Rich Miller

Rich Miller is entering into his six season as the Penn State Berks Head Golf Coach in 2025-26. He previously coached the men's basketball team from 2018-21.

Men's Golf
In the 2021-22 season, Miller and the Nittany Lions opened up the fall finishing second out of six competing teams at the Albright Invitational. They also had a pair of fifth place showings during the fall portion of the schedule. In the spring, Berks won a pair of head-to-head matches against Albright College to win the first annual Lions' Cup. The Nittany Lions sat in second place out of eight competing teams after the first day of the United East Championship. The team slipped a little in the second day and finished in fifth out of eight teams at the conference tournament.

In Miller's first season, the Nittany Lions competed in an abbreviated spring season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the NEAC Championship, the Nittany Lions shot a 328 on both days to finish with a 656 and place fourth overall. Drew Morris finished tied for first place after a two-day score of 154 (75-79) to earn NEAC Co-Player of the Year honors. In addition, Morris was an All-NEAC First Team honoree and Dan Fieger earned a spot on the All-NEAC Second Team. 

Men's Basketball
Miller and the Nittany Lions did not have a 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the 2019-20 season, the Nittany Lions finished 2-22 overall and went 2-14 in the NEAC. The 2019-20 team set the single-season program record for 3's made with 247, ranked second all-time in free throw percentage (70.9%), and third for 3-point percentage (33.7%). Jared Houck was tabbed as an All-NEAC Third Team selection.

The Nittany Lions went 3-22 overall and 3-13 in the NEAC in the 2018-19 season. The team finished among the top-five in program history for field goal percentage (42.9%) and 3-point field goals made (174). Miller had two student-athletes earn All-NEAC Third Team honors (Matt Seip and Latrell Carroll). In addition, Miller coached the NEAC Rookie of the Year (Carroll) and had the program's first ever D3hoops.com East Region Rookie of the Year (Carroll).

Miller began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Division II Mansfield University in 1999. At that time, he was the youngest assistant men's basketball coach in all of Division II. In 2006, Miller was promoted to head coach and he maintained that position until 2016.

He amassed a career record of 130-139 overall and was 73-87 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Miller guided the Mounties to five trips to the PSAC playoffs and led the team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years during the 2010-11 campaign. The 2010-11 squad finished 18-9 overall and saw Miller receive the PSAC East Coach of the Year award.

Under Miller's guidance, MU had 15 members earn All-PSAC East recognition, which includes seven on the 1st team. In addition, the Mounties had two PSAC East Rookie of the Year recipients and one PSAC East Player of the Year honoree during Miller's time at the helm.

A native of Harrisburg, PA, Miller graduated from Bucknell University in 1996 where he was a four-year starter for the Bison's football team as a kicker and punter, earning All-Patriot League honors. He also played two seasons of junior varsity basketball for the Bison. Miller earned his MS from Mansfield in 1999.

Miller began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater Lower Dauphin High School in 1996-97. A 1993 graduate, Miller received all-conference honors in basketball, baseball and football during his junior and senior seasons and is the second leading scorer in the school's basketball history.

Miller and his wife Julie recently moved into the Reading area with their daughter Ellie and sons Evan and Joshua. In addition to his coaching duties, Miller is currently the General Manager for the Wankawala Organization at the Hampton Inn by Hilton Reading-Wyomissing.
 
Overall NEAC
Year Wins Losses Wins Losses
2018-19 3 21 3 13
2019-20 2 22 2 14
2020-21* N/A    N/A N/A N/A
Total 5 43 5 27
*No season due to COVID-19 pandemic