Keith Miller

Keith Miller

Keith Miller enjoyed a distinguished playing career that saw him awarded the

inauguralWoollacott Medal in 1947 as the best and fairest player in the

South Australian men’s competition, but it is as a coaching pioneer and

innovator that he will be remembered most.

He coached the South Australian men’s team between 1960 and 1964 and

won three State titles and began coaching the Australian men’s team in

1962. He led them through a perilous pre-Olympic Qualifying tournament to

contest the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the team finished ninth.

He is a Life Member of West Adelaide Basketball Club, the metropolitan

Amateur Basketball Association and the South Australian Amateur

Basketball Association. In 1981 he was the recipient of the Australian

Coach Keith Miller enjoyed a distinguished playing career that saw him awarded the inaugural Woollacott Medal in 1947 as the best and fairest player in the South Australian men’s competition, but it is as a coaching pioneer and innovator that he will be remembered most. He coached the South Australian men’s team between 1960 and 1964 and won three State titles and began coaching the Australian men’s team in 1962. He led them to contest the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the team finished ninth. Keith has been made a Life Member of West Adelaide Basketball Club, the Metropolitan Amateur Basketball Association and the South Australian Amateur Basketball Association. In 1981 he was the deserved recipient of an Australian Basketball Union Merit Award