Hall of Fame
From first-year head coach at NAIA Division II Mayville State to head coach at NCAA Division I University of Nebraska in the Big Ten Conference, with stops between, charismatic basketball coach Tim Miles has established a reputation for turning programs around, guiding men's basketball teams to impressive levels. At Mayville State he set new standards of excellence and expectations and led the 1995-96 Comets from the bottom of the NDCAC to the conference championship and a berth in the NAIA national tourney in Nampa, Idaho. The 1996-97 Comets repeated as the conference champion and participant in the NAIA equivalent of “The Big Dance.” The consecutive appearances in the national tourney were a first for any NDCAC team. In recognition, Miles was named 1996 NDCAC men's basketball coach of the year. The dominant, unprecedented turnaround under the passionate coach had implications not only for the Comets but for the entire league. In just two seasons he left an indelible mark on men's basketball in North Dakota. Miles is the only active coach who has taken teams to the postseason at the Division I, Division II, and NAIA ranks.
