became the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Miller earned his Ph.D. at Florida State University in 1970.

During his 40 year career at UNCW he served as:

• Assistant baseball coach
• Department chair
• Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
• Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• Enrollment Manager
• Director of Summer School

Miller is a member of the Woodruff High School Athletic Hall of Fame

and the UNCW Athletic Hall of Fame.