Division I Independent Coach of the Year by CBS Sportsline, 2005-06
Finalist for the Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award, 2005-06
North Central Region Coach of the Year at SW Minnesota State, 2000-01
Northern Sun Conference Coach of the Year at SW Minnesota State, 2000-01
National Coach of the Month by Division II Bulletin, December 2000
Tim Miles is as dynamic and invigorating a personality as you would care to see, and putting him in charge of a group of young men with talent is the right formula for success.
Taking over as the 21st head men’s basketball coach in North Dakota State history five years ago, Miles has guided his competitive Bison squads to a 79-63 record including two North Central Conference semifinal appearances. He knows the right formula that should put the Bison basketball program on a long-term track for winning in Division I.
The 40-year-old Miles has turned two collegiate programs into big winners, including a magical 2000-01 season with Southwest Minnesota State University. He guided that program to a 28-7 mark including the NCAA Division II North Central Region championship and a berth in the 2001 Elite Eight.
In four seasons as the head coach of the Mustangs, his squads put together a 78-39 record, recorded the first 20-win season in school history, and gained Southwest Minnesota State its first back-to-back winning seasons in more than two decades.
Miles led the team to four consecutive winning seasons for the only time in school history, and his squad captured the 2001 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship.
Miles was named the National Coach of the Month by the Division II Bulletin in December 2000 and was the NSIC and North Central Region Coach of the Year following his 2000-01 campaign.
His 11-year collegiate coaching mark is 192-124, including two conference-winning campaigns at Mayville (N.D.) State University, where his teams were 35-22.
A native of Doland, S.D., he graduated from the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., in 1989 and earned a master’s degree in health and physical education from Northern State in Aberdeen, S.D., in 1990.
He was an assistant coach at Northern State for six seasons from 1989-90 through 1994-95 and helped the Wolves to five NAIA playoff appearances and five regional titles. He was the recruiting coordinator for NSU and was responsible for bringing in and coaching five All-Americans at that school.
Miles and his wife, Kari, have a daughter, Ava, and a son, Gabriel.
