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Coaching StaffSean MillerHead CoachFourth Year at ArizonaNinth Year OverallPittsburgh, ‘92As Sean Miller begins year four in Tucson, he does so knowingthat his multifaceted approach to building a program haspaid lasting dividends in the Southwest. These numbers certainlyjustify the thought:• His 69 wins in his first three years are more than any UAcoach in history and more than any current Pac-12 coach in hisfirst three years in the league. Arizona is averaging 23 wins perthat span, but since the conference expanded to 10 teams back in1978-79, Miller is one of only two coaches in that span to win 36conference games in his first three years in the league, joiningUCLA’s Steve Lavin, who went 39-15 (.722) from 1996-99.• No Pac-12 team has more road wins in conference play (14)than UA since Miller took over.• Arizona has allowed fewer points per game in each of SeanMiller’s first three seasons: 72.0 ppg in 2009-10, 67.9 ppg in 2010-11 and 62.7 ppg in 2011-12. UA has held opponents to less than 60points 26 times in Miller’s first three seasons.• Over the last two seasons, UA opponents have connected onless than 29 percent of its three-point FG attempts (345-of-1,194).Only one other team nationally can match that.Arizona’s climb back to the elite level of college basketballbegan April 7, 2009, when Sean Miller took over the reins of theesteemed program. In the time since that announcement, Millerhas given the Wildcats the stability needed to move forwardseason under Miller, an improvement over the six seasons (21.7)prior to his arrival.• A 36-18 (.667) Pac-12 record in his first three seasons in theleague. Not only does that record tie for the best in the Pac-12 in26Sean Miller’s Year-By-Year Collegiate Coaching RecordSchool Year Record Pct. Conf. Finish PostseasonXavier 2004-05 17-12 .586 10-6 T2nd —Xavier 2005-06 21-11 .656 8-8 T7th NCAA Oakland Region 1st RoundXavier 2006-07 25-9 .735 13-3 T1st NCAA South Region 2nd RoundXavier 2007-08 30-7 .811 14-2 1st NCAA West Regional FinalXavier 2008-09 27-8 .771 12-4 1st NCAA East Regional SemifinalXavier Totals 5 years 120-47 .719 57-23Arizona 2009-10 16-15 .516 10-8 4th —Arizona 2010-11 30-8 .789 14-4 1st NCAA West Regional FinalArizona 2011-12 23-12 .657 12-6 4th NITArizona Totals 3 years 69-35 .663 36-18Overall 8 years 189-82 .697 93-41Coaching Honors2007-08 Atlantic-10 Conference Coach of the Year; NABC District 10 Coach of the Year2010-11 Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year; NABC District 20 Coach of the Yearwith confidence, the focus to improve each day and the guidanceof a leader who has found success everywhere he’s been.From his first team meeting – featuring just six players –Miller’s first 12 months were a whirlwind of activity as he workedtirelessly to rebuild from within.He quickly added eight players tosolidify the roster and rebuilt a systemin which defensive intensityand offensive cohesiveness form arelentless unit at both ends of thecourt.Since then, consistent success hasfollowed.His 2011-12 team won 23 gamesand advanced to the postseason,collecting back-to-back 20-win seasonsfor the first time within theprogram in five seasons. For thesecond straight season, UA finishedin the top-five nationally in threepointfield goal percentage defenseand limited opponents to an averageof 62.7 points per game in 352012-13 University of Arizona Men’s Basketball