Argos Name Brad Miller Linebackers Coach
Published on October 15, 2008 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Toronto Argonauts News Release
Mississauga - The Toronto Argonauts Football Club is pleased to welcome Brad Miller as its new Linebackers Coach. Miller arrives in Argos camp in high regard as Head Coach Don Matthews worked with Brad in Edmonton and later hired him in Montreal.
Miller has a wealth of coaching experience from college and the pros that will benefit the Double Blue. He has coached the likes of CFL Hall of Famer, and former Argo, Willie Pless, helping Pless to achieve CFL Outstanding Defensive Player honours and supporting a defence that won a Grey Cup championship for the Eskimos in 1997. In eight seasons as a CFL coach, Miller has only been on one team that didn't make the post-season, the 1995 Birmingham Barracudas in 1995.
Miller coached two seasons in Montreal (2006-07) as a defensive line coach, with specific focus on the defensive ends, and eventually added Assistant Head Coach to his title. The 2006 Als finished first in the East and boasted a front line that finished fourth in the CFL in sacks. In both 2006 and 2007 his line was among the most proficient at preventing rushing touchdowns in the entire league.
Between coaching stints in Edmonton and Montreal, Miller also coached five seasons with the Green Bay Packers as both a defensive and special teams assistant.
Commented Head Coach Don Matthews, "Brad is a highly-intelligent football coach with an abundance of energy and positive reinforcement skills. His football IQ gives us another pair of eyes to make the necessary adjustments during the game and be successful."
Brad Miller
Linebackers Coach - Bio
Brad Miller entered the coaching ranks more than 20 years ago at Riverside College in California. He has since had success coaching defensive and special teams units at Portland State University, Birmingham Barracudas, Edmonton Eskimos, Green Bay Packers and Montreal Alouettes.
Miller coached two seasons in Montreal (2006-07) as a defensive line coach, with specific focus on the defensive ends, and eventually added Assistant Head Coach to his title. The 2006 Als finished first in the East and boasted a front line that finished fourth in the CFL in sacks. In both 2006 and 2007 his line was among the most proficient at preventing rushing touchdowns in the entire league.
Prior to joining the Alouettes, he spent five seasons with the NFL's Green Bay Packers (2001-05). He was a Special Teams Assistant with the Packers in 2005 after having spent the previous four seasons as a defensive assistant. Green Bay won three division titles and made the playoffs four times during Miller's tenure.
While in Edmonton (1996-00), he coached former Argo and CFL Hall of Fame linebacker Willie Pless and won a Grey Cup championship in 1997. He was named Defensive Coordinator in 2000 and his unit was among the top-four in 11 different defensive categories. Miller broke into the CFL with the Birmingham Barracudas (1995) as a linebackers coach.
A steward of football in Canada, the Pasadena, California native helped to found the Varsity Stars game which later evolved into the CIS East-West Bowl. Today the game is renowned as the preeminent prospects game for CFL scouts and evaluators.
Miller started coaching in 1986 at Riverside College in California and led his team to five Bowl Games in eight years. In 1994, he was hired by Portland State University and a remarkable 14 players from his 1994 roster went on to play in the NFL.
Born on May 30, 1963 in Pasadena, California, Brad played tight end at Oregon State. He and his wife Lisa have two boys, Anselmo Robert and Elijah David, and a daughter named Alexis.
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